In the mid 1800’s the Barnard family settled in Saint Lucia as greatly respected merchants and traders. Third generation Denis Barnard took over his father’s sugar plantation at the age of 21 and established the Dennery distillery. He was an original pioneer in the art of blending rum and began experimenting from molasses produced by the plantation’s own sugar factory. His philosophy and technique of blending different distillates created a unique and captivating spirit. He produced a consistently smooth, high-quality blended product. It is with this inspiration that his son, Laurie Barnard, founded Chairman’s Reserve. Laurie first experimented with blending respective casks of pot still and column still rums; and then returned the blended rum back into oak barrels to marry together. He constructed a smooth and complex well-balanced spirit that is now considered the benchmark for Saint Lucian rum.
Chairman’s Reserve distillery is nestled in the Roseau Valley on the West coast of Saint Lucia, in the rain belt of the island in close proximity to the hills, the sea and the Roseau River. This location affords a microclimate that creates the ideal conditions for amazing maturation of our rums. The transformation of the rums as they age is comparatively superior, giving our master blender the ideal foundation from which great rum blends can be created.
“* PROUDLY SAINT LUCIAN!: Chairman’s Reserve is Saint Lucia’s premier rum and the global icon brand within St. Lucia Distillers.
Created by the mid- 1990’s and perfected under the watchful eye of Laurie Barnard, Chairman of the unique distillery of the Caribbean island, Chairman’s Reserve is nowadays enjoyed all over the world. ”
“* CHAIRMAN’S RESERVE WHITE is a blend of aged and unaged rums distilled in a combination of copper pot stills and a coffey still.
Bottled at 43% ABV, this white rum creates the perfect base for a traditional daiquiri and other classic rum cocktails as it delivers refreshing citrus notes and a complex balance of aromas.”
* THE ART OF BLENDING : Laurie Barnard, the innovative Chairman behind the brand Chairman’s Reserve, drove the idea of having a diversity of rums from different stills and aged in contrasting woods so that the blender would have a palate of maturates from which to create a great rum. By 1999 these elements were in place and the launch of a new rum – Chairman’s Reserve, Finest St. Lucia Rum – heralded the beginning of a new adventure of bringing premium Saint Lucian rum to the world.
* TASTING NOTES : Clear translucent colour. Clear, refreshing citrus nose with hints of raisins. Opens dry on the palate and finishing with notes of cream, zesty citrus and fresh lime carrying through to an elegant structured finish.
“* CHAIRMAN’S RESERVE DAIQUIRI :
Ingredients
50ml Chairman’s Reserve white rum
25ml lime juice
10ml sugar syrup
ice
METHOD :
Shake all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker and strain into a cocktail glass.”
“* PROUDLY SAINT LUCIAN!: Chairman’s Reserve is Saint Lucia’s premier rum and the global icon brand within St. Lucia Distillers.
Created by the mid- 1990’s and perfected under the watchful eye of Laurie Barnard, Chairman of the unique distillery of the carribean island, Chairman’s Reserve is nowadays enjoyed all over the world. ”
“* FINEST SAINT LUCIA RUM : A fine quality rum that can represent the iconic style of St.Lucian rum.
As a simple line of distinction, Chairman’s Reserve Original starts with selected aged rums of both Coffey Column stills and copper pot stills, married together after maturation, and then re-entered into oak for blending and final finishing. The end result has become the flagship St. Lucian rum known for its harmonious well-rounded finess and style with tremendous character. Best enjoyed Neat or in Cocktail”
* THE ART OF BLENDING : Laurie Barnard, the inovative Chairman behind the brand Chairman’s Reserve, drove the idea of having a diversity of rums from different stills and aged in contrasting woods so that the blender would have a palate of maturates from which to create a great rum. By 1999 these elements were in place and the launch of a new rum – Chairman’s Reserve, Finest St. Lucia Rum – heralded the beginning of a new adventure of bringing premium Saint Lucian rum to the world.
“* TASTING NOTES : Rich dark amber in color, typical pot still richness comes through the aromas carried by whiffs of cooked, banana, caramelized fruits and spicy oak derived vanilla.
A well balanced mid-palate provides structure around flavors of chocolate, golden raisin, tobacco and clove, which dissipates over a long creamy finish . ”
“* CHAIRMAN’S RESERVE MAI TAI :
Ingredients:
1 oz. Chairman’s Reserve Rum
1 oz. Rhum Agricole
½ oz. Créole Shrubb
¾ oz. orgeat1 oz. fresh lime juice
Method: Shake all ingredients with one cube and pour into glass. Top with crushed ice and garnish with Mint sprig.
