DonPapaSmallBatchRum(700mL)

<p>The First Sipping Rum from the Philippines.</p><p>Don Papa was started in 2011 by <em>Stephen Carroll</em>, a former exec at Remy Cointreau. Inspiration came during a visit of Philippines’ <em>sugar capital of Negros</em>. Carroll was fascinated by the stories of an island that had everything; from the <em>World’s finest sugarcane</em>, beautiful beaches, mountains and volcanoes… <em>even guerrillas</em> in the hills. He deemed it only natural for Philippine Rum to be produced in Negros.</p><p>The brand Don Papa was inspired by an unsung hero, a <em>healer, shaman, seer, rebel</em>, and leader of a group of babaylane, who played a key role during the late 19th-century Philippine Revolution.</p><p><em>Don Papa Rum</em> was aged for 7 years in American oak barrels in the foothills of Mount Kanlaon. It’s the <em>first sipping Rum</em> of the Philippines, where the majority of Rum consumed is mass-produced, cheap and mainly meant to be mixed. But like everywhere around the World, <em>people are waking</em> up to pristine, small batch and craft products. </p><p><u>Smartass Corner:</u><em>Don Papa’s bottle comes from France, the cork from Portugal, the label from Italy and the brand image from New York’s Stranger & Stranger design firm. Don Papa has earned a double gold medal for packaging design at the 2013 San Francisco World Spirits Competition, and product innovation of the year at the 2013 Paris Cocktail Spirits Show. </em><em>There are 50 animals hidden in the label. Can you find them?</em></p>