129: Heavy Rum from Panama? The Making of Grander's New Cane Harvest Rum

You can watch the video version of this episode on YouTube.

In this episode, we invited Grander founder Dan DeHart on the show to break down the making of an atypical new unaged rum called Cane Harvest. Unlike the vast majority of rums that come out of Panama, this rum is made of 100% heavy column rum that typically only serves as a blending component with lighter-bodied rums. It's a fascinating glimpse at a type of rum we don't often get to experience on its own.

We talked to Dan about:

• How an idea to recreate the defunct Caña Brava rum led to this much different rum

• The source of the rum (hint: it's not from Las Cabras, the distillery where Grander has sourced all of its other rums to date)

• What makes this heavy style of column still rum different

• Whether we'll see an aged version of this rum

• How Grander has evolved over the last 5 years

• Most successful and most unsuccessful secondary maturations

• And much more!

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