Distillery
Rivers
Rivers is the label under which the rum produced at the historic River Antoine Estate in Grenada is marketed. These are pure-cane rums (agricole / cane juice style) with high alcohol content, made using traditional methods and known for their intense, aromatic character.
- Saint Patrick · Grenada
- Since 1785
- 1 product
Rivers
Meet the producer
The story
Production linked to the River Antoine site dates back to the 18th century; the distillery has been active since 1785 and is cited as the oldest operating distillery in Grenada. Over the centuries the site remained tied to agricultural activity and cane processing, later passing to local ownership and collective management. Historical production and traditional techniques have been preserved.
Production philosophy
Safeguarding traditional practices and local processing: on-site cane cultivation, use of water-powered mechanical energy and traditional production processes to express the territorial character of the rum.
Territory
Grenada (island of Grenada), River Antoine Estate, parish of Saint Patrick
Production method
Production based on cane juice (cane juice): the cane is pressed with a water-driven mill, the juice is concentrated in the boiling house, fermented in open vats with natural yeasts and distilled in wood-fired pot stills (alambicchi a repasse); bottling takes place on site.
Distillation
Wood-fired pot stills (alambicchi a repasse); distillation of concentrated cane juice
Characteristics
- Type
- Distillery
- Categories
- rhum agricole
- Caribbean rum (Grenada)
- high-proof white rum
- Raw materials
- sugar cane
- molasses (in a small percentage, to increase yield)
- Representative products
- Rum Antoine 70cl - Rivers (Rivers Royale Grenadian Rum 69%)
What makes it distinctive
- Production site active since 1785, among Grenada's historic distilleries
- Use of a still-operational water mill for cane pressing
- Traditional production: boiling house, open-vat fermentation and pot still distillation
- Bottlings marketed under the names Rivers / Rivers Royal Grenadian Rum, noted for high proof and intense aromas