Georgia’s Spirit Independence
Georgia’s Spirit Independence #TRIVIA American Spirit Independence marks the moment Americans decided to distill locally disregarding the laws of the British colonial powers. American Spirit Independence is an important key to understanding American Independence...
The Chartered Oak
The Chartered Oak #TRIVIA The “Chartered Oak” A symbol of American Independence strongly connected to American distilling history. Did you know that Connecticut’s “Charter Oak”, the famous symbol for American Independence, was an unusually large white...
Birthplace of Rum
Birthplace of Rum #TRIVIA Barbados’s oldest Rum Distillery Early rum distilling as a byproduct of sugar production on Barbados was first established around 1647/1648. Barbados’s first legal distillery was set up about 50 years later in 1703. Barbados...
Barbados Trade
Barbados Trade #TRIVIA Rum Distilling Knowledge Early sugar plantations learned to distill the skimmings of sugar production to Rum. In the early 17th century Rum distilling knowledge as a byproduct of sugar making was transferred to the British Colonial Island of...
