Saint James Spirits

Saint James Spirits
5220 Fourth St, Unit 17
Irwindale, California
USA 91706
Phone: (626) 856-6930
http://www.saintjamesspirits.com/

Contact: James Busuttil
Email: [email protected]

Saint James Spirits is a fast growing company with over six different products. These products include: Pineapple Brandy, Kirsch Brandy, Pineapple Rum, California Gold Agave, Peregrine Rock, and many more. Here at Saint James, we take pride in following the old European tradition of distilling in small batches with the use of an Alambic Copper Pot Still; and each bottle of our spirit is distilled using only the finest ingredients.

It takes a substantial investment to get started in the distillation business. And after years of saving, I was fortunate enough to be able to purchase a Alambic copper pot still from Germany. It is only with the use of a pot still that the flavors of the fruit came through. It is a very time consuming and lengthy process in which up to thirty pounds of fruit are used to produce only 750 ml of spirit. My Alambic still is quite small, with a capacity of only 40 gallons, and it takes up to eight hours to produce 4 gallons of distillate. We sacrifice up to 30% of the distillate to capture and preserve the distinctive fruit aromas which define a great Eau de Vie. Undesirable flavors which emerge at the start (called the heads) and the end (the tails) of the distilling are discarded. The heart, which remains, is a pure fruit representing a yield of only 70% of the potential volume".

"I have tried to create unique products, and I believe that I have succeeded in producing some exceptional ones. My pineapple brandy is made from only 100% Maui Grown pineapples. It is a very smooth Eau de Vie with a rich pineapple aroma. I take great pride in my Kirsch and Williams pear brandy, both of which are very smooth and have rich fruit aroma. But I am most proud of my rum with natural pineapple flavors and my California Gold Agave. The Rum is the original and only Pineapple Rum with natural pineapple flavoring on the market today."

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