The story began in 1908, when Spanish immigrant Don José Varela Blanco arrived in Pesé – a small town in Las Cabras, near to where the distillery is located. 

Since first making rum in 1947, Angostura has focused on the style of rum made famous by former Spanish colonies like Cuba and Puerto Rico.

The beginnings of this factory date back to 1883, when Alfonso Gourié thought of setting up an industry to process the production of sugar cane.

The brand is named for the 18th-century explorer and botanist Sir Joseph Banks.

The foundations of Bielle distillery were anchored doubtless at that time of the windmills progressively with the successive evolutions and the changes of owner.

In 1939, the Botrans established their own distillery, which they named Botrán. With their years of experience and dedication to their craft, they soon became renowned for their high-quality rum. Their secret was in the aging process, which involved storing the rum in oak barrels that had previously held sherry.

The Distillery was born in 1888, when seven Bundaberg locals decided with a stroke of genius to take the by-product from the growing sugar industry and open up a rum distillery.

Established in 1999, Cellar Trends has an enviable record in building brands for wines, spirits and associated products in the UK. The company serves all sectors of the UK drinks trade in both on and off trade categories, representing the famous brands of 20 international drinks companies.

A vast estate, resulting from the grouping together of several sugar cane properties, the lands Homère Clément acquired in 1887, are covered with sugar cane, the “green gold” of Martinique. The wind mill of the place was then obsolete, so harvests were delivered to the factory in Le François before the Habitation built its own distillery. 

The Bellevue agricultural estate and corresponding industrial plant, located in the commune of Le Moule in Grande-Terre, were founded at the end of the 19th century by a certain Rimbaud, originally from Martinique. Mr. Damoiseau père (Father) acquired the estate in April 1942 and launched the distillery of the same name.

In 1926, the Seale family began buying rum from distilleries around the island, blending it and selling it under the name, R.L. Seale. This continued through to the 1990s, with the company acquiring further brands such as Doorly’s and producing fantastic ranges of rums.

In 1875, the story of Flor de Caña began when the young Italian Alfredo Fransicso Pellas Canessa set out on a new adventure. He courageously leaves his hometown of Genoa to embark on a voyage to the exotic land of Nicaragua.

In 2005, when the production of old rum in Guadeloupe was still very marginal, Grégoire Hayot, after many years spent alongside Jean-Luc Damoiseau to modernize the Damoiseau distillery, resuscitated the Karukera brand, created in the 1970s.

The Montebello distillery has a long and rich history, having been founded in 1930. However, it wasn't until the Marsolle family took over in 1965 that the business really began to thrive. Now, in its 4th generation of distillers, the Montebello distillery continues to produce high-quality rum using traditional methods. Despite the higher cost, the distillery insists on keeping things old-fashioned, which is a unique and admirable quality in today's world.

The Cuban company Tecnoazucar established since 1982 by the Cuban sugar Ministry is on charge of the exportations and the commercialization in the Cuban market of the sugar cane byproducts.

The Neisson rum distillery has its origins in the 1930s, when two brothers obtained the Thieubert house, a 20-hectare plot of land with sugarcane fields.

Pyrat Rum was created in 1997 and is owned by Patrón Spirits. The company was founded in 1989 by John Paul DeJoria and Martin Crowley. The Anguilla Rums Company produced the rum.

Paulin Lambert finally purchased several "Habitations," including "Trou Vaillant." Was he already aware of the potential of "Saint James" as a name? An English-sounding name opened vast horizons! Be that as it may, he registered the brand on 21 August 1882 and personally took charge of production, demanding that the entire process be controlled, from growing the sugar cane to bottling.

The Savanna Distillery on the island of Reunion was designed between 1948 and 1950 by Paul Charles Émile Hugot, a local businessman who managed several sugar factories on the island.

In 2005, STARR Rum was created as part of the New Economic Partners for African Development initiative by the African Union. It aimed to introduce smooth, easy-to-drink rums to the United States and other countries as high-quality products made in Africa, with fair labor and trade practices.

Rums of Puerto Rico was established in 1948 and is known for its stringent standards in the production of high-quality rums. They award a seal of quality to rums that meet specific criteria such as the use of premium molasses, a continuous distillation process, and appropriate aging in white-oak barrels.

Rum production has been a part of Westerhall Estate since the 1700s when the plantation spanned hundreds of acres in the coastal parish. Their access to pure water and fresh cane juice gave their rum a distinct flavor, and they have since developed a loyal local reputation.

Zacapa rum was established in 1976 as a way of celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the city of Zacapa.  A town in Guatemala, situated about 112km away from Guatemala City.