Industrias Tip Top Leáñez & Cia., Curacao

Rum labels

Ponche Caribe

Ponche Caribe (cw5)

100 x 147 mm (3.9" x 5.8")

Ponche Caribe

Ponche Caribe (cw6)

100 x 144 mm (3.9" x 5.7")

History

Company was established in 1935.

[Source: Company's web site, cited 2010]

Don Angel J. Leánez emigrated from Venezuela to the picturesque colonial Dutch-Caribbean island of Curacao, in 1918.

His early experiments with the distillation of rum, soon led him to produce his first few cases with ingredients he had imported from France.

Don Leánez used his original rum blend, in creating the well known cream liqueur Caribe Ponche.

Increased demand, beyond his friends and family, soon allowed Don Leánez to move his operations out of the home and into a self-built shop.

[Source: Company's web site, cited 2010]

Pictures gallery

Founder

Industrias Tip Top

A.J. Leáñez (1960)

R.S. Leáñez

The new plant (1995)

Third Generation

Here are full texts from the labels

cw5: Caribe; US 22°, GL 11°; 23 Oz, 0.70 Lt; Ponche Caribe; Special Elaboration; The Original Rum - Cream; Produced by Leáñez & Cia, Curacao

cw6: US 22°, GL 11°; PC; 750 ml; Ponche Caribe; Shake before serving; The Original Rum - Cream; Produced by Leáñez & Cia, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles