![]() Visit the Sion Farm Distillery on your next trip to St Croix. Additionally, they plan to expand the Island Vodka™ line with infused vodka flavors from seasonal, locally sourced ingredients. The Sion Farm Distillery has also started production on a unique, hand-crafted rum. (likely starting with Texas, Florida, and Virginia). Distribution is right around the corner for Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands with the United States soon to follow. And just like with other locally produced spirits like Cruzan Rum & Captain Morgan Rum – you can bring up to 6 bottles per adult back with you to the United States as checked baggage at no cost to you (the USVI covers the cost!). ![]() MUTINY Island Vodka™ currently retails in the Virgin Islands for a recommended retail price of $25 per 750ml bottle. The stateside distiller produced the original vodka until June 2019 when the new Sion Farm Distillery took over. Croix and perfected during the 2017 Hurricane season that brought us Irma and Maria, Mutiny Island Vodka™ started commercial production in a Virginia distillery in April the following year. It is also a nutritious feed product for goats.īorn on St. The “waste” will be used to water their own planted breadfruit trees and will be given to farmers for the cultivation of their crops. Sion Farm Distillery on St Croixīy recycling waste for agricultural use, the Distillery can then conserve water for other useful purposes. By incorporating only natural ingredients, 100% of the waste is reusable as “nutrient water”. After distillation, 12% of the volume becomes vodka, which results in 88% waste. With a commitment to the environment, the Sion Farm Distillery is also a zero-waste facility. Sion Farm Distillery is committed to changing that and is working in conjunction with the Virgin Islands Department of Agriculture and other non-profit organizations to provide local farmers with seedling trees and the ability to grow the crop commercially. Breadfruit trees can be found across the Virgin Islands growing in backyards, but it hasn’t yet taken off as a commercial crop. In line with their mission, a portion of the proceeds from the sale of MUTINY Island Vodka™ will be donated to the Trees That Feed Foundation to support their efforts to alleviate hunger in tropical countries.Ĭurrently, the breadfruit that is turned into vodka is sourced from Polynesia. With nearly 1 billion hungry people worldwide, 80% of whom live in the tropics, the expansion of breadfruit as a viable crop is exciting. ![]() It is also naturally GMO and gluten-free. Tropical breadfruit is an energy-rich food and an excellent source of complex carbohydrates, fiber, vitamins, and minerals. Enjoyed locally on St Croix in West Indian and Latin cuisine, breadfruit is cultivated in 90 countries, throughout South and Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, the Caribbean, Central America, and Africa. Widely eaten throughout the Pacific Islands where it is known as ulu, more breadfruit is produced per hectare than rice, wheat, and corn. You’ve likely heard of Captain Bligh and “ The Mutiny on the Bounty”, but did you know that the HMS Bounty was actually on a mission to sail to Tahiti and bring back breadfruit to the West Indies?! (specifically, Jamaica) Breadfruit a Tropical Superfoodīreadfruit is considered by many to be an untapped superfood and is a versatile tropical fruit. The name of the vodka was inspired by the famous tale of the mutiny on the Royal Navy vessel HMS Bounty in 1789. The vodka is the inaugural spirit distilled and bottled at the newly-opened Sion Farm Distillery on St. MUTINY Island Vodka™, is the world’s first and only vodka distilled from breadfruit and is the brainchild of award-winning Chef Todd Manley. ![]()
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