PROBITAS/VERITAS—A Rum You Need
Channel: Zach Zoschke
Date: 2021-05-11

Whether you bleed 151 or think rum is disgusting, there’s one I think deserves a place in your home bar—Probitas. Probitas (Veritas everywhere but the US) is made by Foursquare in Barbados, which, despite it’s small size, is one of the most decorated rum distilleries in the world. Inspired by Luca Gargano of La Maison and Velier and blended by Richard Seale, Probitas blends the flavors of two of my favorite rum-producing countries—Barbados and Jamaica.

For the curious, the esters pictured are Ethyl butyrate (bottom left) and Ethyl acetate. Fun Fact: Butyric acid by itself smells like vomit. Once combined with ethyl alcohol, the resulting Ethyl Butyrate smells like pineapple.

Some rum videos I’ve made in the past:

Hampden (Jamaica)
https://youtu.be/XmS4Bse918s
Cadenhead’s Green Label (Caribbean blend)
https://youtu.be/edowFUS_VOw
Havana Club (Cuba)
https://youtu.be/SSXlbJcScyc
Wood’s (Guyana)
https://youtu.be/oU20riqI6zU
Bounty Overproof (Fiji)
https://youtu.be/ocq5hkCkBXg
Inner Circle Red Dot (Australia)
https://youtu.be/3qnjt2jcqMI
Bambarra Reserve (Turks and Caicos)
https://youtu.be/fxdy1rEkAn4

Music by Kevin Incroyable

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