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Clairin The Spirit of Haiti

Haiti is the last frontier of Rhum Agricole and the Clairin are precisely the rhums born and bred on this fantastic island (not by chance clairin means agricultural rhum in the local language);

In 1804, the Haitian people were the only ones to rebel fiercely against slavery and the entire island thus received a red card from the western world. Here, one finds a wonderfully pure landscape: native, unhybridised cane varieties, no chemicals in agriculture, spontaneous fermentation without selected yeasts, archaic distillations and no filtration.

Clairin The Spirit of Haiti

THE TERROIR

Haiti is the last frontier of rum and 'Clairins' are the rums of Haiti. They are artisanal and artistic productions, some minuscule, spread in the only Caribbean territory untouched by the 'modernisation' of the western world and therefore still wonderfully 'pure'.

Biodiversity in Haiti is enormous. Each region has its own production tradition, specific cane varieties and Clairins have distinctive aromatics. The five Clairins selected and bottled by Velier reflect this diversity as much in the cane varieties used as in the different fermentation and distillation techniques.

PRODUCTION PROTOCOL

In order to preserve the typicality of Clairin Traditional and avoid possible future speculation,
it was decided to draw up a protocol of rules that production must respect.
We have tried to summarise it in three main points:

1 AGRICOLTURE

Sugar cane varieties must be indigenous and preferably not hybrid. The cultivation of sugar cane must be organic and follow traditional production techniques, without the use of chemicals. The cane must be harvested by hand and transported only by animal power.

2 PRODUCTION

Fermentation of the sugar cane juice must only take place using natural yeasts, without the addition of industrial yeasts and without dilution. Fermentation must last at least 120 hours.

3 DISTILLATION

Distillation takes place in stills with a maximum of 5 copper dishes in direct contact with the fire. The spirit must be bottled at the still's outlet grade. Bottling must take place in Haiti.

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B-Tik clothing and accessories

B-tik is Velier's lifestyle line inspired by the world of Haiti and rum. The range includes aprons, kitchen towels, placemats, shoppers, shirts and clutch bags inspired by both the wonderful colours of the Clairin Sajous, Sonson and Casimir labels and created by the Haitian design brand of Valérie Louis and her daughter Yaël. Characterised by striking patterns and colours that uniquely fuse Haitian art, history, culture and design with African roots, this label presents prints and fabrics of great elegance.

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SAJOUS

Clairin Sajous is produced in the small distillery of Michel Sajous, a 4-hour off-road drive north of Port-au-Prince, in the middle of the countryside of the central Saint Michel region. A small but well-organised distillery that uses only pure cane juice of the original Cristalline variety, spontaneous fermentation and a distillation typical of northern Haiti. The liquid has finer aromas with interesting citrus notes of sugar cane.

CASIMIR

Clairin Casimir is produced eight hours from the capital, in the village of Barraderes, the last frontier of coffee, cocoa and Clairin. Faubert Casimir, an elegant and placid man, lives in a land and time that we find difficult to imagine. He uses sugar cane of the Hawaii variety, the same variety that comes from the Far East. Pure juice and wild fermentation in wooden vats, with the addition of local herbs, including aniseed and lemongrass. The liquid has very intense aromas, from candied fruit to herbs to truffles.

LE ROCHER

Romulus Bethel procures Le Rocher in Pignon. This Clairin is produced from syrup, not pure juice. Syrup is simply juice that has been boiled in order to preserve it while maintaining the peculiarities of the raw material. Three different varieties of sugar cane are used to produce the syrup. The other uniqueness of Le Rocher is that the syrup undergoes a fermentation similar to Grand Arôme rums, i.e. the residues (borlande) from the end of distillation remaining in the 'pot' are also present in the must. This addition allows much more intense aromatics to develop in fermentation, which are also revealed in the finished distillate.

VAVAL

RIl Clairin Vaval is produced in southeast Haiti, in Cavaillon. Here Fritz Vaval has been running the Arrawaks distillery owned by his family since 1947. Fritz owns 20 hectares of land cultivated with the naturally grown Madame Meuze cane variety. Clairin Vaval is made from pure cane juice, fermented naturally with wild yeasts and distilled in a distinctly homemade still.

SONSON

Clairin Sonson is the fifth Clairin producer to join the Spirit of Haiti range. This Rhum Agricole is produced by Stephan Kalil Saoud in Cabaret, north of the capital Port Au Prince, where Stephan grows a particular variety of unhybridized sugar cane, called Madame Meuze, which gives the distillate vegetal and slightly mineral notes.

CLAIRIN VIEUX

The first Clairins to become full-fledged Rums, over 4 years of age losing the primary characteristics of Clairin, to be enriched with a new aromatic profile typical of aged rums.

The Clairin Vieux mark a turning point in ageing, the result of the experience of the short ageing of the Clairin Ansyen but above all due to the fact that they have a much lower full alcohol content than any other rum at the time of casking.

The result is extraordinary.

RECIPT WITH CLAIRIN

Clairin The Spirit of Haiti

Over the years, we have come to know the Clairin as the only natural rum in the world, a true hidden treasure of Haiti, the Cinderella of the Caribbean. Its strict protocol is a guarantee of quality in every aspect of production, from farming to harvesting and production.

However, Clairin offers us another aspect, unprecedented and yet to be discovered, relating to its great versatility of use in cocktails.

Our our bartenders have studied and selected a series of drinks, between revisiting and absolute innovation, through which one can explore the vast and surprising aromatic possibilities of these exceptional rums.

Recipes with Clairin›