Privateer New England White Rum is the top shelf rum selected for Manion’s Vanilla Extract. This rum was selected from many top shelf options, for the way it emphasizes vanilla beans’ sweet characteristics and for the way it contributes a sugar cane dimension – while adding no sugar to the product!

Why Ann Manion Partners with Privateer

I love that Privateer New England Rum is made in New England, because New England is my home. It is aromatic, richly textured and delivers a deeply flavored white rum expression.

To craft this special rum, Privateer begins with 100% single-origin, Grade A molasses made from fine sugar cane grown in the volcanic soils of a single valley in Guatemala. Their sugar producer was founded by a brother and sister team and is a member of Sugar for Good, which ensures a commitment to the environment and pro-cane worker standards.

Ingredients matter! Many consumers do not realize that vanilla extracts are made with inferior grain alcohol and mixed with water. Recall when Julia Child remarked you should never cook with a wine you would not drink? This adage holds true for vanilla extract. Why would I devote my passion and energy to sourcing the world’s best vanilla beans which extraordinarily luxe prime expensive, and then steep them in a solution of grain ethanol alcohol? Crazy, right? Manion’s Vanilla is made with premium top shelf New England Liquor and not mixed with water. And there are zero additives.

I hope you discover Manion’s Vanilla and discover why using doubtful vanilla in your recipes is never the right decision and why this product is so incredibly special.