19:
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122:) and other industrial products. Rum production returned in 1934, with Ron Candado. In 1935, a joint venture with Florida Cane Products, Inc., spawned a new corporation, Ron Rico, whose flagship product was the Ronrico rum and which had considerable success selling rum in the United States. A new distilling plant was opened in 1942.
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is something deeply engrained into the collective consciousness of Puerto Ricans. For decades, the production of this rum has been deemed clandestine by the authorities, simply because it did not pay taxes. Destilería Cruz is a company founded by José Luis Cruz and produces PitoRico in Jayuya, Puerto
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which had closed. The new distillery however included a hospitality center and function hall contributing to local tourism. CC1 Industries Inc. is affiliated with
Florida Caribbean Distillers which is based in Florida. The distillery was completed and ran its first distillation run in September 2018.
190:. Its yearly production run is a limited one. The company is known for a rum liqueur which is made with honey. The company was sold and recapitalized by a partnership led by a member of the Bacardi family including other local investors. It has diversified its product to include premium aged rums.
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Trigo
Reserva Añeja - produced by Trigo Corp, San Juan, Puerto Rico, who purchases its rum base from Bacardi. The Trigo Corp specializes in aging and blending local rums according to their own unique methods. In addition to Reserva Aneja, they produce the popular Ron Canita de Alambique, Trigo
504:
term used to depict inferior-quality wine or rum that had a weak color (hence the name). Clandestine rum operations are rather uncommon nowadays in Puerto Rico, given the fact that sugar cane production has dwindled in Puerto Rico since the closing of government-owned "centrales" or mills.
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Rico. Mr. Cruz, a native of Jayuya, remembers fondly how his uncle and other family members would skillfully brew the pitorro, especially during the
Christmas season. The drink is made in various fruit flavor, including passion fruit, coconut, anise, and tamarind.
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Crab Island Rum - small-batch column distilled, Handcrafted artisanal rum from molasses. Produced by
Laboratorio Clandestino Viequense inc. in the island of Vieques, south east Puerto Rico mainland.Founded by Ivan Torres Ortiz in
106:, which was formally incorporated on February 2, 1911. The new company eventually became the principal supplier of partially refined or final product to rum aging, blending and bottling companies in Mayagüez and Bayamón. During
55:
harvesting has virtually disappeared in Puerto Rico (except for a few isolated farms and agricultural experiments), distilleries around the island still produce large amounts of rum every year.
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Pitorro is also a term given to homemade flavored rum, prepared by adding various fruits spices and/or flavorings to ferment over a period of time. A particularly favored variety made with
118:(up to 265 different brands of bay rum were eventually produced at the main distilling plant, including the best-selling Alcoholado Superior 70 and Alcoholado
684:
102:
There were several rum producers in
Arecibo by the beginning of the 20th century. Most of them merged their distillery operations into a single entity, the
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in the early 19th century. It has produced its rum inside a brick and mortar windmill tower located originally within a sugar cane plantation, the
638:
517:, given its proximity to Mayagüez (rum production talent and recipes) and its former (and current, in some areas) harvesting of sugar cane.
482:(not to be confused with the current "legal" brand, which merely adopted the popular term, and which had a precursor in the late 1930s) or
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Club Caribe - (Company: Club Caribe LLC, Cidra, Puerto Rico) created to offset the losses from
Captain Morgan moving to the Virgin Islands
710:
784:
848:
813:
608:
322:
Myers's Rum - Jamaican bulk heavy dark rum bottled once in Mayagüez by JGC, later bottled by
Destilería Serrallés, Inc. in Ponce
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364:
Ron Caneca (PG) - Known to this day for the flask-shaped bottle. Now produced organically by descendants of
Primitivo Grau.
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https://www.elvocero.com/economia/inauguran-la-semana-de-la-manufactura/article_19aeed52-c10b-11e8-8bfa-e755278d212a.html
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673:
437:, the favorite character of one of the Serrallés family heirs) dates from 1932. Don Q is Puerto Rico's top-selling rum.
970:
215:
In 2014 it was announced that CC1 Industries Inc. would be constructing a new rum distillery Club Caribe
Distillers in
59:
is the top-selling rum brand on the island, where more than 70% of the rum consumed in the United States is produced.
