Jamaica
It’s generally held that this Caribbean island has a higher concentration of rum bars than any other destination, and that there are more pot stills than on any of its regional neighbours. The powerful, complex flavours produced by those stills are at the heart of Jamaican rum but it’s not the whole story... column stills are used too and, often, distillers blend the two. What is common to just about every Jamaica rum to a greater or lesser extent is “Jamaica funk”. The phrase (borrowed from Tom Browne’s 1980 groove ‘Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.)’) refers to the strange but alluring whiff of fermenting fruit and spilled petrol. Unusually for rum, Jamaica has established a geographic indication (GI) for “Jamaica rum”, with strict rules governing its production since 2016.
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