Chalong Bay Pure Series Original
Chalong Bay · Chalong Bay Distillery
A quietly confident white rum that trades the funk of Caribbean pot stills for a serene, aromatic clarity — an ideal introduction to non-Antillean cane-juice distillation and a versatile cocktail base with genuine terroir.
Nose
Freshly pressed sugarcane leads, layered with white flowers, cucumber skin, wet grass, and a whisper of green banana. There's a saline lift and a hint of lemongrass that anchors the aromatics in Southeast Asia.
Palate
Silky and restrained on entry — sugarcane sap, green apple, sweet basil, and a mineral, almost coastal salinity. Mid-palate reveals subtle white pepper, jasmine rice steam, and lime pith, with none of the heat or sharpness common to unaged cane spirits.
Finish
Clean, elegant, and softly herbaceous, with lingering grassy sweetness and a fresh mint-leaf coolness that fades slowly rather than burns.
- Base Ingredient
- Fresh-pressed sugarcane juice from Phuket-grown cane
- Distillation
- Single distillation in a small hand-hammered copper Charentais-style column still; unaged, rested in stainless steel before bottling
- Country
- Phuket, Thailand
Cocktail Suggestion
Andaman Stillness — 2 oz Chalong Bay Pure Series Original, 0.75 oz fresh lime juice, 0.5 oz lemongrass-ginger syrup, 3 kaffir lime leaves (lightly clapped). Shake with ice, double-strain into a chilled coupe, garnish with a single floating lime leaf.
Food Pairing
Green papaya salad (som tam) with dried shrimp, or grilled prawns with a nam jim seafood dipping sauce — the rum's herbal minerality lifts chili heat and echoes the citrus-lemongrass palette of Thai cuisine.
Founded in 2012 by a French-Thai team who transported a hand-hammered copper column still from Charentes to Phuket, Chalong Bay ferments and distills only fresh-cut sugarcane from the island's rainy season, one small batch at a time.
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