Hemingway Rum Company

Hemingway was an author, a freethinker, an adventurer, a conservationist and a bon vivant. There was one thing that he was not: a spectator. He had many passions, but his one true constant was his beloved boat, Pilar. The Hemingway family graciously donates a Majority of the proceeds from Papa’s Pilar Rum to Charity. Papa’s Pilar Rum is born of the finest rums, which are hand-selected from the Caribbean and Central, South & North America. They are then married together in our proprietary solera blending process. Papa’s Pilar represents the original spirit of rum. Bold and well-traveled, just like Papa. In addition to multi-sourcing, we reinstate practices that were applied to rum 85 years ago with our Solera blending process. A solera is a multi-staged process of aging and maturing rum, employing fractional blending for consistent high quality. Originally used by Spanish and Portuguese wine makers, specifically in the production of port and sherry, the solera allows us to perfectly blend younger products with older rums. Barrels can be considered the soul of an aged rum so we select these just as carefully as we do our sourced rums. The layers within Papa’s Pilar proprietary solera include: American Oak Bourbon barrels, Spanish Oloroso Sherry casks, and Ruby Port barrels for our Dark rum.