Siboney is the name and brand of a variety of rum

Rum

Rum is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from sugarcane by-products such as molasses, or directly from sugarcane juice, by a process of fermentation and distillation. The distillate, a clear liquid, is then usually aged in oak barrels...

s from the Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...

 produced by Bodegas Cochón-Calvo, S.A.

History

Originated in Siboney

Siboney

Siboney may refer to one of the following*Ciboney people of the Caribbean*Siboney, Cuba, a town in Cuba* Siboney, a singer/artist based in Perth, Australia* One of two U.S...

, Cuba

Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...

 in 1920. Siboney was a rum that appears to have been introduced in the United States around the 1930s, long before the Cuban revolution

Cuban Revolution

The Cuban Revolution was an armed revolt by Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement against the regime of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista between 1953 and 1959. Batista was finally ousted on 1 January 1959, and was replaced by a revolutionary government led by Castro...

. The idea behind the rum was to bring in a Cuban rum-master named Señor Alvare to produce a Cuban style rum in the US with Cuban ingredients and knowledge. This way customers would not pay any duty on their purchase, at least this was one of the selling points.

Aging and blending

Rums are aged in white oak casks, previously used for bourbon

Bourbon whiskey

Bourbon is a type of American whiskey – a barrel-aged distilled spirit made primarily from corn. The name of the spirit derives from its historical association with an area known as Old Bourbon, around what is now Bourbon County, Kentucky . It has been produced since the 18th century...

, with a minimum aging of 14 months for the lower tiers.

Products

• Dorado Superior (golden low-tier)
• Blanco Selecto (white low-tier)
• Añejo (golden mid-tier)
• Reserva Especial (golden high-end premium blend)

Accolades

Siboney rums generally have received modest scores from spirit ratings

Spirit ratings

With a growing number of microdistilleries and an expanding number of offerings from large corporate entities, a number of institutions have arisen to provide professional evaluations of individual spirits...

organizations. For example, the Blanco and Dorado earned bronze medals from the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. Although the Reserva earned a silver medal from the San Francisco competition, it performed slightly worse at the Beverage Testing Institute (BTI). BTI gave the Reserva a score of 83, below the scores of 86-87 it gave to the Blanco and Dorado.

External links

• http://www.therumelier.com/id80.html History of Sibony Rum