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One of the historical aspects that rum shares with Scotch is blending.
According to more knowledgeable rum geeks, there were no rum brands from the 1600s until the mid-1800; Bacardi became the first to appear in the 1860s. Most sugar estates in the Caribbean had distilleries in them, from which they’d sell their rum to merchants and/or blenders. In the case of British Caribbean islands, a lot of the rum would end up with the Navy. Some examples of rum merchants are Martin Doorlys and Frederick Myers.
This is pretty similar to the history of Scotch, wherein merchants would buy single malt and grain whisky from distilleries and then bottle the blends under their own brands. The legacies of those blenders are still alive today with brands like Dewar’s and Johnnie Walker around. Glenfiddich was the first single malt distillery to bottle and sell their own whisky in the 1960s. In any case, this practice of buying rum from distilleries is still very alive today. In fact, before this
Foursquare Distillery backs rum history research 28th May, 2021 by Kate Malczewski
RL Seale & Company, owner of Foursquare Distillery, is funding research into Barbados’ rum history, which will support the island’s application for a geographical indication (GI).
RL Seale, owner of Foursquare Distillery, is funding research into the rum history of Barbados
RL Seale has agreed to fund scholarships in the University of the West Indies’ department of history and philosophy, through which students will investigate Barbados’ rum history.
The findings will be used to support the island’s application for recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage site for sugar and rum, and will “naturally” help its application for a Barbadian rum GI, according to Foursquare proprietor Richard Seale.
Rum’s history gets sober with UWI
Article by May 27, 2021
Barbadian rum-maker RL Seale and Co is turning to history in a partnership with UWI scholars to research the storied enterprise of the liquor universally acknowledged as being invented here more than 300 years ago.
The Foursquare, St Philip-based distillery on Wednesday signed an agreement to work with UWI Cave Hill’s historians to help position Barbados as the globally recognised unique contributor to the world’s sugar industry both economically and socially, the two organisations agreed in a memorandum of understanding.
RL Seale and UWI are also hoping to use the research to bolster the drive to apply for a geographical indication for rum, the unique names assigned to places used to recognise a spirit drink as originating in a territory, country or region.