The West Bay Club

Yo, ho, ho. Try our local rum! Posted in Atlantic Bar & Grill Restaurant, Turks & Caicos Islands

The Caribbean and rum go together like peanut butter and jelly so next time you visit us here in the Turks & Caicos, make sure to sample our own local version of the tropical elixir: Bambarra Rum.

Bambarra comes in a couple of different varieties, including a recently introduced coconut flavor. It’s great as a sipping drink straight up on the rocks, or as part of truly tropical concoction. Ask our bartenders at the Atlantic Bar & Grill to whip you up something!

Bambarra has an intersting historical connection, too, as it is named for the first settlement in the Turks and Caicos (on the island of Middle Caicos, where you can still visit Bambarra Beach).  The town here was named for a village in West Africa where the descendants came from – and these were actually people destined for a life of slavery until a ship wreck landed them here and they were granted freedom under British law.

The name of the ship they sailed on was the Trouvadore, which has been the subject of a large exploration project, which you learn about at our National Museum in Grand Turk. And, true to form the newest version of Bambarra, the smooth tasting 15-year old version, will be called Trouvadore. It’s coming soon

Bambarra is available at our bar and also at The Wine Cellar not far from WBC, as well at the duty free store in the departure lounge of the airport.
Salut!