Rey del Istmo · Panama
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Pesé · Herrera · Panama
Where two oceans meet, time moves differently. Distilled at Hacienda San Isidro — home of Panama’s oldest distillery — and aged until every year on the label has been earned.
Varela Hermanos · Pesé, Herrera
In the heart of Pesé, Herrera, Hacienda San Isidro has carried the Varela family story for more than a century. Here, Don José Varela Blanco established Ingenio San Isidro in 1908. In 1936, the family began distilling sugar-cane spirit. Today the estate is home to Panama's oldest distillery — and it is here that Rey del Istmo is distilled.
A house of Panamanian cane
1908
Ingenio San Isidro was established in the young Republic of Panama.
1936
The family began distilling alcohol from sugar cane.
Pesé
The Varela family home, rooted in Herrera's cane country.
From cane to glass
Three chapters in the making of Rey del Istmo — from the cane fields of Herrera to the glass in your hand.
Pesé · Herrera · Since 1936
In Panama’s cane country, the Varela family has distilled sugar-cane spirit at Hacienda San Isidro since 1936. Today the estate is home to the country’s oldest distillery — and to every drop of Rey del Istmo.
Cask · Climate · Time
Under the Panama sun, tropical warmth draws the spirit deep into oak, accelerating the exchange of colour, spice and character. Every year on the label is a year spent in cask.
Neat · Over ice · Old Fashioned
Age reveals itself slowly: in deeper colour, layered aroma and a finish that stays. Pour it neat, over ice, or in a rum Old Fashioned.
A gift from the gods
King of the Isthmus. Aged rum from the land between two oceans.
Taste the story
Four true age statements from a single Panamanian house — each year on the label spent in oak.
Aged 10 years · 70cl
A decade in American oak — vanilla, butterscotch and warm spice.
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Aged 12 years · 70cl
Twelve years under the Panama sun — vanilla and wild honey.
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Aged 18 years · 70cl
Eighteen years of cask and climate — deep, resonant and layered.
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