The distillery
Fernandes Rum Distillery
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago · Closed
Fernandes was a rum producer based in Port of Spain, Trinidad, with its distillery on the eastern outskirts of the city. The company blended and bottled its own rums for most of the twentieth century and became one of the best-known names in Trinidadian rum, with labels such as Vat 19, Black Label and Forres Park Puncheon. The rums were made from molasses and are generally associated with a lighter, column-distilled style, in contrast to the heavier pot-still tradition of Jamaica or Guyana.