The Real McCoy 12yo Madeira Rum

“The Real McCoy”

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Fast forward to the twenty first century, Founder and CEO, Bailey Pryor, came up with the idea to make The Real McCoy^® Rum while producing a documentary film about Bill McCoy for Public Television in the United States.

During his research for the film, Bailey traveled to the Caribbean island of Barbados, where he met Richard Seale, the 4th generation Master Distiller at his family-owned Foursquare Distillery.

Together, Bailey and Richard developed a classic style Barbados rum, adhering to McCoy’s strict regimen of never adulterating the rum with added sugars, flavors or perfumes. The resulting rum is artisan crafted in small batches, using a rare combination of column and pot still distillate, and authentically aging in American oak ex-bourbon barrels. The goal? Make a rum that actually lived up to the name “The Real McCoy^®.”

As a result of hard work and determination, Bailey’s documentary film went on to win 5 Emmy® Awards and Richard went on to win ‘Rum Producer of the Year’ at the prestigious ISC Awards for four years in a row (2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019). Also in 2018, Richard made the history books when his rum won “Supreme Champion” over all other spirits at the ISC Awards. This is the first time in history that a rum was recognized as the Supreme Champion spirit in the world.