Bedford Park 13 Year Old Fiji Single Barrel Rum

Bedford Park 13 Year Old Fiji Single Barrel Rum is a single-barrel rum from independent bottler Bedford Park, distilled in Fiji in 2012 and bottled in 2025 at cask strength, 61.7% ABV (123.4 proof), in a 700mL bottle. The rum — from the South Pacific Distillery in Lautoka, Fiji’s only distillery — spent the majority of its life in the United Kingdom in once-used bourbon barrel No. 21 and yielded just 241 bottles, non-chill filtered with no additives. Bedford Park released it as the counterpart to its 19-year Fiji: where the older cask is refined, this younger distillate carries a lot more funk. It is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor.

• Proof / ABV: 123.4 proof (61.7% ABV), cask strength
• Size: 700mL
• Age: 13 years — distilled 2012, bottled 2025
• Distillery: South Pacific Distillery, Lautoka, Fiji
• Cask: Once-used bourbon barrel No. 21; 241 bottles; non-chill filtered, no additives
• Origin: Fiji

Fiji’s Raw and Powerful Side

South Pacific makes pot still rum from molasses with a high-ester, tropical, funky style that has earned it a cult following — and independent bottlers have been the main way American drinkers get to taste it at full strength. Raising Glasses, who bring Bedford Park into the United States, call this cask an exceptional reflection of the distillery and the more raw, powerful Fiji so many drinkers have been yearning for. Thirteen years with most of that time aging in the UK kept the spirit’s edge while the once-used bourbon barrel rounded it. The label art, like the rest of this release series, is a vivid illustrated scene over the black Bedford Park band. Find more cult single casks in our rum collection.

Tasting Notes

High-ester tropical funk up front — overripe fruit, brine and solvent brightness — over an oily palate of dried fruit, vanilla, pepper and light oak, finishing long and vivid. A splash of water opens it up considerably, as the bottler recommends.

How to Enjoy

Neat with a splash of water, rested in the glass — at 61.7% it unfolds slowly. It also stands up in a bold Mai Tai or Jet Pilot; stock the build from our cocktail ingredients and explore more Pacific and Caribbean casks across our spirits shelves.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which distillery made this rum?
South Pacific Distillery in Lautoka — the only distillery on Fiji — known for high-ester pot still rum from molasses. The label reads “a Fiji Distillery”; the bottler’s counterpart 19-year release and RumX both identify South Pacific.

How does it compare with Bedford Park’s 19-year Fiji?
Bedford Park bottled this 2012 cask as its counterpart: the younger distillate carries more funk — the rawer, more powerful side of Fiji — against the older cask’s refinement.

How many bottles exist?
241, from single barrel No. 21, bottled at 61.7% ABV in a 700mL bottle. It will not be restocked.

Get Bedford Park 13 Year Old Fiji Single Barrel Rum at Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA — 241 bottles of Fiji at full strength.