Review: Key West Chefs Green Coconut Rum
Key West Chefs Green Coconut Rum is crafted at Key West’s first legal rum distillery since Prohibition. The distillery was founded and created by Paul Menta and Tony Mantia in 2012. It is built on what was originally Jack’s Saloon in 1900. In 1903 it became a Coca Cola bottling facility. Paul considers himself a chef first and a distiller second so their process is called chef distilled. Green Coconut is one of several flavored and spiced rums they currently create, that include Key Lime, Cuban Coffee, Spiced, Devil’s cinnamon, and Vanilla Brulee Dark Rum. Each of their flavored rums start with their original white rum base made from crystal demerara Florida sugar cane. The rum is distilled six times. The unaged rum is blended with coconut water and oils from green coconuts sourced from southern Florida and the Keys and a minimal amount of Florida cane sugar. Nothing else is added before bottling at 80 proof. Read more 