A very interesting new distillery - Richland Rum - is certainly worth a visit. According to their appropriately simple website:
1. They grow their own cane, converted to syrup for fermentation
2. Use classic, onion head alembics with a classic worm condenser
3. Single day batches
4. Aged 3 to 4 years in new "toasted and charred" oak
5. Bottled in house, claim of no blending
Of course they promote their "premium cane" (whatever that is) and the use of special water from the "Georgia aquifer" (which I hope is not adjacent to the hog factory farms or frackers. Do take a look:
http://richlandrum.com/home.html
And of course I could not resist requesting a sample for testing and tasting by one of you - anyone in the States have an interest? Lemme know.
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At the Project we have always been HUGE backers of pot stilled craft spirits - particularly rum. From what I can gather from your website, your methods are superior in every way, but as always the proof is in the bottle.
What I\'d like to propose is this: if you can send a reasonable sample or bottle for evaluation, we would be pleased to have one of our well known member/reviewers give it a full and honest evaluation and review. Now of course, I absolutely can\'t and won\'t guarantee the result, but based on what I know of your process, I would expect a very interesting rum.
If you're game, we\'re game. Kindly advise.
Capn JImbo
The Rum Project