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The Dominican rum should undergo at least a yearlong aging process

Rum is the Dominican Republic's national beverage and one of its best-known commodities worldwide. Brugal, Bermúdez and Barceló are the best Dominican distillers fully committed to make a prestigious and solid brand of liquor.

History and Tradition The history of Dominican rum harks back to the times when Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas and brought along from Spain a product unknown in the New World: sugar cane. According to history records, by 1630 British settlers started making rum on the island of Barbados and in 1651, traveler Richard Ligon dubbed this beverage as “an intoxicating and strong drink.” The word rumbullion stems from an old English term meaning tumult. The British clipped it to rum while the French called it rhum. Spaniards like ourselves name it ron.

The Making of Rum Rums are made by fermenting molasses –the residual liquid strained off after sugar crystallization is achieved in the sugar cane juice. The completion of the fermentation is followed by a thorough distilling process that comes to a close inside barrels to make it age properly. Finally, each distiller adds a secret blending of his own in a process in which experience and tradition are the keys to attaining a top-quality rum brand.

Barceló: the genuine Dominican flavor In 1929, Majorcan-born Julian Barceló settled down in the Dominican Republic and founded Barceló & Co. in the city of Santo Domingo. Since then, this family business has grown and has not only gotten a name as one of the country's major Dominican rum exporters, but has also contributed to the development and welfare of the Dominican people through the five foundations the firm has established.

Rum Brugal: family tradition The Brugal family has been in the rum-making business since 1880 when Andres Brugal Montaner, a Spanish citizen who had migrated to Santiago de Cuba, decided to head eastbound to the Dominican Republic and settle down in Puerto Plata. Today, Brugal offers five different rum brands, each and every one of them with features of their own. Like Barceló, Brugal has wanted to reach out beyond the economic benefits and so it set up the Brugal Foundation a few years ago.

Rum Bermúdez: the oldest in the Americas As history records have it, Bermúdez is by and large the most genuine Dominican rum moniker. One of Columbus' first companions was Don Diego Bermúdez, who brought in sugar cane from which alcohol is squeezed out –the basic raw material in the rum-making process. Bermúdez offers an assorted and wide array of products ranging from rum to gin, vodka and whiskey.