Centennial Celebration Rum

of the transfer of the danish west indies to the united states of america

O n several different occasions in the late 19 th century and early 20 th century Denmark negotiated with both Germany and the USA to either sell or exchange its territory of the Danish West Indies.

On March 31 st , 1917, the USA completed the purchase of the Danish West Indies from Denmark for the sum of 25 million dollars and the new administration renamed the former Danish territory as the United States Virgin Islands.

CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION

RUM

A.H.Riise Centennial Celebration Rum has been beautifully created from a selection of rums which remain true to the original A.H. Riise recipes and which have been aged in Oloroso sherry, port and P.X. casks. The result is a rum which has a rich, complex and elegant taste of raisins, brown sugar and molasses, infused with delicate notes of caramel, butterscotch and fresh sugarcane, ending off with a lingering, slightly dry taste of wood tannins with hints of spice, pepper and leather.