ROD DISTILLERY
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Distillery offering a tour of the facilities to discover the rum-making process and its ancient surcotte.
Founded in 1769, Habitation Bielle has evolved with successive owners. Once dedicated to the production of coffee, then cocoa, cotton and sugar, it then turned to the distillation of rhum agricole around 1900. Rhum agricole" owes its reputation to the origin of its raw material, pure cane juice, fermented and distilled. The Bielle distillery is renowned for its legendary 59° rum, as well as for its wide range of highly prized aged rums. It also offers a selection of fragrant liqueurs to awaken the senses. Every year, the company excels at the Concours Général Agricole: in 2023, it won the gold medal for its 4-year-old rum, vintage 2018.
Located in the heart of the island, the Bielle distillery is easily accessible.
Take a tour of the distillery's facilities and discover the rum-making process. You're free to wander around, guided by a signposted circuit and explanatory panels.
A stroll through the estate will take you back in time, with its old "sucrotte" and restored steam engines, witnesses to the sugar industry of the last century.
At the end of your visit, you're invited to taste the wide variety of rums from the distillery, which you'll find in the boutique. You can also take advantage of the opportunity to discover the surrounding craft stores (pottery, Toumaï fabric painting, local products, jams...).
Rhum Bielle, sé wonm an nou!
Further information
Opening time and information on ROD DISTILLERY
Visit and free tasting from 9:30am to 1pm, Sundays from 10am to 12pm.
Owner's Message
Marie Galante, the island of 100 mills, has always been the island of the Cane.
The BIELLE distillery was founded at the end of the 19th century. It has evolved with each successive owner.
The manufacture of sugar, which had become obsolete in the small "sucrottes", gave way to agricultural rum distilleries.
The BIELLE Distillery perpetuates an old tradition of making agricultural rum (Rhum Bielle) with pure cane juice.
Our offers and services
TO SEE ON THE SITE THE DISTILLERY BIELLE :
You will discover :
The process of this manufacture.
The visit of an old "sucrotte" recently renovated.
The exhibition of the steam engine museum (industrial archeology of the last century).
Finally, after your visit, you will be able to taste our rums and liqueurs free of charge and console yourself for this too short stay by purchasing our products in the shop.
And if someone from Marie-Galantais tells you that BIELLE rum is the best in the world, take the risk of appreciating this statement over a BIELLE "Ti Punch"..
Ça serait nettement plus intéressant si un guide était présent pour rendre la visite plus ludique selon moi.
De ce fait, ce qui était réellement intéressant, c était de pouvoir goûter les différents rhums ou liqueurs avant le passage a la boutique...