I fell in love with the opportunity to make exceptional quality Handcrafted Artisanal Rum in Puerto Rico and make a sustainable business/distillery that could operate and compete against the Duopoly of Bacardi and Don Q. We became the first and only estate distillery that was dedicated to planting and harvesting sugarcane and making Ron Agricola for our product RON PEPON, the only rum made with sugarcane juice in Puerto Rico, from farms we manage. Also, TRESCLAVOS, inspired by our local moonshine, is a product made from locally sourced fruits and handcrafted in our distillery. The idea for these rums sprang from my father’s innovative spirit and the need to re-invent us almost 15 years ago during the great recession; I supported him from the very beginning.
Rum means the expression of the land and people who work to produce a Spirit, made from sugarcane and its derivatives. We saw the opportunity of making rum differently from what is common in Puerto Rico, with the different source material and made with higher quality as opposed to quantity.