“Chairman’s Reserve Spiced is made from a blend of coffey still and pot still rums aged and finished with local fruits and spices such as cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, drief orange, raisins, plums, almonds and lemon rind.
This authentic Saint Lucian Spiced rum is produced and bottled by Saint Lucia Distillers. Our distillery is nestled in the Roseau Valley on the West coast of Saint Lucia, in the rain belt of the island in close proximity to the hills, the sea and the Roseau River. This location affords a microclimate that creates the ideal conditions for amazing maturation of our rums. The transformation of the rums as they age is comparatively superior, giving our master blender the ideal foundation from which great rum blends can be created.
Try Chairman’s Reserve spiced as an easy-to-make long drink : Chairman’s Reserve mule.
How to prepare ?
Step 1 : Squeeze a lime in a glass.
Step 2 : Add ice cubes, Chairman’s Reserve Spiced and ginger beer in that order
Step 3 : Stir and enjoy !”
“* PROUDLY SAINT LUCIAN!: Chairman’s Reserve is Saint Lucia’s premier rum and the global icon brand within St. Lucia Distillers.
Created by the mid- 1990’s and perfected under the watchful eye of Laurie Barnard, Chairman of the unique distillery of the carribean island, Chairman’s Reserve is nowadays enjoyed all over the world. ”
“* 100% NATURAL SPICED RUM : The best spiced rum crafted with 100% natural ingredients & paying tribute to Saint-Lucia geniune tradition for Spiced Rum.
Chairman’s Spiced Rum begins with a handcrafted blend of aged rums. This rum is used to steep caribbean fruits , bark and spiced and contains cinnamon, vanilla, nutmeg, clove, bitter orange and other natural ingredients to give a glorious and authentic saint lucian spiced rum experience. ”
* THE ART OF BLENDING : Laurie Barnard, the inovative Chairman behind the brand Chairman’s Reserve, drove the idea of having a diversity of rums from different stills and aged in contrasting woods so that the blender would have a palate of maturates from which to create a great rum. By 1999 these elements were in place and the launch of a new rum – Chairman’s Reserve, Finest St. Lucia Rum – heralded the beginning of a new adventure of bringing premium Saint Lucian rum to the world.
* TASTING NOTES: Deep mahogany color with a supple red hue. An expressive aroma of bitter orange, nutmeg, cinamon and sweet raisin lead to a sweet and rich mouthfeel bursting with exotic spices and balanced with crisp citrus character. An epicurean and complex spiced rum
* BARTENDER’S CHOICE SPICED RUM: Chairman’s Reserve Spiced is the bartender’s choice spiced rum : Perfect as cocktail’s base or neat .
“* PROUDLY SAINT LUCIAN!: Chairman’s Reserve is Saint Lucia’s premier rum and the global icon brand within St. Lucia Distillers.
Created by the mid- 1990’s and perfected under the watchful eye of Laurie Barnard, Chairman of the unique distillery of the carribean island, Chairman’s Reserve is nowadays enjoyed all over the world. ”
* A COMPLEX BLEND : “Legacy” is a blend of rums that honours the contribution of Laurie Barnard to the creation of Chairman’s Reserve and showcases the Art of Blending which was central to his philosophy. The blend contains rums from both the John Dore and Vendome pot stills, as well as our Coffey still. In addition to traditional molasses based rums the blend is freshned and balanced by the addition of sugar cane rum made entirely on our estate in Roseau. This rum is fermented using wild yeasts and is distilled in the John Dore pot still. The resulting blend is the embodiment of the vision Laurie Barnard had for St. Lucia Distillers.
* THE ART OF BLENDING : Laurie Barnard, the inovative Chairman behind the brand Chairman’s Reserve, drove the idea of having a diversity of rums from different stills and aged in contrasting woods so that the blender would have a palate of maturates from which to create a great rum. By 1999 these elements were in place and the launch of a new rum – Chairman’s Reserve, Finest St. Lucia Rum – heralded the beginning of a new adventure of bringing premium Saint Lucian rum to the world.
“* TASTING NOTES :
Light amber mahogany core with an intense yellow rim. Sweet raisin butterscotch aromas blend harmoniously with tobacco, vanilla and banana.
A slight grassy vegetal aroma from the sugar cane rum.
