Jean Baptiste Spirits
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| Industry | Distilled beverages, Rum, Tafia |
| Founded 📆 | St. Martin Parish, Louisiana (2017) |
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| Headquarters 🏙️ | Broussard, Louisiana |
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| 🌐 Website | https://jeanbaptistespirits.com/ |
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Jean Baptiste Rum is a brand of ultra-premium rum distilled and bottled about two hours west of New Orleans, in the area of Louisiana known as Cajun Country. Jean Baptiste is a Certified Cajun[1] company.
History[edit]
Jean Baptiste Spirits is a rebirth of the craft of Cajun rum distilling. The founder's first ancestor to make rum in early Louisiana was their 7th-great-grandfather Jean Baptiste d'Estrehan. In the 1750s, Jean-Baptiste had three agricultural estates in New Orleans producing tafia (rum from sugarcane juice)[2] and cane syrup from sugarcane. Shortly after, the family became one of the first settlers of the area known today as "Cajun Country", eventually intermarrying with the local Cajuns. For almost 200 years the family raised sugarcane and produced rum for local consumption.[3] Their great-grandmother, Clémence LaSalle Fremin, a widower, made rum during Prohibition to support her seventeen children in the Cajun town of St. Martinville, Louisiana. She made her cherished Cajun rum until the mid-1960s when her great-grandson Tim Westcott, was born. Today he continues the rum legacy with his son Brennan Westcott.
Products[edit]
- Silver Rum Select – is crafted using techniques that Cajuns developed and perfected over 200 years ago. It is a slow-fermented, slow-distilled house spirit crafted in small batches using local South Louisiana molasses, raw sugar, and a proprietary combination of two distinct types of yeast. It is hand-bottled at 82 proof.
- Rested Rum Reposée – is crafted by aging Silver Rum Select for five months in second-fill charred White Oak barrels that were previously used to age molasses, then finished in cypress casks for another month. It is then proofed down to 86 proof and hand-bottled.
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References[edit]
- ↑ "Welcome to the Certified Logo Program". Certified Cajun Program. 2020. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
- ↑ "The Lost Rum of Louisiana". The Foss Files. 2015-05-02. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
- ↑ McGunnigle, Nora (March 2018). "Sugarcane and Sweet Potatoes". 64 Parishes. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
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