Clairin is Haiti's ancient cane spirit — and one of the most extraordinary and important discoveries in the rum world of the last decade. While there are over 500 clairin micro-distilleries operating across Haiti, making the spirit the most popular drink in the country's remotest regions, widespread international knowledge of clairin only came in 2014 when Luca Gargano of Velier — the Italian company famous for its legendary Demerara and Caroni releases — made fifteen trips to Haiti to identify the finest producers and bring their spirits to the world. What he found was something genuinely unprecedented: a pre-chemical, pre-industrial, completely organic cane spirit tradition that had been practicing wild fermentation, ancestral pot still distillation, and zero filtration or additives since before Haiti's independence in 1804. In Luca Gargano's own words, traditional Haitian Clairin is the purest expression of rum in the world — the result of pre-chemical agriculture in a place where the farmer and the distiller are the same person. At Chips Liquor we carry the complete Velier Clairin lineup — Sajous from the Chelo distillery in Saint Michel de l'Attalaye, Casimir from Baradères with its unique lemongrass and ginger fermentation additions, Vaval from the Arawaks Distillery in Cavaillon with its legendary improvised column still, Le Rocher from Pignon with its dunder-augmented syrup-based production, Sonson from Cabaret with its haunting smoky intensity, and the Communal blend of all four villages for the most approachable entry point into the category. Each bottle is a different village, a different distiller, a different piece of Haitian terroir — and no two are alike. Browse our full Clairin collection with fast nationwide shipping delivered straight to your door.