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Papa's Pilar

The original spirit of rum, reborn as a Hemingway-worthy sipping rum — solera-blended from rums across the Caribbean and finished in a layered succession of casks. Built for the adventurer who refuses to be a spectator.

Hemingway Rum CompanySolera up to 24 yearsBlonde · Dark
Papa's Pilar — Rum · Key West, Florida
Category
Solera-aged
blended rum
Origin
Key West,
Florida
Rums blended
0 in the Dark
Solera age
up to 0 yrs
House since
1878
warehouse
01 / The story

Named for the man —
and the boat that carried him out.

Papa's Pilar takes its name from Ernest Hemingway — "Papa" — and Pilar, the fishing boat that carried him out beyond the harbor to feast on life.

The brand channels the man himself: author, adventurer, conservationist, bon vivant. Its home is Key West, where Hemingway first settled in 1931. In 2017 the Hemingway Rum Company opened its distillery inside an 1878 tobacco warehouse in Old Town.

Rather than distill a single rum, the house gathers premium aged rums from across the rum world and marries them through a proprietary solera process, then finishes them in a succession of casks — a rum made to be savored, not mixed away.

True to Hemingway's conservationist streak, the family ties the brand's success to protecting the oceans he loved.

02 / The range

Two expressions,
blended like a story.

Blonde

84 proof · 42%

Six premium rums from the Dominican Republic, Panama, Venezuela and Florida — solera-blended and finished in bourbon barrels and Spanish Oloroso sherry casks.

Bright citrusAlmondApricotButterscotch

Dark

86 proof · 43%

Nine rums from Barbados, the Dominican Republic, Panama, Venezuela and Florida — solera-aged up to 24 years and finished in bourbon, port and Oloroso sherry casks.

MapleDark chocolateRipe figCandied orangeToasted almond

Also released in limited Sherry- and Rye-finished editions.

The ethos
A life well-lived is the only life worth living. Here's to never being a spectator.
Papa's Pilar
03 / Going global

A sipping rum
that crosses borders.

Escalon places Papa's Pilar with the right distributors, market by market — recruiting partners, building the trade, reporting back. And the brand keeps the contract.

Anchored in the United States, Papa's Pilar is a natural fit for the premium on-trade and specialist retail across EMEA, LATAM and APAC — a story-rich, gift-worthy sipping rum that travels.

United StatesEMEALATAMAPAC
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