"product of the virgin islands" = cruzan always?

[mbanu]

When an unidentified rum says that it's a product of the Virgin Islands, does this always mean it comes from the Cruzan distillery? Isn't there also a distillery in the Virgin Islands owned by Great Britain?? If they also sell bulk rum, is there a good way of telling which distillery it came from?

On an unrelated note, does Cruzan do anything to the bulk white rums coming out of their distillery (aging and filtering, straight filtering, micro-oxygenation, etc.) or is it straight from the still and into the shipping tank?

Edited July 13, 2005 by mbanu (log)

[Ed Hamilton]

Cruzan is the only distillery left in the US Virgin Islands, there is a small distillery in the British Virgin Islands but they don't export anything.

Depending on the customer for their bulk rum, the fresh distillate may undergo other processes such as filtering, oxygenation, etc. As you can imagine, customers want a variety of other qualities of bulk rums.