Copalli RumWebsite: www.copallirum.com
Hawai'i Distributor: Southern Wine & Spirits |
Copalli RumWebsite: www.copallirum.com
Hawai'i Distributor: Southern Wine & Spirits |
Values
Sustainability is a major component of Copalli Rum and the associated businesses of Copalli Lodge and Copalli Tree Farm. According to Ed Tiedge, President and Master Distiller of Copal Tree Distillery “We incorporate sustainability into everything we do, because we understand its importance to not only a well-crafted rum, but also to our community, our consumers and our future.” This comes in the form of both economic and environmental sustainability. Economic benefits to the community
Environmental Sustainability With environmental sustainability inmind and a goal to waste absolutely nothing, the creation of a generally closed-loop system with minimal imports helps to reduce the rum’s overall carbon footprint. Additionally, Copal Tree Farms is the first Certified Organic farm in Belize. In particular, “waste” streams from one process are used as inputs for another and results in less than 50 gallons of garbage generated per week. For example:
Brand Name The Copal tree (Protium copal), which is native to Belize and Central America, is known for producing “copal” a tree resin that was ritually burned as in incense offering to the gods by pre-Columbian Mesoamericans. More recently it has a similar purpose as incense used for blessing and a spiritual cleansings as well as healing properties when used topically to ease skin irritations and muscle soreness. |
Situated where the mountains of Southern Belize spill into the reef of the Caribbean Sea, Copalli Rum’s distillery and the associated Copalli Tree lodge sit within the footprint of a former sugar plantation, sugar mill and rum distillery that has been operating since the mid-1800s.
The story of sugar on the land starts in the 1860’s when when Confederates from Alabama and Texas settled in the region to produce cattle and cultivated the area in response to the high global demand for sugar. As a by-product of that production, a distillery which made Rocky Run Rum was developed in the 1940s and ran until the 1970s. At that juncture, the distillery closed and the property was turned into a citrus farm. In 2001, the property was sold, and a fly fishing lodge named El Pescador South was constructed. In 2005, Todd Robinson, an entrepreneur and financier turned conservationist visited the lodge. While fishing, he found a lack of success due to soil runoff into the ocean caused by logging. This inspired his purchase of the property along with 22,000 acres of rainforest with the goal of environmental preservation through private land stewardship and by providing an alternative economic opportunity to logging. This ultimately resulted in a pioneering eco-lodge that embodied a farm-to-table agritourism spirit while conserving the surrounding rainforest. Its name: Copal Tree Lodge. In 2015, to expand on Copal Tree Lodge, construction began on Copal Tree Distillery. It was subsequently transferred into a trust that supports philanthropic efforts in the Toledo District of Southern Belize. Unlike many distilleries that were built decades ago, Copal Tree was built from day one to minimize its resource use and overall environmental impact. |
Copalli White Rum
more interesting, heavier bodied rums. Copalli Barrel Rested Rum
Tasting and Usage Notes: This rum sits heavier than the Copalli white rum due to the blending. Because of this it can sit neat or stand up to heavier flavors including amaro. |
Copalli Cacao Rum
Tasting and usage notes: By redistilling the rum, the roasty-chocolatey aromas from maillard compounds are retained while discarding the cacao polyphenols. These flavors pair well and function like an embellishment of the ethyl acetate (fruity) and isoamyl acetate (banana) aromas prevalent in some single origin craft chocolate and in agricole style rum. |
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