Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In this episode, after a quick discussion of potential bottles for our Rumcast Single Cask Project, we dive into all things charanda with Miriam Pacheco, the general manager of Uruapan Charanda.
If you're familiar with the aguardientes de caña from the Mexican state of Oaxaca, think of charanda like their cousin from the state of Michoacán — a similar Mexican cane spirit that is often made from fresh sugarcane juice, but can also be made from molasses or piloncillo. Once among the hundreds of charanda producers in the state, Uruapan is now one of only two or three remaining. Miriam talked us through the distillery's 100+ year history, including:
What separates charanda from other Mexican cane spirits
Why they put "rum" in quotation marks on their label
Why the number of charanda producers has dwindled over the years
The range of distillates they produce from their collection of pot and column stills
Their newer line of single cane varietal rums
What you might find aging in their warehouse of 400+ casks
And much more!
As we've said before, there's no shortage of interesting cane spirits coming out of Mexico these days. Uruapan is definitely one of them.
Check out these links to learn more:
Uruapan Charanda website: charandaartesanal.com
Imbibe article on charanda: imbibemagazine.com/charanda
The Rumcast Guide to Mexican Rum: rumcast.com/episodes/mexican-rum-guide
P.S. Did you know you can support The Rumcast on Patreon now and get bonus episodes, happy hours, and more? You can! Head to patreon.com/therumcast to check it out.
In this episode, after a quick discussion of potential bottles for our Rumcast Single Cask Project, we dive into all things charanda with Miriam Pacheco, the general manager of Uruapan Charanda.
If you're familiar with the aguardientes de caña from the Mexican state of Oaxaca, think of charanda like their cousin from the state of Michoacán — a similar Mexican cane spirit that is often made from fresh sugarcane juice, but can also be made from molasses or piloncillo. Once among the hundreds of charanda producers in the state, Uruapan is now one of only two or three remaining. Miriam talked us through the distillery's 100+ year history, including:
What separates charanda from other Mexican cane spirits
Why they put "rum" in quotation marks on their label
Why the number of charanda producers has dwindled over the years
The range of distillates they produce from their collection of pot and column stills
Their newer line of single cane varietal rums
What you might find aging in their warehouse of 400+ casks
And much more!
As we've said before, there's no shortage of interesting cane spirits coming out of Mexico these days. Uruapan is definitely one of them.
Check out these links to learn more:
Uruapan Charanda website: charandaartesanal.com
Imbibe article on charanda: imbibemagazine.com/charanda
The Rumcast Guide to Mexican Rum: rumcast.com/episodes/mexican-rum-guide
P.S. Did you know you can support The Rumcast on Patreon now and get bonus episodes, happy hours, and more? You can! Head to patreon.com/therumcast to check it out.
![[Free Bonus Episode] Ian Burrells Full 100th Episode Interview + a Mystery Sample Tasting](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/99RwZVVJbdY/mqdefault.jpg "[Free Bonus Episode] Ian Burrells Full 100th Episode Interview + a Mystery Sample Tasting
In this free bonus episode, were releasing global rum ambassador and Equiano co-founder Ian Burrells full interview from our 100th episode, which was full of interesting nuggets about the development of Equiano, rum education, where we can expect to see exciting new rums come from over the next several years, and much more!
Also, we try to guess our way through a mystery sample provided by Rumcast Patron Kyle in DC, only to fail spectacularly.
P.S. Did you know you can support The Rumcast on Patreon now and get bonus episodes, happy hours, and more? You can! Head to patreon.com/therumcast to check it out.")