On the palate rich hedonistic “” crème brulée””, vanilla and a hot gingery mouth feel.
Intense and complex but with a soft easy drinking personality, the rum has a long and lingering finish. ”
“* Chairman’s Julep
Ingredients
2 oz. Chairman’s Reserve LEGACY
6-8 leaves + generous sprigs of mint
1/4 oz simple or cane syrup
Method
Add mint and syrup to julep tin and lightly muddle. Add rum and crushed ice and give a stir. Top with more crushed ice and garnish with a bouquet of mint. ”
PROUDLY SAINT LUCIAN!: Chairman’s Reserve is Saint Lucia’s premier rum and the global icon brand within St. Lucia Distillers. Created under the watchful eye of Laurie Barnard, then Chairman of Saint Lucia ‘s unique distillery, Chairman’s Reserve is nowadays enjoyed all over the world.
EXTRA AGED SIPPING RUM: ‘The Forgotten Casks’ starts with aged rums of both Coffey Column stills and copper pot stills. The selected rums are aged separately in ex-Bourbon barrels during a minimum of 6 years, then blended and rested for an additional six months to finish.
THE ART OF BLENDING : Laurie Barnard, the innovative Chairman behind the brand Chairman’s Reserve, drove the idea of having a diversity of rums from different stills and aged in contrasting woods so that the blender would have a palate of maturates from which to create a great rum.
TASTING NOTES : Rich, dark , gold mahogany colour with an intense nose of sweet raisins, cigar tobacco, amber honey and vanilla. A warm palate offers grilled tropical fruit and candied walnuts rounded with soft spiced that persist through a long wonderful finish.
“FORGOTTEN OLD FASHIONED
2 oz. Chairman’s Reserve Rum
1 teaspoon sugar
3 dashes of Angostura bitters
Large orange zest
Muddle the sugar and bitters in an old-fashioned glass. Add large piece of ice and add Chairman’s Reserve Rum. Stir gently and finish with a twist of a orange zest”
“* PROUDLY SAINT LUCIAN!: Chairman’s Reserve is Saint Lucia’s premier rum and the global icon brand within St. Lucia Distillers.
Created by the mid- 1990’s and perfected under the watchful eye of Laurie Barnard, Chairman of the unique distillery of the carribean island, Chairman’s Reserve is nowadays enjoyed all over the world. ”
* CELEBRATING 90 YEARS OF HISTORY: : This rum celebrates the inauguration of a new distillery in February 1931 on the east coast of Saint Lucia, near Dennery in St. Lucia. The Distillery was founded by Denis Barnard and produced rum until 1972 when St. Lucia Distillers was formed out of the merging of the Dennery distillery and the Roseau Distillery. The Dennery distillery was closed as a result of the amalgamation but rum making continues at Roseau on the west coast of Saint Lucia
” * THE ART OF BLENDING : Chairman’s Reserve 1931 is a result of an extremly complex blend of distillates from our Coffey still and three copper Pot Stills.
90% of the blend is from a molasses base while 10% is from fresh sugar cane juice fermented with natural yeasts and distilled in our John Dore Pot Still.”
* TASTING NOTES : Vibrant medium gold core with bronze rim. Sweet raisins with definite toasty oak notes, leather, spice and tobacco on the nose. Rich sultana fruit with hints of crème caramel and buttery oak on the palate. A long complex finish – at first sweet raisin fruit then dry and tannic from the oak. A hint of grassy aromatic sweetness from the sugar cane distillate gives a unique, hedonistic but balanced element to the rum.
“1931 – A Celebration of over 90 Years of Saint Lucian Rum Making is the latest addition to St. Lucia Distiller’s Chairman’s Reserve brand. This rum celebrates the inauguration of a new distillery in February 1931 on the east coast of Saint Lucia, near Dennery in St. Lucia.
The Distillery was founded by Denis Barnard and produced rum until 1972 when St. Lucia Distillers was formed out of the merging of the Dennery distillery and the Roseau Distillery. The Dennery distillery was closed as a result of the amalgamation but rum making continues at Roseau on the west coast of Saint Lucia.
Committed to innovation and quality, St. Lucia Distillers is a boutique rum distillery situated in the scenically beautiful and agriculturally rich valley of Roseau on the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia. A passionate team of distillers, blenders, and administrative staff work together to produce some of the world’s finest rums. Making quality rum is central to St. Lucia Distillers’ ethos. It is the springboard from which all other aspects of the company’s operations are launched.