888:
358:
Ron
Superior Escudo (BC) - an imitator of Ron Superior; use of the name was discontinued due to an injunction by JGC
361:
Ron Superior Puerto Rico (JGC) - the best known brand, which lasted from 1909 until the company's closing in 1980.
975:
734:
965:
316:
624:
390:; its production is limited to 100 bottles a day. The Destilería's main product is an artisan rum called
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906:
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425:
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dates from 1891, and by 1893 they were purveyors of rum under license from the Royal house of Spain.
126:
563:
Ron Castillo - produced by Ron de Castillo y Cia (San Juan, Puerto Rico), a subsidiary of Bacardi.
261:
374:
Samples of all these brands or their labels are kept as part of the historical collection of the
18:
714:
557:
514:
203:
312:
Christopher Columbus Rum (RON, credited as being bottled by the Christopher Columbus Rum Co.)
375:
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Puerto Rico Daily Sun. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 15 September 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
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Puerto Rico Daily Sun. San Juan, Puertp Rico. 15 September 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
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Puerto Rico Daily Sun. San Juan, Puertp Rico. 15 September 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
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The Puerto Rico Sugar Company established a new rum distillery in Mayagüez in 2009, named
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near San Juan. It is owned by the Bacardi family who are originally from Cuba.
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29:
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Huffington Post. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 6 August 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
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rum productions every year. A town renowned for its "pitorro" production is
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Scryer Rum - small-batch pot-distilled, premium rum aged in Old San Juan, PR
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Rum has been produced in Arecibo since the second half of the 19th century.
932:
308:(PG). Among the brands produced in Mayagüez were (bottler in parentheses):
629:
Emma Stratton. Literary Traveler. 6 June 2007. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
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119:
107:
84:. Ron Palo Viejo is now owned by Serrallés, whose flagship rum is Don Q.
48:
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had various rum producing companies, some of which were contractors for
429:, which has been producing rum in site since 1865. Its flagship brand,
52:
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El Vocero: September, 25, 2018: Inauguran la semana de la manafactura]
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Press Release. Destileria Serrallés. 5 August 2010. 6 October 2013.
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Vocero's The Weekly Journal: December 18, 2019: Rum is on the Rise
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529:
484:
281:
269:
199:
115:
915:
466:
394:, analogous to the name in common use to describe Puerto Rican
315:
Government House Rum (MRC) This was originally produced in the
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In addition to the brands mentioned above, illegal makers of "
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El Nuevo Dia: February 1, 2014: Primavera Industrial en Cidra
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488:
rum, tend to operate in Puerto Rico, particularly around the
407:
56:
23:
219:. This was the location of a pharmaceutical plant owned by
696:
272:-based public and private brands. The most successful was
560:- was originally developed by Spanish immigrants to Cuba.
125:
The following are rums produced in Arecibo (or in nearby
36:
233:
PitoRico - Destilería Cruz Ron Artesanal Puertorriqueño
893:
Rum Journey. November 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
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The Liquor Collection. 2003. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
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Destilería serrallés introduces blackbeard spiced rum.
904:
538:
952:
567:Coquito, Twin Isle and Ron Bugalu coconut rum.
423:The main rum-producing enterprise in Ponce is
416:Boca Chica Rum - Boca Chica Distilling Company
129:while the holding company was Arecibo-based):
186:, now an industrial park in the outskirts of
831:Puerto Rico Gets Captain Morgan Replacement.
626:Hunter S. Thompson’s Puerto Rican Rum Diary.
410:(Serrallés) - Puerto Rico's top-selling rum
340:Ron Imporico (JCG) - an imitator of Ronrico
47:) production has been an important part of
505:Nevertheless, authorities confiscate many
550:- the topselling rum brand in Puerto Rico
461:
62:
51:'s economy since the 16th century. While
178:The company producing it was founded by
17:
953:
496:is actually a corruption of the word
72:The main rum producing enterprise in
13:
711:"El Vocero - Pitorro de Mayagüez"
539:Miscellaneous rum production notes
110:the company turned into producing
14:
987:
900:
413:Blackbeard Spiced Rum (Serrallés)
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926:
914:
882:
858:
837:
823:
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774:2003. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
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742:
382:Ron Pitorro - Destilería Coquí.
