Ron Cihuatán is a brand of rum from El Salvador.
History
Licorera Cihuatán S.A. DE C.V., distiller of Cihuatán Rum, was founded in 2004, and is a division of Ingenio La Cabaña, a long established sugar producer.[1] The distillery is located in El Paisnal municipality, El Salvador, and takes its name from a Mayan settlement, now the Cihuatán archaeological site.[2] The company applied for a US trademark in 2014, which was granted in 2016.[3] The first release was an 8 year old rum in 2015,[4] coinciding with their first exports to markets including Lithuania.[5] In 2020 Cihuatán Indigo 8 Years Old Rum won Double Gold in The Fifty Best competition,