Rums Of Mexico "Melaza Con Muck" Zapopan Jalisco Molasses Rum (700ml)

The experimental side of Mexican rum is on full display in Melaza con Muck, produced by Pedro Andrés and Jorge Nájera at Satvrnal in Zapopan, Jalisco. These first-generation distillers run a small operation outside Guadalajara, making everything from gin and absinthe to banana eau-de-vie. For this release, they looked to the high-ester rums of the Caribbean for inspiration, developing their own muck recipe and incorporating it into a 15-day fermentation with high-grade melaza clara. The fermented mash was then distilled in their custom copper hybrid pot-and-column still. The Rums of Mexico describes this release as the international debut of the distillery’s rum mark. It’s a particularly exciting example of contemporary Mexican distillers exploring fermentation and adapting ideas from the wider rum world to their own production.