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SMWS Code R3: West Indies Rum

Distillery behind Society cask numbers R3.x

SMWS code R3 is West Indies Rum, in Barbados. It is an operating distillery, founded in 1893. Any Society bottling numbered R3.x (for example R3.1, R3.42) is a single cask from West Indies Rum.

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About West Indies Rum

“The West Indies Rum Distillery (WIRD), also known as Stade's Rum Distillery, is located in Blackrock, Barbados. It was established in 1893 by George Stade.”From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society bottles single casks under numeric codes rather than distillery names, so a label reading R3.403 means cask 403 from distillery R3. That distillery is West Indies Rum, in Barbados. More on West Indies Rum at Wikipedia.

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Which distillery is SMWS code R3?
SMWS code R3 is West Indies Rum, in Barbados. It is an operating distillery, founded in 1893. Any Society bottling numbered R3.x (for example R3.1 or R3.42) is a single cask from West Indies Rum.