Don Papa - Gayuma - 40%
Don Papa is a brand of rum originating in the Philippines . The name of Don Papa rum refers to a Filipino revolutionary named Dionisio Magbuelas, nicknamed Papa Isio. This foreman of a sugar plantation, also a healer, took part in the revolution against the Spanish colonists. The Don Papa brand belongs to the Bleeding Heart Rum Company, founded in 2012, and the rum is distilled at the Bago Distillery , in operation since 1902. Stephen Carroll , its creator, is a former executive of Diageo, Seagram, then Rémy Cointreau. The rum is produced from the sugar cane of the island of Negros Occidental, known as "sugarlandia", in copper column stills. The molasses comes from one of the island's 11 mills, which dates back to the 1920s and is completely self-sufficient in electricity, as its boiler is fueled by bagasse from the cane. The plantations are located at the foot of the Kanlaon volcano, a land conducive to the development of noble cane. If the classic Don Papa is a rum with added vanilla liqueur, the special editions are drier, unfiltered expressions, which are aimed at more experienced amateurs.
Don Papa Gayuma is a limited edition first aged in American oak barrels that contained Bourbon, then refined in barrels that contained peated whiskey from the Isle of Islay , Scotland.