THIS PRODUCT IS ONLY AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK (IN-STATE SHIPPING, LOCAL DELIVERY, IN-STORE PICKUP)
The rum is made from 100% imported molasses from Guatemala (Privateer hasn’t always used 100% molasses they have used Evaporated Sugar Cane Juice and Brown Sugar in the past).
Privateer ferment the molasses for 6 days. Privateer rum is then double distilled. Firstly in a Vendome Pot Still and secondly through a custom built Batch still from Carl in Germany.
This release is a blend of 3 casks distilled in 2016 and 5 casks from 2017. So the youngest rum on the bottle is used.It has been bottled at Cask Strength of 55.6%. Privateer do not use any additives and the rum has been aged in #3 level char (around 35 seconds of flame charring the inside of the barrel) New American Oak Casks. This kind of barrel char is more commonly used in Bourbon. As most rum is aged in used American Oak. All ageing has taken place at the distillery.
