Old-school rum country

This definitely is one of the reasons to visit Grenada. There are four rum-producing companies in Grenada: Renegade, which has been in business since 2021, Westerhall, Rivers Antoine, and Clarke's Court. The latter was founded in 1937 and is the oldest of the four, producing rum under the auspices of the Grenada Sugar Factory, the biggest on the island, and taking its name from an estate in the southern parish of St. George's.

The only still-operating water wheel in the Caribbean, the cane mill at River Antoine Rum Distillery is literally powered by the river and runs on a hundreds-of-year-old water wheel. The rum is produced using methods that were similar to those used hundreds of years ago, but it is currently utilized to make a variety of modern cocktails, such as a chocolate cream liqueur. To understand why the rum continues to be so popular, take a tour of the location before trying it for yourself.