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Revisiting Jamaica's Long Pond Rum Distillery

Matt Pietrek
Nov 28, 2023

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jinsu
Jun 13, 2025

Hello, I'm a Korean college student who loves rum. Can I use the photos of the fermentation tank, muck pit, and still from Longpond Distillery for my rum blog?

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Crabe
Oct 16, 2024

Hi Matt! You've seen the fermentation tanks with your own eyes. There is one question that bothers me. Do small flies live around the vats? They look like fruit flies or something.

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Matt Pietrek
Oct 16, 2024

Great question. To be honest, I don't recall. Maybe?

It's such an overwhelming experience, including being extremely hot, wearing a helmet, and juggling multiple cameras that it's easy to tune out something like flies.

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Crabe
Oct 16, 2024

I am studying the possibilities of the transfer of microorganisms responsible for fermentation by flies =)

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David Pearce
Dec 20, 2023

It looks like it is, from want of a better word, agricultural, and almost a DIY distillery. I kind of love it for that!

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Patrick Rollins
Dec 4, 2023

Are you able to describe, to the best of your memory, what the muck pit actually smelled like? I have read time and time again that it smells "foul", but what kind of foul? (full transparency, I have been doing some experiments behind out distillery and they smell bloody foul, but I'm not certain if it's the right kind of foul smell). Sorry fi this is confusing, haha

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