The cane juice is first processed into sugar in a sugar factory owned by a cousin of the owners of Santa Teresa. Santa Teresa then collects the molasses.
Fermentation
The molasses is then sent to be fermented using two methods. The first is a batch process lasting 2 to 4 weeks, which is quite long for rum. The second is a continuous fermentation process. It doesn’t stop, 24/7, except once a year to clean the vats.
For this second method, the basic principle is classic. Molasses, water, and yeast are added to the first vat, and the fermentation process will proceed normally. But to prevent the yeast from dying when fermentation is complete, molasses is added to supply them with sugar.
For distillation there are also two methods:
column and pot still. The batch fermentation mash is sent to pot still distillation and the continuous fermentation is sent to the column still.
For column distillation, Santa Teresa produces two different distillates: the first one from the first column, which is 75% proof and is called Heavy Rum. A second country email list distillate is extracted from the fourth column, which is 96% proof and is called Light Rum.
For the Pot Still, a single distillate is extracted after the second pass. It has an 83% alcohol content and a very rich aroma.
Aging
These 3 distillates are reduced to 63° to be aged separately for between 4 and 35 years in old Bourbon barrels.
Nestor Ortega the cellar master at Santa Teresa
will select barrels of varying ages mastering click to whatsapp ads: setup, event tracking and industry insight for each of the distillates. The blend is then sent to the solera. The recipe for this blend is designed to closely match the identity of Santa agb directory Teresa 1796 rum.
For the next stage of the process, we are in the solera. Each stage is emptied so that it is no more than 50% empty. This is to maintain maximum uniformity of the final product. The time spent in the solera is approximately 18 months. The barrels in the solera are old Scottish casks that once held Scotch whisky. Most of these casks have remained the same since 1992.