Rum is back in a big way, and the South African rum revolution started on a farm along the R70 between Riebeeckstad and Henneman in the Free Sate – the home of Whistler Rum, now the biggest rum distillery in the country.
Whistler, a small-batch rum, is as original as its drinkers – the “Whistlers,” people who do things differently. They tackle the “why’s?” of life with “why not’s, zig when everyone zags, and “Whistle their own tune”. Leading the resurrection of rum, brothers Trevor and Leon Bruns and Stephan De Vos started planning the production of a rum in 2015.
By the end of 2015, they had purchased a small 50l still with the objective of testing rum recipes. The distillery designs were finalised and construction started. By January 2017 the distillery was completed, and the first barrels were filled. In October 2017, Whistler African style rum was bottled in one-of-a-kind, especially made bottles, inspired by the steam whistle.
Rum Festival Cape Town 2018 – Win Tickets!
Whistler African Style Rum will be joining the RUM Festival in Cape Town to be held at the German Club (6 Roodehek Terrace Gardens) on the 1st and 2nd of December 2018, where you will get to taste some of the best rums from all around the world with the beautiful Table Mountain as a backdrop.
Whistler African Style Rum have been kind enough to offer our readers 5 double tickets to attend the festival this week. There are three ways to enter:
Good luck!
