Tanduay Distillers, Inc. is a Philippine alcoholic beverage company founded in 1854. It is a subsidiary of LT Group, a conglomerate owned by Filipino business magnate Lucio Tan. As of 2021, it is the world's largest rum brand.[1]
History
Tanduay traces its origins to a distillery in Hagonoy, Bulacan, originally owned by Elías Menchatorre. In 1856, the distillery was acquired by Valentín Teus e Yrisarry and brought into Ynchausti y Compañía. Although the Hagonoy distillery was already operational by the time of the acquisition, Ynchausti y Compañía decided to use its own foundation date (1854) as the distillery's founding date. Six years later, a rectifying plant was built on Isla de Tanduay (since connected to the city), bordering the Quiapo and San Miguel districts of Manila, becoming the original Tanduay distillery. To this day, the Ynchausti Family coat-of-arms remains on every bottle of Tanduay.
Early products of the two distilleries have no recorded of brand names or distinctive labels, and were likely sold under generic names: "aguardiente" (Spanish for firewater