About

Abuelo is probably one of the most luxurious rum brands of the world. Ron Abuelo initially dates to 1908, when Don José Varela arrived in the newly formed Republic of Panama from Spain and established his sugar mill, Varela Hermanos, in the town of Pesé. He began seriously distilling rum in 1936, encouraged by his three sons.

Ron Abuelo remains a family-owned company today, supervised by the third-generation Luis J. Varela Jr. All the company's rum is produced from sugar cane grown and hand-harvested on the family's own property. Perhaps more importantly, the rum is aged by a solera system which allows stores of old rum to be used to produce a blended, consistent product.

Ron Abuelo is considered a super premium brand.

This talk is by a leading expert who spent a great deal of time in the Caribbean and Central America sampling and trying all manner of rums.

All attendees will be given the opportunity to taste three rums. As the owner of the Sally Port Inn put it; one house from the bottom shelf, one fine rum from the middle range and one from the top shelf.

This is an exclusive event so numbers will be limited.