Marauda Rum

The Return of the Honest Rum

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From the beginning, rum was about reinvention. Transforming a byproduct of sugar into a spirit that would move the world. For anyone willing to see it, rum was a symbol of what could be. But for years that symbol has been lost, buried, waiting to be discovered again.

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THE steelpan blend

Steelpan was inspired by the people of Trinidad, who turned discarded steel barrels into drums, creating music that is synonymous with the Caribbean today, just as their ancestors had turned a byproduct of the sugar industry into rum.

marauda-rum-trinidadWe begin in Trinidad, column still rum, aged 3 years. This is the base that allows the notes of the blend to form a melody.
marauda-rum-guyanaFrom there we go to Guyana to add a column still Demerara rum, aged 3 years, bringing a slightly heavier, distinctive body to the blend.
marauda-rum-trinidadAnd finally, to Jamaica, finishing Steelpan with a heavy, pot still rum, aged 3 years, that gives the blend its “funky” depth.

Awards

We're not here to win medals. But as Marauda makes its way to farther and farther shores, the list of those who are with us grows.

2015 Beverage Testing Institute 
2015 China Wine and Spirits Awards
2015 Congreso Internacional de Ron de Madrid
2015 Denver International Spirits Competition
2015 German Rum Fest Awards
2015 International Spirits Challenge
2015 International Wine And Spirits Competition
2015 Los Angeles International Spirits Competition
2015 Micro Liquor Competition
2015 New York World Wine and Spirits Competition
2015 San Diego Spirits Festival Intl Spirits Comp.
2015 San Francisco World Spirits Competition
2015 SIP Awards
2015 Spirits of Americas
2015 The Washington Cup Spirit Competition
2016 Beverage Testing Institute 
2016 China Wine and Spirits Awards
2016 Congreso Internacional de Ron de Madrid
2016 Craft Spirits Award
2016 Denver International Spirits Competition
2016 German Rum Fest Awards
2016 International Spirits Challenge
2016 International Wine And Spirits Competition
2016 Los Angeles International Spirits Competition
2016 Micro Liquor Competition
2016 New York International Spirits Competition
2016 New York World Wine and Spirits Competition
2016 RumXP Miami Rum Renaissance Festival
2016 San Francisco World Spirits Competition
2016 SIP Awards
2016 Spirits Business Rum Masters
2016 The Washington Cup Spirit Competition
2016 Ultimate Spirits Challenge
2016 WSWA Spirit competition
2017 World Drinks Award
2017 China Wine and Spirits Award
2018 World Rum Awards


honest rum

Each rum in Steelpan’s blend is distilled and aged according to tradition that bars the use of additives and colorings. All of our rums are aged in 53 gallon bourbon barrels, each made of American white oak and each used only once. We blend at cask strength and bottle at exactly 80 proof.

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Marauda is an independently owned and operated brand, and as such we are not beholden to any person, agency or cause that dares to stand between our product and the people.