Parce (pronounced par-say) is a brand of rum from Colombia.
History
Parce was founded by Jim Powers and his two brothers Patrick and Brian in 2012.
Previously all from Chicago, Jim was living in
New York City
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and working in
A&R while Brian was living in
Vail, Colorado
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.
Patrick had been in Colombia since the 1990s to expand the family's water, oil and gas pipeline business. The brothers all met in Colombia three months after their dad died in 2010.
They decided to make a sipping rum in honor of their father. The brothers employed Arthur Fernandes and Brojen Domecq Fernandes as master blenders.
Parce debuted at the
Pitchfork Music Festival
The Pitchfork Music Festival is an annual summer music festival organized by ''Pitchfork Media'' and held in Union Park in Chicago, Illinois. Starting in 2011, the festival announced a branch staged in Paris at Grande halle de la Villette. The ...
in Chicago in 2014.
Distribution began in Illinois, New York, Washington, Kansas, and Arkansas and sold 25,000 750-milliliter bottles in its first 18 months in operation. Parce also began shipping to France, Germany, and South Korea shortly thereafter.
Description
The Parce Rum company is based in
Chicago, Illinois
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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. Its rum is blended, distilled, racked and aged in
Pesé
Pesé is a town and corregimiento in Pesé District, Herrera Province, Panama with a population of 2,565 as of 2010. It is the seat of Pesé District
Pesé District is a Districts of Panama, district (''distrito'') of Herrera Province in Pa ...
,
Panama
Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Co ...
using sugar cane harvested in Colombia, Trinidad, and Panama.
References
External links
Parce Rum website{{Distilled-beverage-stub
Rum brands
Rum produced in Panama
2014 establishments in Illinois
Food and drink introduced in 2014
Herrera Province
2014 establishments in Panama
Food and drink companies based in Chicago