Flor de Caña
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Flor de Caña (Spanish, translated to "Sugar Cane Flower") is a brand of rum from Nicaragua.
Flor de Caña is made by Compañía Licorera de Nicaragua, S.A, a member of Grupo Pellas. Flor de Caña makes three white rums and five dark rums:
- Limón (4 years)
- Extra Lite (4 years)
- Extra Dry (4 years)
- Gold (4 years)
- Black Label (5 years)
- Grand Reserve (7 years)
- Centenario (12 years)
- Centenario 21 (15 years, comes in porcelain bottle with 24k gold writing, cloth bag)
- Centenario Gold (18 years)
A distinctive aspect of Flor de Caña is its brand symbol present on all bottles. The logo depicts a road, with palm trees on the sides, that continues on to the horizon. A chain of volcanoes is also seen on the horizon. The symbol was inspired by the railroad, along with the palm trees on the sides, that led to the San Antonio sugar mill located in Chichigalpa, Nicaragua, where the Flor de Caña rum was first produced, and where it continues to be produced today. The volcano in the center seen on the horizon is the San Cristobal volcano, the tallest in Nicaragua.
[edit] Criticism
The Compañía Licorera de Nicaragua, S.A, a membert of Grupo Pellas, is the owner of the Ingenio San Antonio, has been accused of destructive environmental practices leading to the poisoning of thousand of workers of the Ingenio in their sugar plantations, and leading to the pollution of hydrographic resources in the occidental region of Nicaragua. Sources: Sugar croppers protest in Managua (SPAN), The drama and struggle of the sugar croppers.
