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What to eat in Central America? Top 14 Central American Spirits

Last update: Thu Mar 13 2025
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Best Central American Spirit Producers

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Spirit

CHINANDEGA, Nicaragua
4.7
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SFWSC - San Francisco World Spirits Competition - Double Gold

2024

BEST Flor de Caña Spirits
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02

Spirit

HERRERA PROVINCE, Panama
4.7
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SFWSC - San Francisco World Spirits Competition - Double Gold

2023

BEST Ron Abuelo Spirits
03

Spirit

EL SALVADOR, El Salvador
4.7
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Bartender Spirits Awards - Double Gold

2023

BEST Licorera Cihuatan S.A. de C.V. Spirits
04

Spirit

QUETZALTENANGO, Guatemala
4.6
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Ron Zacapa Centenario is a premium rum produced in Guatemala by Rum Creation and Products, a subsidiary of Industrias Licoreras de Guatemala, and distributed and marketed by Diageo. Zacapa Centenario was created in 1976 to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the foundation of Zacapa, a town in eastern Guatemala.


It was the result of the blending, stabilization and maturing processes of long-aged rums by doctor and chemist named Alejandro Burgaleta. Ron Zacapa is distinctive in that it is aged in a facility at an altitude with natural coolness which avoids evaporation resulting in an unusually smooth product.
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SFWSC - San Francisco World Spirits Competition - Double Gold

2024

The Luxury Masters - Gold

2022

BEST Ron Zacapa Centenario Spirits
05

Liqueur

NORTH CARIBBEAN COAST AUTONOMOUS REGION, Nicaragua
4.5
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SFWSC - San Francisco World Spirits Competition - Double Gold

2024

The Liqueur Masters - Gold

2023

The Rum & Cachaça Masters - Gold

2023, 2022

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Spirit

PANAMA, Panama
4.5
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IWSC- International wine & spirit competition - Spirit Gold

2023

BEST Varela Hermanos Spirits
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Best Central American Spirits

01

Spirit

CHINANDEGA, Nicaragua
5.0
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SFWSC - San Francisco World Spirits Competition - Double Gold

2024

02

Spirit

CHINANDEGA, Nicaragua
5.0
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SFWSC - San Francisco World Spirits Competition - Double Gold

2024

03

Spirit

CHINANDEGA, Nicaragua
5.0
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SFWSC - San Francisco World Spirits Competition - Double Gold

2024

04

Spirit

QUETZALTENANGO, Guatemala
5.0
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SFWSC - San Francisco World Spirits Competition - Double Gold

2024

05

Spirit

HERRERA PROVINCE, Panama
5.0
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SFWSC - San Francisco World Spirits Competition - Double Gold

2023

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Bartender Spirits Awards - Double Gold

2023

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Spirit

QUETZALTENANGO, Guatemala
4.9
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Zacapa XO is a unique balance of complex aromas and flavors, resulting from an exclusive blend of aged rums. Using the "Sistema Solera" method, selected rums aged between 6 and 25 years are blended together. The older and younger rums are then aged in a series of barrels that previously held American whiskey, delicate sherry, fine Pedro Ximénez wines, and finally, in French oak barrels that previously aged cognac.


Zacapa XO is best enjoyed neat or on the rocks and pairs beautifully with dark chocolate and desserts.
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SFWSC - San Francisco World Spirits Competition - Double Gold

2024

The Luxury Masters - Gold

2022

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A rum sweet aroma which smells of honey and American wood with fruity notes and spicy is perceived, its taste is dense and complex with a slight sweet touch that has a long, very soft and elegant finish.
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SFWSC - San Francisco World Spirits Competition - Double Gold

2024

The Luxury Masters - Gold

2022

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Spirit

NORTH CARIBBEAN COAST AUTONOMOUS REGION, Nicaragua
4.9
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SFWSC - San Francisco World Spirits Competition - Double Gold

2024

The Rum & Cachaça Masters - Gold

2023

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Spirit

NORTH CARIBBEAN COAST AUTONOMOUS REGION, Nicaragua
4.8
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SFWSC - San Francisco World Spirits Competition - Double Gold

2024

The Rum & Cachaça Masters - Gold

2023, 2022

Bartender Spirits Awards - Gold

2021

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Spirit
NORTH CARIBBEAN COAST AUTONOMOUS REGION, Nicaragua
4.8
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Spirit
NORTH CARIBBEAN COAST AUTONOMOUS REGION, Nicaragua
4.8
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Spirit
NORTH CARIBBEAN COAST AUTONOMOUS REGION, Nicaragua
4.8

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