For a true A.H. Riise Collector it's all about the good taste, of course. But it's also about having something special in the bar cupboard. Perhaps you are the lucky owner of discontinued Riise variants, or have collected a complete Riise series?

In June 1838, the Danish Government officially appointed Albert Heinrich Riise as the exclusive pharmacist for the caribbean island, Saint Thomas, part of the former Danish West Indies. This granted him monopoly status to produce alcohol in his pharmacy.

If you have an old bottle of A.H. Riise in your hand and compare it with a more recent bottle, you might wonder why what used to say ‘Rum’ is now ‘Superior Spirit Drink made from Premium Matured Rum’. What’s the difference? And does it matter to you?

West Indian rum and spirit drinks based on rum are traditionally produced in three different styles: Spanish, English and French.