Normally, a rum is made on the basis of molasses. Molasses is a sugar syrup that is a by-product of sugar production. by-product of sugar production. For Canas Rum, however, freshly pressed sugar cane juice from selected partners is used.
This exclusive rum is the life's work of one of the most important and enterprising Danes of his time, the pharmacist and court councilor Albert Heinrich Riise. The history of A.H. Riise Rum leads back to times past and far away, when the former Kingdom of Denmark-Norway was still colonial owner of today's US Virgin Islands in the Caribbean.
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Hacienda in 1996, Alberto Vollmer Herrera, fourth generation family member, called for the creation of a rum that would incorporate all the craftsmanship of the last 200 years.