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A distillery in Barbados opened by R.L. Seale & Co in 1995. It produces molasses-based, single blended rums for a number of brands, including Doorly's and Olde Brigand, as well as its sought-after Exceptional Cask Selection series.

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A distillery in Barbados opened by R.L. Seale & Co in 1995. It produces molasses-based, single blended rums for a number of brands, including Doorly's and Olde Brigand, as well as its sought-after Exceptional Cask Selection series.

Hampden Estate

A historic and revered Jamaican distillery, known for its high-ester pot still rums. As of 2009 it has been owned by Everglades Farms Ltd and the company introduced its first distillery bottlings in 2010. As of 2018 the the Hampden Estate brand is distributed globally by La Maison & Velier.

Long Pond

A historic Jamaican rum distillery, founded in the Trelawny parish in 1753. It has long associations to the Captain Morgan brand which was produced there by Seagram in the second half of the 20th century, but is today owned by the National Rums of Jamaica partnership.

Savanna

A versatile rum distillery on the island of Réunion. Established in 1870, it was originally located in Saint-Paul before being relocated to the Bois-Rouge sugar factory in 1992 where it operates both pot and column stills to make a range of rhum traditionnel and rhum agricole.

Appleton Estate

The oldest distillery in Jamaica and producer of the acclaimed Appleton Estate brand. It is located in the Saint Elizabeth parish and it has been in operation since 1749. Today the distillery is part of the Campari Group who acquired its parent company, J. Wray & Nephew, in 2012.

Caroni

A historic rum distillery that was once owned by British sugar merchant, Tate & Lyle, before being nationalised by the Trinidadian government in the 1970s. It eventually closed in 2003 and the last of the distillery's stock and its brand name were acquired by Italian distributor, Velier.

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Versailles

A distillery in Guyana that was located on the estate of the same name until its closure in 1978. Its name lives on however, as a reference to the historic single wooden pot still that subsequently spent time at Enmore, Uitvlugt and now Diamond where it produces the Versailles distillery marks.

Saint James (Sainte-Marie)

The current production home of the historic Saint-James brand of Martinique rum. It was opened in 1973 under the ownership of Cointreau & Cie SA. Today the distillery is owned by La Martinquaise and also produces rum for the J. Bally brand.

Mount Gay

The oldest surviving commercial rum distillery in the world, with history dating back to 1703. It is today part of the rum holdings of Rémy Cointreau who acquired it from the Ward family in 2014. It produces mostly single blended rums on a combination of pot and column stills.

Bellevue

A distillery located at the heart of the largest sugarcane plantation on Marie-Galante, a neighbouring island of the Guadeloupe archipelago. The distillery currently bottles white rums under its Domaine de Bellevue brand, and aged rums using the Habitation Bellevue label.

Habitation Clément

The historic home of the Clément brand of rhum agricole. The distillery was opened in 1917 and remained family-owned until 1989 when it was acquired by GBH. Its stills were moved to Simon where the Clément brand was produced for many years.

Worthy Park

A Jamaican rum distillery located within the Worthy Park Estate. The area has a long history of rum production, however the current distillery opened in 2007. It is notable for being entirely self-sufficient in molasses, and its brands include Worthy Park and Rum Bar.

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Bacardi FBM

A lesser-known Bacardi distillery that was home of the company's Canadian operations. It was built in 1969 in Brampton, Ontario and was used by the company until its closure in 2017.

La Bonne Intention

A former sugar estate in Guyana that housed a rum distillery until its closure in 1959. Despite this, rum bearing the estate's LBI marque is still produced by Demerara Distillers Ltd to this day and have occasionally been bottled officially and by independent companies.

Caroni

A historic rum distillery that was once owned by British sugar merchant, Tate & Lyle, before being nationalised by the Trinidadian government in the 1970s. It eventually closed in 2003 and the last of the distillery's stock and its brand name were acquired by Italian distributor, Velier.

Blairmont

A sugar estate in Guyana that is located along the banks of the Berbice river. Although it still exists today under ownership of the Guyana Sugar Corporation, its distillery was closed down in 1962. Rums have subsequently been produced in its style by Demerara Distillers Ltd however.

Celebration Distillation

An American rum distillery that was for many years the oldest operating craft rum distiller on the US mainland until a fire closed it down in May 2021. It was located in Louisiana and was opened by James Michalopoulos in 1995. Its flagship brand was called Old New Orleans.

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Trois Rivières

A former rum distillery on the island of Martinique that was located within the sugar plantation of the same name. Despite having been closed in 2003, the Trois Rivières brand is still produced and marketed by the Campari Group.

Habitation Clément

The historic home of the Clément brand of rhum agricole. The distillery was opened in 1917 and remained family-owned until 1989 when it was acquired by GBH. Its stills were moved to Simon where the Clément brand was produced for many years.

10 Cane

A short-lived rum distillery constructed within the former Usine Ste Madeleine sugar factory in Trinidad. A partnership between LVMH and Angostura Ltd, the former provided the distilling equipment which was used to produce pot-distlled cane juice rum between 2003 and 2013.

Deeside

A Scottish distillery constructed within the Deeside Brewery complex in Banchory, Aberdeenshire in 2017. Only a small experimental facility, it was closed in 2020 when its owners opened a new purpose-built distillery called Burn o'Bennie. In its short time it produced Devil's Point the rum brand.

Séverin

A rum distillery on the Basse-Terre island of Guadeloupe. It is located within the Domaine de Séverin, which has a long history of rum production. The distillery was built by Henri Marsolle in 1928 however, and is today owned by Groupe JPH.

Dillon

Dillon is a distillery and brand with roots in Martinique dating back to 1779. It is currently owned by La Martinquaise through its Bardinet subsidiary. Although the Dillon distillery was closed in 2005, the rum is still aged there and is produced at Depaz using the original column still.

Saint James (Saint-Pierre)

The original production home of the Saint James brand of Martinique rhum agricole, located within the Habitation Trou-Vaillant near the town of Saint-Pierre. The distillery and brand were acquired by Cointreau & Cie SA in 1973, who moved production to a new distillery in Sainte-Marie

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