What is the best rum from Guatemala?
Guatemala produces many great rums, most notably from Ron Zacapa.
- Island Signature Yellow Snake.
- Island Signature Anacaona.
- Island Signature Turquoise Bay.
- Island Signature Tierra Madre.
- Ron Zacapa Centenario Sistema Solera 23.
- Ron Zacapa XO Centenario Solera Gran Reserva Especial.
- Ron Botran Solera 1893 18.
Is Guatemalan rum good?
Guatemala Fine Rum For many of us who have sipped dozens of different rums, this is the gold standard by which all others are measured. It has won a slew of awards nearly every year and was the first inducted into the International Rum Festival’s Hall of Fame.
What is Guatemalan rum?
Guatemalan Rum is distilled from fermented virgin sugar cane syrup–not from molasses. Because of the frequent earthquakes in Guatemala, barrels are stored upright, rather than on their side. Some Rums are aged using the sistema solera process, which leads to gradual blending of Spirits of different ages.
Who owns botran rum?
Industrias Licoreras de Guatemala
“At our core, we are still a small, family company, and as we expand our footprint, we want to do it as organically as possible,” said Jaime Botran, president of Industrias Licoreras de Guatemala, the parent company and producers of Botran Rum.
Where is botran rum made?
Guatemala
Ron Botran is a line of rums from Guatemala distilled by the Industrias Licoreras de Guatemala, the same distillery that produces the Zacapa line of rums. The six Botran rums are Etiqueta Blanca, Añejo Oro, Añejo 8, Añejo 12, Solera 1893, and XL. Ron Botran was first manufactured in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala.
What kind of rum is made in Guatemala?
Botran Reserva is a delicious Guatemalan rum aged for between 5 and 14 years. Made from the best virgin sugar honey, this rum is aged in a Solera system in a mix of bourbon, port and sherry casks. More info A single cask rum from the home of Ron Zacapa and Ron Botran, distilled from a fermented ‘honey’ made from condensed sugar cane.
How old is 23 year old rum in Guatemala?
Here are a few fun facts from this distillery. 1) Guatemalan rum is made from the first pressing of sugar cane, not molasses. 2) They use the sistema solera method, which is a blending of different ages. So the 23-year rum is not all aged 23 years: it’s a mix of ages from 6 to 23 years.
How much does a round of Botran rum cost?
For rum lovers, this spot is a dream. You can pick from three different flights of tastings, ranging in price from around $14 to $20. There’s a Botran round, a Zacapa round, or (what I tried), the three top anejo versions. With that last one you get the 15-year Botran, the 23-year Zacapa, and the 23-year XO.
How much ABV does Solera Guatemalan rum have?
Single cask rum from the Darsa distillery in Guatemala, independently bottled by the West Indies Rum & Cane Merchants. Following maturation in an American oak cask, this was bottled at 46% ABV. More info Solera-aged Guatemalan rum from the Ron Barco range, which has been bottled at a particularly punchy 60% ABV.
