CANAL CASK
CANAL CASK
Stories from the world of premium rum, Panamanian heritage, and the craft behind every cask.
Rum cask ownership explained
The phrase "own a rum cask" is appealing, but it is also vague. Do you actually own a physical object? What can you do with it? Who looks after it? And what happens at the end?
Read articlePanamanian rum heritage & craft
Panama is named less often than Jamaica, Barbados or Cuba — and that is precisely the point. It has spent decades quietly producing premium rum of remarkable refinement.
Read articlePremium rum & alternative assets
Whisky cask investment has had a long head start. But increasingly rum is the comparison being made — because in several respects investing in rum offers a different, and for some more attractive, proposition.
Read articlePremium rum & alternative assets
Rum cask investment has quietly become one of the most talked-about alternative assets of the last decade — often at a fraction of the entry price of whisky. But popularity is not the same as suitability.
Read articleFrom white rum to single-cask investment
Rum is one of the most diverse spirits in the world. Unlike whisky, which is governed by strict regulations, rum has always been a spirit of freedom. Every island, every country, every distillery does things a little differently.
Read articleThe story of Don Pancho
There are people in every industry who quietly change everything. People who never chase the spotlight but whose fingerprints are on nearly every bottle you admire. In the world of premium rum, that person is Francisco Fernandez.
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