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Rum · 40.0% ABV

Banter Rum

Banter White Rum

Price

$$$$

Availability

MA, NY, CA

Order size

1+ cases

12 bottles per case

Banter White is a fresh, dry, and lively rum created with the discerning mixologist in mind. This additive-free unaged rum is a pot/column blend of molasses and cane juice from Jamaica and the Dominican Republic. No sweeteners, flavorings, or shortcuts, just a dry, tasty, genuine white rum made for those who care about quality over marketing tales. Blend: Dominican cane juice and Jamaican molasses.

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Banter White is a fresh, dry, and lively rum created with the discerning mixologist in mind. This additive-free unaged rum is a pot/column blend of molasses and cane juice from Jamaica and the Dominican Republic. No sweeteners, flavorings, or shortcuts, just a dry, tasty, genuine white rum made for those who care about quality over marketing tales. Blend: Dominican cane juice and Jamaican molasses.

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The Brand

Banter Rum

Banter Rum

Lafayette, LA

Est. 2025

Banter is revival rum. For more than 200 years, rum was the most important spirit in the U.S., and despite Americans consuming more than 25% of the world's rum today, the continental U.S. produces less than 1% of the global supply. The American rum shelf has grown stale, with the same beige bottles and tired pirate themes dominating the market. Banter is high-quality, approachable, and affordable rum designed for the American community that shaped it, built for casual, at-home occasions and versatile enough to shine on the bar.

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The Founder's Note

Banter Rum is the first release from The House of American Cane, founded in Louisiana in 2025 by Maggie Campbell, Darin Vest, and Chaz Vest to rekindle America's love affair with rum. Maggie Campbell serves as CEO, bringing nearly two decades of industry experience as former President of Privateer Rum and a member of Mount Gay's Private Projects leadership team, with training through the Siebel Institute, a WSET Diploma, coursework through the Institute of Masters of Wine, and study at Jamaica's alcohol school. Both Banter expressions were custom blended by Maggie for the thoughtful mixologist.

How It's Made

Banter White and Banter Amber are both pot-and-column blends of cane juice and molasses rums sourced from across the Caribbean and Central America rather than distilled from scratch in-house. Banter White blends Dominican cane juice with Jamaican molasses rum, unaged. Banter Amber blends Dominican cane juice with Jamaican, Trinidadian, and Guatemalan molasses rums aged up to four years. Both are additive-free, with no added sweeteners, flavorings, or shortcuts.

Tasting Notes

Opens with lime zest, vanilla bean, soursop, and a little macadamia creaminess. The palate stays lively with tropical fruit, fresh-cut grass, toasted vanilla, and a snap of lime curd and minerality.

Specimen Notes

DryGrassyVanillaCitrusTropicalMolasses / Sugarcane