Andres Brugal Montaner left Catalonia in the favour of the Caribbean in 1868 when he was only 18. He first cleared up in Cuba, in the Santiago seaside community, and afterwards 20 years later on in 1888 he moved to Puerto Plata in the Dominic Republic. In the same year he founded Brugal & Carbon monoxide and also years later on he was renowned as an excellent rum mixer on the island. In 1920 Brugal creates its first aged rum in the Dominican republic with the Brugal Extra Viejo being developed in 1976 as the very first Dominican Republic premium rum-- according to their site.
Nowadays the company is possessed by the Scottish-based Edrington Group that got a bulk of the shareholding of business in 2008, but the rum itself is still generated by the Brugal household, even more precisely the 5th generation of Maestros Roneros-- Gustavo Ortega Zeller and Jassil Villanueva. Obviously just relative can come to be a "Master Ronero" for Brugal-- damn, there go my desire for making Brugal rum ... It's quite preferred in Spain and Italy as well as it can be conveniently be discovered in bars in the UK too.
Worth discussing they have actually philanthropic organisation established in 1988 which supports 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 states "it's distilling not when, not two times, however constantly that suggests Brugal is constantly the cleanest purest spirit" which is one means to state multi-column purification at 95% ABV in order hypnotic bottle to accomplish a neutral tasting spirit. They depend heavily on the wood ageing in order to impart flavour to their rums, and interestingly enough, they do not chill-filter.
Brugal Bonus Viejo (Additional Old) is molasses based as well as multi-column distilled with the rums in the blend being matured from 3 to 8 years in ex-Bourbon barrels in the Dominican Republic. Bottled at a simple 38% ABV, not chill-filtered, as well as from what I could find, minimally faulty (around 7 grams of sugar per litre).
On the nose feels quite abundant. Cocoa, ground coffee, coconut lotion as well as cayenne pepper. Sugar, maple syrup and also dirty cardboard. It's a combination of wonderful and natural, nothing also complex. Some climbed jam as well as cinnamon too.
On the taste buds really feels so watered down. Ground coffee, red chilli as well as some dark ciocolate. Blackberries, vanilla and also charred oak. It's difficult to locate more flavours, it just really feels so weak. The finish is short with salted sugar and also vanilla.