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A RUM AS BOLD, YET NUANCED AS PAPA HEMINGWAY HIMSELF, PAPA’S PILAR IS BORN OF A COMPLEX CREATIVE PROCESS INSPIRED BY HIS ARTISTIC EXPRESSION.

APTLY NAMED AFTER PAPA AND HIS BOAT, THE PILAR, OUR AWARD-WINNING ULTRA-PREMIUM SPIRIT REFLECTS RUM’S GUTSY ROOTS.

Papa's Rum

Born of the finest rums, each is hand-selected from the Caribbean and Central, South, and North America. They are then married together in our proprietary solera blending process. Papa’s Pilar represents the original spirit of rum. Bold and well-traveled — just like Papa.

White spirits drinkers will be introduced to something they had no idea that rum was capable of.

- BARTENDER JOURNEY

..Tastes like butter that’s been hanging out with a slice of vanilla cake in your fridge.

- PASTE MAGAZINE

LIMITED EDITIONS

A legendary blend honoring a special anniversary: Papa's Pilar Legacy Edition 2022

LIMITED EDITIONS

Utilizing our Innovation Hub in Key West, our Master Blender, Ron Call, creates special and limited releases allowing for experimentation with the art and science of rum-making. 

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LIMITED EDITION

Utilizing our Innovation Hub in Key West, our Master Blender, Ron Call, creates special and limited releases allowing for experimentation with the art and science of rum-making. 

LIMITED EDITIONS

Utilizing our Innovation Hub in Key West, our Master Blender, Ron Call, creates special and limited releases allowing for experimentation with the art and science of rum-making. 

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It’s not often we develop an affinity for a spirit like we maintain for whiskey, but the Dark stole our hearts.

- WISKY JULIET

On both the nose and palate, it offers a sensory overload of cinnamon, clove, baking spices, honey, cocoa, and mocha. It is rum as it should be, a spirit that makes you stop and think.

- MARK SPIVAK

And just a quarter of the way through (the year), the dark rum is an early contender for Rum of the Year. And certainly worthy of the Hemingway name.

- CARIBBEAN JOURNAL

COCKTAILS

PAPA’S PILAR WAS MADE FOR ADVENTURE - A DRINK TO ACCOMPANY YOU AS YOU SINK YOUR TEETH INTO LIFE.

Looking for the best authentic Hemingway Daiquri or a crowd-pleasing Rum Punch? How about a rum-inspired Old Fashioned, a classic Boat ‘Docktail’, a historical Rum Swizzle or better yet, the best damn sipping rum you’ve ever tasted?  Well, we’ve got you covered.

Check back often for new recipes and share yours by tagging us on social.

PAPA-WORTHY PACKAGING

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The Papa’s Pilar bottle is as distinctive as the rum inside.

With great attention to detail, every aspect of the Papa’s Pilar packaging is purposeful and thoughtful, and ready to be discovered.

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IN THE NEWS

…WHAT I LIKED ABOUT THIS PALE RUM, AT 92 PROOF, AGED IN SHERRY CASKS, IS THAT IT HAS A FINE BALANCE BETWEEN WHITE RUM AND DARK, MAKING IT IDEAL FOR A DAIQUIRI, MY DRINK OF CHOICE YEAR ROUND.

- FORBES MAGAZINE

IN THE NEWS

Both expressions of Papa’s Pilar stand on their own. Preferably neat.

- LIQUOR.COM

IN THE NEWS

The best distilling talent in the world developed this rum. Packaging was precisely calculated and artfully executed… Pilar is a rum of great consequence, and it makes for good story telling.

- THE RUM GALLERY

IN THE NEWS

Papa’s Pilar is a compilation of the Caribbean’s finest rums… so that it brings forth a taste so smooth that rum purists dare not mix it with anything but a few cubes of ice.

- GUY HARVEY MAGAZINE