Tortuga Rum
by Laurie Perry
Title
Tortuga Rum
Artist
Laurie Perry
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
An antique rum barrel at the Rum Factory in Grand Cayman.
In 1984, while working for Cayman Airways, Captain Robert Hamaty and his wife Carlene, an in-flight supervisor, founded the Tortuga Rum Company, Ltd. They introduced the first rums of the Cayman Islands, primarily to appeal as a souvenir to the growing tourist and cruise passenger business. In 1987, they opened the first Tortuga duty free liquor store and later that year introduced the now world famous Tortuga Caribbean Rum Cake.
For years Carlene had baked rum cakes for special occasions, using a four-generation old family recipe. Friends in the food business encouraged her to make it part of the Tortuga line. First offered at a local restaurant, her moist delectable cake was an instant hit.By 1990 the demand was so great that the company expanded with a bakery, making their cake the Caribbean's first commercially produced rum cake. A custom vacuum-seal packaging machine was added in 1991. The process prolongs the cakes' shelf life for up to twelve months or indefinitely if refrigerated or frozen � ideal for distribution anywhere in the world.
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August 9th, 2015
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