Today’s Spirits of the Caribbean is a bit of a blast from the past. You will see Pyrat Rum in your liquor store or local watering hole, but you won’t see the Pyrat Rum plant on Anguilla anymore. Years ago, there was a Pyrat Rum blending and bottling plant on Anguilla, located in Sandy Ground, offering tours of the facility. They even had a rum which you could only get on Anguilla, an orange-flavored rum called “Savage.” Sadly, the Anguilla facility closed in 2009, and Savage is no more.
Anguilla Rums Limited, which produced Pyrat Rum, was founded by Martin Crowley, an American businessman. Mr. Crowley died on Anguilla in 2003. He was also the founder of another Anguillan company, CDC Limited, which produced Patron. On the tour, we learned that a Patron employee traveled to Anguilla to perfect the Pyrat blend before it was bottled and distributed.
For more information on our tour of the Anguilla plant in 2007, click here. For many reasons to visit Anguilla which are not related to rum, browse our Anguilla trip reports here. Cheers!