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Why Does Jamaica Limit Its Rum to 1600 Esters?
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Why Does Jamaica Limit Its Rum to 1600…

Matt Pietrek
Nov 13, 2022
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Why Does Jamaica Limit Its Rum to 1600 Esters?
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Something that makes Jamaican rum so unusual is a particular substyle colloquially known as high ester rum. Most hardcore Jamaican rum wonks have heard that a law prohibits selling Jamaican rum with an ester level exceeding 1600. Naturally, we might ask: what are ester levels? And why do the Jamaicans cap them?

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