PANAMA CRAFT SPIRITS, S.A.
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After a 20-year career making rum, tequila, and whiskey for multinationals, Dick Barba decided it was time to distill his own rum. One he could be proud of. This idea, that never left his mind, led him to the heart of Panama and the birth of Casa Barú.
Although most rums are made from molasses, Dick was looking for a better alternative. A chance encounter with artisanal sugarcane syrup proved so transformative that it led him to drive 500 km to the Chiriquí highlands to meet the farmer who produced it. Upon visiting the region, he realized just how extraordinary this land was. Its evergreen mountains and temperate climate, ideal conditions for patient rum maturation, literally cast a spell on him.