Barbary Coast Agricole Rhum

Barbary Coast Agricole Rhum is San Francisco's take on the agricole style — a drier, earthier rum fermented from whole sugarcane juice rather than molasses. Raff Distillerie ferments fresh sugarcane juice from Colombia and distills it into a high-proof rhum bottled at 50% ABV in a 750mL bottle, keeping the grassy, vegetal character that makes agricole-style rums the natural wine of the rum world. Available to order online from Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA.

• ABV: 50% (100 proof)
• Size: 750mL
• Style: rhum agricole — fermented from fresh sugarcane juice (the entire juice), not molasses
• Origin: distilled by Raff Distillerie, San Francisco, California; cane juice sourced from Colombia
• Profile: dry, earthy, and grassy — the drier end of the rum spectrum

Agricole Style, Bay Area Made

Most rum is built on molasses — a by-product of refining cane juice into white sugar. Agricole-style rum flips the process: the cane is crushed fresh from the field, and the juice itself is fermented and distilled, producing a rum that is grassy, vegetal, and earthy where molasses rums are round and sweet. The style's ancestral home is the French West Indies — Martinique and Guadeloupe — but California distilleries helped bring it stateside, and Barbary Coast's rhum keeps the tradition honest: cane juice from Colombia, fermented and distilled high-proof by Raff Distillerie in San Francisco, bottled at a bold 50% ABV. Explore more Barbary Coast or browse the store's rum collection.

Tasting Notes

Drier than typical rum, with pronounced earthy and grassy notes — fresh-cut cane character, vegetal depth, and a savory, almost briny undertone that distinguishes cane-juice rhum from molasses-based styles. The 100-proof bottling keeps the flavors bold and concentrated.

How to Enjoy

Try it first neat or with a single cube to appreciate the cane-juice character. In cocktails, it brings dryness and grassiness to a Daiquiri, Ti Punch, or Mai Tai — a compelling substitute for aged agricole rhums where you want more lift and less sweetness.

Frequently Asked Questions

A style of rum fermented and distilled from fresh sugarcane juice — "agricultural rum" — rather than from molasses, the industry-standard by-product of sugar refining. The French islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe are its ancestral home.

Regular rum is typically made from molasses and tends to be rounder and sweeter. Barbary Coast's rhum is made from whole cane juice, which gives it a drier, more earthy and grassy profile.

It is bottled at 50% ABV (100 proof).

Cane juice, not molasses — order Barbary Coast Agricole Rhum online at Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.