indiaN + caribbean rums
A rare union of two Indies : EAST meets WEST
two indies - STORY
- Caribbean rums from the islands of Jamaica, Barbados and Guyana
- Married with Indian pot still sugarcane rum made from Jaggery.
A fantastic, very smooth sipping rum - neat or on ice
Priced for premium craft cocktails
amrut Distillery
Location : Bangalore India - established 1948
3000 ft above sea level - avg temp 91 degrees - 70% humidity average year round
Angel's share can be as high as 15% where it's generally 2% in Scotland
A cask filled will be 50% empty after 7 years
It is estimated that 1 year of aging in Bangalore is equal to 3 years in Scotland
the making of jaggery IN INDIA - A very hands-on process
Jaggery is essentially unrefined sugar.
1 - Harvest the Indian sugarcane. Sugarcane and the earliest production of sugar came from northern India and India is currently the worlds 2nd largest producer.
2 - The juice is squeezed from the cane and filtered.
3 - The raw sugarcane juice is boiled in a round-bottomed vessel, fired by wood.
5 - After boiling, stirring and turning the juice has cooled to become a brown sugar like substance called Jaggery with most the moisture evaporated.
6 - Further moisture is squeezed out leaving the Jaggery balls ready to produce the rum.
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