Andres Brugal Montaner left Catalonia in the favour of the Caribbean in 1868 when he was only 18. He initially settled in Cuba, in the Santiago coastal town, and then twenty years later on in 1888 he transferred to Puerto Plata in the Dominic Republic. In the exact same year he established Brugal & Co as well as years later he was renowned as a great rum blender on the island. In 1920 Brugal generates its initial aged rum in the Dominican republic with the Brugal Additional Viejo being produced in 1976 as the first Dominican Republic premium rum-- according to their web site.
Nowadays the business is had by the Scottish-based Edrington Team who purchased a majority of the shareholding of the business in 2008, yet the rum itself is still created by the Brugal family, even more specifically the 5th generation of Maestros Roneros-- Gustavo Ortega Zeller as well as Jassil Villanueva. Apparently just family members can come to be a "Master Ronero" for Brugal-- damn, there go my desire for making Brugal rum ... It's rather preferred in Spain and Italy as well as it can be conveniently be found in bars in the UK also.
Well worth mentioning they have philanthropic organisation established in 1988 which sustains quality education in the Dominican Republic called the Brugal Fundation, or Fundacion Brugal if Spanish is your point.
Brugal is used molasses sourced just from the Dominican Republic island which is fermented for 40-48 hrs. The website romantically says "it's distilling corzo tequila not as soon as, not twice, but endlessly that suggests Brugal is constantly the cleanest purest spirit" which is one means to claim multi-column distillation at 95% ABV in order to accomplish a neutral sampling spirit. They depend greatly on the timber ageing in order to convey flavour to their rums, and also surprisingly sufficient, they don't chill-filter.
Brugal Additional Viejo (Extra Old) is molasses based and multi-column distilled with the rums in the mix being matured from 3 to 8 years in ex-Bourbon casks in the Dominican Republic. Bottled at a mere 38% ABV, not chill-filtered, and also from what I might discover, minimally adulterated (around 7 grams of sugar per litre).
On the nose really feels quite abundant. Chocolate, ground coffee, coconut cream and also chili pepper. Caramel, syrup as well as dirty cardboard. It's a combo of wonderful and natural, nothing also complicated. Some increased jam as well as cinnamon as well.
On the taste feels so thinned down. Ground coffee, red chilli and some dark ciocolate. Blackberries, vanilla and also charred oak. It's hard to discover more flavours, it just really feels so weak. The finish is short with salted caramel and also vanilla.