60: Inside St. Nicholas Abbey: Making Cane-to-Glass Barbados Rum with Larry Warren

The Rumcast interviews Larry Warren, owner of St. Nicholas Abbey Rum in Barbados, exploring his unique approach to rum production. Warren details his acquisition and restoration of the Abbey, driven by a vision to blend tourism with sustainable manufacturing centered around sugar and rum. He discusses the distillery's small-scale, hands-on processes, including using sugarcane syrup instead of molasses, a practice influenced by Richard Seale of Foursquare. Warren emphasizes the importance of maintaining quality and tradition, opting for single cask bottlings and avoiding additives. He also touches on the challenges and aspirations surrounding Barbados' rum Geographical Indication (GI), advocating for a focus on premium quality over mass production.