Samai Rum Distillery ( km, សិប្បកម្មកែច្នៃស្រារ៉ោមសម័យ) is a
Cambodia
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n premium
rum
Rum is a liquor made by fermenting and then distilling sugarcane molasses or sugarcane juice. The distillate, a clear liquid, is usually aged in oak barrels. Rum is produced in nearly every sugar-producing region of the world, such as the Ph ...
manufacturer in
Phnom Penh founded in 2014. The first rum distillery in the country. It was founded by Diego Wilkins, Daniel Pacheco and Antonio Lopez.
Samai Distillery was selected as one of 10 startup distilleries for
Diageo's distillery incubation programme. Since then its rums have won numerous awards from across the world such as
San Francisco World Spirits Competition
The San Francisco World Spirits Competition was founded in 2001 by Anthony Dias Blue as an off-shoot of the San Francisco International Wine Competition. It assesses hundreds of entrants annually (1,407 in 2013 from 63 countries) with tastings inv ...
, the London International Spirits Challenge, the Singapore World Spirits Competition and the Miami International Rum Conference. Currently, the distillery exports around 30% of its production to
Singapore
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,
France
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and
Spain
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, while the remaining 70% is sold domestically.
In 2020, after the start of the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, Samai Distillery began producing
hand sanitizer from the distillation fraction previously used for disinfecting equipment.
Production
Samai Distillery produces
añejo rum using traditional handmade 500-litre copper
pot stills.
It sources its
sugarcane from eastern regions of the
Koh Kong Province to produce three kinds of rums – Samai Gold Rum flavoured with
Mondulkiri wild honey, Samai PX Limited Edition Rum aged in Sherry American oak barrels and Kampot Pepper Rum spiced with
Kampot pepper
Kampot pepper ( km, ម្រេចកំពត; french: Poivre de Kampot) is a cultivar of black pepper (''piper nigrum'') grown and produced in Cambodia. It was also known as ''poivre d'Indochine'' ('Indochina pepper') during the early 20th cen ...
.
See also
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References
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External links
Official website*Chandarith Doung (15 December 2018)
Buckle up and get to know the marvelous story of first rum makers in Cambodia Foodbuzz.site
Rums
Cambodian brands
Food and drink companies of Cambodia
Companies based in Phnom Penh