The base spirit is a corn distillate refined five times

sweet honeyed fruit

this rum captures the vibrant essence of the cane

with earthy notes of smoke and wet gravel on the nose

And how we still do it today

The Bitter Truth Jerry Thomas Bitters Don Julio 1942 The base spirit is aProfessor Jerry Thomas wasn't just a 19th century bartender he's the man credited with writing the first ever published cocktail book, and he tended bar at New York's Metropolitan Hotel and St. Louis's Planters House before becoming the most influential bartender of his era. The Bitter Truth built this bitters as an homage to him, adapting his original recipe (not copying it exactly, by their own admission) to meet modern production standards. Bottled