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Privateer is an American rum distillery operating in Ipswich, Massachusetts.

Real brown sugar
Privateer uses natural brown sugar created by simmering pressed cane juice with no coloring added.

Silver Reserve Rum
Pale amber cane juice crystals and boiled brown sugar are combined in warm water. Cool water is then added to bring the temperature down to 23.3°C (74°F). A proprietary yeast blend is added, and the temperature is kept between 23.3°C (74°F) - 25.5°C (78°F) for 6 days. Most of the sugar is fermented after 48 hours, but the wash is left to develop flavor. The resulting wash is roughly 8% ABV. The wash is run through a pot still which brings the ABV up to roughly 35%. These low wines are then run through a column still to a higher proof. The spirit is transferred to stainless steel tanks where soft water is slowly added to bring it down to 50% ABV and it is left to rest for 2 months. Before bottling, more water is added to bring the strength down to 40% ABV. Flavorings are not added, and the product is not filtered or colored.

True American Rum
Grade A molasses and boiled brown sugar are combined in warm water. Cool water is then added to bring the temperature down to 23.3°C (74°F). A proprietary yeast blend is added, and the temperature is kept between 23.3°C (74°F) - 25.5°C (78°F) for 6 days. Most of the sugar is fermented after 48 hours, but the wash is left to develop flavor. The resulting wash is roughly 8% ABV, and the pH is near 4. The wash is run through a pot still which brings the ABV up to roughly 35%. These low wines are then run through a column still to a higher proof. The number of open plates in the still are changed during the process to vary the flavor and aromas of the spirit. Soft water is added to being the ABV down to 55%. It can be matured in new American oak, used bourbon, and used cognac casks. Rums are taken from these casks when they are deemed ready to be blended. They are then proofed down to 50% ABV and finished in third and fourth use casks for 4-8 months to allow the rums to rest together without adding much additional oak influence. Before bottling, the blend is proofed down to 45% ABV. It is not chill-filtered, flavored, or colored.