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I finally got a few photos posted from the distillery trip. Here is a shot of the triple column Coffey still that Travellers uses to manufacture their rums.

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Here are a few barrels of rum, ready to go to the aging shed in Belize city. &nbsp


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I was surprised to see these barrels in the distillery. I had assumed that the barrels were filled at the bottling plant/aging shed in Belize City after being shipped in bulk. I suppose I was wrong.

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Here's the fermenting vats. Rum is made from molasses, which is watered down and fermented using yeast. Those yeasty-beasties may be wild, commercially obtained or cultured in-house. The fermented liquid is called "wine" or even "beer". This wine is the raw material that's fed to the still, and distilled into white rum.


Mighty Romel, at the vat.


I'll post a few more shots of the ruins and other highlights of the trip as soon as I get the negatives scanned and uploaded.

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