280:(RON, whose parent company was
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703:
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678:
667:
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632:
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1:
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276:(JGC); other companies were:
698:Ron Artesanal Puertorriqueño
317:United States Virgin Islands
274:José González Clemente y Co.
157:Ron Palo Viejo (Produced in
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440:
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174:- Edmundo B. Fernandez Inc.
10:
992:
470:(also known as "ron caña")
450:
426:Destilería Serrallés, Inc.
165:
104:Puerto Rico Distilling Co.
67:
971:Puerto Rico-related lists
245:
227:
193:
574:
401:
210:
419:Caliche Rum (Serrallés)
352:Ron Patria y Cuna (JGC)
286:Alfredo Vega Toro y Co.
93:Ron de la Casa de Roses
80:Its flagship brand was
462:Illegal rum production
337:Ron El Invencible (BC)
325:Reserva Especial (RON)
78:Barceló, Marqués Y Co.
63:Rum production by city
33:
976:Alcohol-related lists
845:DonQ awarded 5 stars.
810:DonQ awarded 5 stars.
605:DonQ awarded 5 stars.
355:Ron Rey de Copas (BC)
334:Ron El Campesino (JM)
298:Julio Maldonado y Co.
21:
966:Puerto Rican cuisine
890:Trigo Reserva Aneja.
349:Ron Oro Nativo (RON)
346:Ron Mister Kuba (JM)
302:Mayagüez Rum Company
367:Ron Toro Negro (LG)
306:Primitivo Grau y Co
290:Baltasar Cruz y Co.
91:was bottling their
89:Roses, García y Co.
851:2012-05-13 at the
816:2012-05-13 at the
756:2013-10-19 at the
611:2012-05-13 at the
376:Castillo Serrallés
217:Cidra, Puerto Rico
184:Hacienda Santa Ana
142:Ron Tres Estrellas
95:as early as 1868.
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961:Puerto Rican rums
785:"Ministry of Rum"
750:BOCA CHICA BLACK.
492:season. The word
478:" rum, nicknamed
331:Ron Delicias (JM)
294:Luis García y Co.
180:Edmundo Fernandez
172:Ron del Barrilito
112:denatured alcohol
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343:Ron Latino (AVT)
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370:Ron Yagüez (LG)
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202:is produced in
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82:Ron Palo Viejo
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866:"Fact Sheet"
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945:Puerto Rico
583:Ron Pascual
528:is made in
435:Don Quijote
433:(short for
154:Ron Granado
151:Ron Portela
139:Ron Candado
127:Barceloneta
120:Santa Claus
108:Prohibition
49:Puerto Rico
30:barrel-aged
955:Categories
875:2019-10-10
795:2011-05-15
721:2009-12-25
660:2019-10-10
591:References
502:Andalusian
498:"pintorro"
378:in Ponce.
300:(JM), the
53:sugar cane
494:"pitorro"
490:Christmas
476:moonshine
431:Ron Don Q
251:Ron Caray
237:The word
148:Ron Cañón
136:Ron Llave
97:Ron Llave
849:Archived
814:Archived
771:History.
754:Archived
609:Archived
522:quenepas
441:San Juan
270:Bahamian
262:Mayagüez
256:Mayagüez
133:Ron Pizá
907:Portals
554:Bacardi
530:Vieques
524:called
511:pitorro
485:pitorro
468:Pitorro
451:Vieques
392:Pitorro
288:(AVT),
282:Seagram
239:pitorro
200:Bacardi
188:Bayamón
166:Bayamón
116:bay rum
74:Arecibo
68:Arecibo
45:Spanish
921:Liquor
558:Cataño
515:Añasco
507:cañita
480:cañita
296:(LG),
292:(BC),
268:- and
246:Juncos
228:Jayuya
204:Cataño
194:Cataño
933:Drink
580:Marin
575:Other
548:Don Q
500:, an
457:2015.
408:Don Q
402:Ponce
211:Cidra
159:Camuy
57:Don Q
26:Añejo
24:Don Q
526:Bilí
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76:is
43:in
41:ron
37:Rum
32:rum
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