Baily Pryor and
Guillaume Cuvelier have joined forces to take "The Real McCoy" Rums national. "Crafted in the prohibition tradition of
America’s pioneer rum runner, Bill McCoy". The Real McCoy expressions are
hand-crafted aged rums from the Barbados distillery of Richard Seale made from the finest molasses and
purest spring water. These rums are a combination of column and pot still rums and aged in American Oak whiskey barrels in the traditional style,
yielding a clean, smooth and flavorful rum. Richard Seale a very special rum producer, believes in an honest rum with no additives of any sort, thus the pure honest flavors that make this rum "The Real McCoy. A multi-award winning line including a
3-year-aged, 5-year-aged, and 12-year-aged rum. Perfect for sipping or creating your premium cocktails,
it’s truly "The Real McCoy"!
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| Pryor Baily |
"The
Real McCoy Rum is the brainchild of Bailey Pryor, Film maker. He produced and
directed a documentary about the life of Bill McCoy and his role in the
establishing the rum running trade which defined the prohibition era. This rum
is based on the story of Bill McCoy, the pioneer Rum Runner of the Prohibition
era. When Prohibition began, in January of 1920, McCoy was the first person to
fill a boat full of rum down in the Caribbean and sail it up to New York,
anchoring 3 miles offshore and acting as a floating liquor store within sight
of Manhattan." Through the process and research for making the documentary he became intrigued by the rum as well as the story of Bill McCoy. His
journey to find the right rum that would be worthy of "The Real McCoy" name would t end up at the Foursquare Distillery in Barbados and highly
respected rum producer Richard L. Seale. This was the beginning of "The Real McCoy
Rum" line, a collaboration between Bailey and Richard that would produced 3 unique rums.
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| Guillaume Cuvelier |
In 1998, Guillaume Cuvelier created the premium
vodka brand, SVEDKA, and launched it in the US. After building distribution
throughout the US, and developing a provocative and high impact advertising
campaign, SVEDKA became the fastest growing vodka in the US. In 2007, with
sales over 1,000,000 cases, and a 7% share of the highly competitive imported
vodka market, SVEDKA was sold to Constellation Brands, Inc., the largest wine
producer in the world, for $384M. Today he is a part of DAVOS Brands in New York, where he is serving as their vice chairman. He will be spearheading the collaboration between DAVOS Brands and The Real McCoy Rums to take the brand to the national level.
I've taken a real liking to the brand from the start and I'm really proud of Baily Pryor and Richard L. Seale for their fine work and dedication to take this really fine rum to the national level and making it available through our the states in the near future. ;o)
