The Journal

Notes from a working rum distillery

What the barrel does, how rum is actually made, and what to do in Little River — written by the people who run the stills.

Little River rum bottle standing on a barrel-top table

August 7, 2026 · 2 min read

How Aging Changes Rum: 1, 3, 5, and 8 Years in the Barrel

The same spirit, four different ages, one warehouse in Miami. What the barrel actually does to rum over one, three, five, and eight years — and why tropical aging isn't the same as Kentucky aging.

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August 6, 2026 · 1 min read

Rum vs Bourbon: What's Actually Different

Both are brown, barrel-aged, and drunk from the same glass — but rum and bourbon are built from different raw materials under very different rules. A clear-eyed comparison from a distillery that makes one of them.

August 5, 2026 · 2 min read

How Rum Is Made, From Cane to Cask

Sugarcane, yeast, copper, and oak — the four stages that turn a field crop into aged rum, explained by a working Miami distillery. Where the flavour actually comes from, and where it gets lost.

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