River Antoine Rum Distillery Grenada
200+ year old rum making process. Grenada's Rum Distillery.
River Antoine Estate Rum Distillery, Grenada.
Touring the River Antoine Rum Distillery by myself, it was a Sunday and they do not do tours on Sundays.
River Antoine Rum Distillery
I wanted to go on a tour of the the River Antoine Rum Distillery in Grenada, but when I showed up, nobody was giving tours. So I did one of my own.
The River Antoine Rum Distillery has been on the island since 1785 and the process has remained very much the same -- basically by utilizing the power of the river to crush the sugar cane with a large wheel.
If you want to try a sampling of the River Antoine rum, make sure to call ahead of time to make sure the restaurant bar is open.
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Grenadas interessanteste Rum-Brennerei: River Antoine Estate
This privately owned distillery, whose processes have changed little since the 1800s, is the oldest functioning water-propelled distillery not only in Grenada, but throughout the Caribbean.
Antoine River ist eine der ältesten Rumdistillerien in der Karibik. Das Wasserrad ist seit 1785 in Betrieb. An der Produktionsweise hat sich seither wenig geändert.
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Part of a tour of Grenada's oldest rum distillery, which dates to 1785. Parts of the machinery are over 200 years old. Samples at the end of the tour!
River Antoine Estate Rum Distillery in St. Patrick's, Grenada
Grenada is an island with a rich history of distilling rum, moonshine and bush spirits. Of the three existing (legit) distilleries on the island, the most scenic, historic and unchanged in its 228 year history is River Antoine.
Located in the beautiful northern parish of St. Patrick’s, River Antoine has been making their legendary high proof Rivers Rum since 1785. Their age-old techniques and antique equipment have remained, making a tour of the facility like walking through a working rum museum.
River Antoine proudly makes their pure cane juice rum from locally grown, hand cut, organic sugar cane. The juice is extracted by crushing the stalks multiple times in a waterwheel-powered cane crusher. The steady rush of water that turns the wheel is diverted from a local river and depending on whether it’s rainy or dry season, is only allowed to flow for a few hours per day.
Once the cane is crushed, the spent stalks or “bagasse” is loaded onto a wooden hand cart and dumped onto giant mounds around the property where it is allowed to dry in the warm tropical sun. It is later used as a natural fertilizer in local agricultural fields, but mostly burned and used as the heating source in the distillery’s boiler house.
As the freshly pressed cane juice enters the boiler room it passes through a basic set of filtering screens before being deposited into a series of boiling caldrons. The juice is hand ladled from the coolest caldron to the hottest and becomes a thicker syrup in the process. This stage is strictly powered by gravity and manual labor and heated by burning bagasse.
From the boiler house, the cane syrup is transported next door to the fermentation room. It is pumped into large concrete vats where it is allowed to ferment naturally, without adding yeast, for up to 10 days depending on the climate.
River Antoine uses two Vendome potstills to produce their rum. They are both heated using locally cut hardwood and the temperature is skillfully controlled by the amount and type of wood burned.
After distillation, the fresh rum is gravity fed to a neighboring room where its ABV is verified and the tax man keeps it under lock until proper documentation is made. It is bottled using a Rubbermade water cooler with a spigot, then hand sealed and labeled. The entire process is very green and almost unintentionally “artisan.”
River Antoine operates throughout the year and enjoys a very strong local following. Like regional beer snobs in the States and Europe, Grenadians often choose their rum brand by where they live on the island. Rivers fans are so loyal, in fact, that the company is not able to export any rum – they just cant make enough. 100% is consumed by locals who proudly stick to one brand.
There is a popular adage in the north of Grenada, “DON’T SAY RUM, SAY RIVERS.” It’s pretty clear that in nearby taverns and rum shops, people are enthusiastically saying RIVERS over and over again.
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