{"id":38238,"date":"2023-11-02T16:04:35","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T20:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=38238"},"modified":"2023-11-02T16:04:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T20:04:55","slug":"family-owned-distillery-brings-hand-crafted-rums-to-lakeland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/11\/02\/family-owned-distillery-brings-hand-crafted-rums-to-lakeland\/","title":{"rendered":"Family-owned distillery brings hand-crafted rums to Lakeland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1007\" height=\"549\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/3e6973_d67fedc9458c4ad898a29715878f4844mv2.webp?resize=1007%2C549&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38239\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lugo\u2019s Craft Distillery is a family-owned and operated distillery located in&nbsp;Lakeland.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We make handcrafted rums that are inspired by our native country of Puerto Rico,&#8221; said co-owner Peter Lugo.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1007\" height=\"536\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/3e6973_9249c47a6f724cc3a95a6d5eb8b317cdmv2.webp?resize=1007%2C536&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38240\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Puerto Rican style rums they create are aged as bourbons would be \u2013 in white oak barrels.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We bring unique aging profiles to them, rather than anything that\u2019s flavored or colored,&#8221; said Peter&#8217;s son and co-owner Christian Lugo. &#8220;We\u2019re revolutionizing the industry and how you can perceive rum.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"505\" height=\"494\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/3e6973_c1a74415cdd84ff1b0a1ac7c5ec459bemv2.webp?resize=505%2C494&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38241\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lugo\u2019s offers tours and tastings at the distillery. But, they also have a high-end cocktail lounge at the front of the business where patrons can try the unique drinks they make with their rums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lugo\u2019s Craft Distillery is located at 2500 Drane Field Road, suite 208, in Lakeland. Go to\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lugoscraftspirits.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">their website<\/a>\u00a0to book a tour or find a retailer that carries their rums.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"635\" height=\"682\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/3e6973_354204816dd44dbfa69af59c0950650fmv2.webp?resize=635%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38242\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lugo\u2019s Craft Distillery is a family-owned and operated distillery located in&nbsp;Lakeland.&nbsp; &#8220;We make handcrafted rums that are inspired by our native country of Puerto Rico,&#8221; said co-owner Peter Lugo.&nbsp; The&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"0","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[6567],"class_list":["post-38238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-family-owned-distillery-brings-hand-crafted-rums-to-lakeland"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}