Wednesday 18 September 2013

FAIR. presents its Rum from Belize


When you think of Belize, nothing much comes to mind. The name does indeed suggest a sunny place… But you can hardly place it on a map, can you? Yet this small Central American country, situated South of Mexico, is growing quickly and is well worth discovering. When we decided to launch the FAIR. rum, Flo-Cert (www.flo-cert.com) advised us at once to look into that region. So off we went to meet the sugar cane producers and look for high-quality ingredients. What we saw there was a beautiful country, amazing people, but also alarming poverty. We therefore naturally thought of helping out local producers, making the choice of Belize-produced rum.
Sugar cane makes up for 50% of the country's exports and turns out to be one of the best in the world. It is first transformed into molasses, then distilled in a column at 200°F. Afterwards the rum is aged in bourbon barrels from Kentucky. It is then imported to France, where it is bottled in the region of Cognac. Fair trade + French know-how: the FAIR. recipe!
"Following the success of the FAIR. vodka, we wanted to launch an aged spirit, something more noble", Alexandre Koiransky explains. "As soon as I set foot in Belize, I knew I wanted to help the country's producers. And the result clearly meets our commitments!"
FAIR. Rum is now available in Paris and in London. Cheers!

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