THE WEST INDIES RUM DISTILLERY LTD.

Distillery

Founded in 1893

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Bottles

About

The West Indies Rum Distillery is situated in Brighton, Black Rock in the southern parish of St. Michael on the island of Barbados.

The distillery dates all the way back to 1893 with the Stades brothers from Germany. Their plan was to export Rum back to their home country.

In 1903 the facility was acquired by some Barbadian interests. To this day the distillery is in Bajan hands.

The West Indies Rum Distillery uses several methods of distillation, from the modern four column continuous still to their old traditional pot stills.

They outsource the molasses used during production due to the unfortunate collapse of Barbados' sugar industry.

These varied stills allow for slight variations in the quality of Rums. The West Indies Rum Distillery produces for all of the bottlers in Barbados, excluding Mount Gay and a handful of other foreign entities.

There are several traditional Rums that they produce that are wholeheartedly Barbados from distillation to bottling: Malibu, Gilbey's, and Popov.

The facility can crank out a maximum capacity of nine million liters every year and boasts a storage capacity of over one and a half million liters.

The West Indies Rum Distillery bottles about one hundred and fifty thousand cases of Spirits every year. They do also offer guided tours and tastings of the various Rums produced at the facility.

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Distillery Details

Country

Barbados
Established

1893
Owner

Maison Ferrand
Visitor Center

Yes
Address

Bridgetown, Barbados
Phone

+1 246 425 9301

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Andrew Hassell, West Indies Rum Distillery, Limited. Barbados is historically recognized as the birthplace of Rum. In Barbados there were many sugar cane factories, and each sugar cane factory had a very small distillery, but as the years went by, sugar factories became larger factories, and the distilleries were consolidated. And this distillery ended up being the largest distillery on the island. It's been here well over 100 years.

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