The legend called Old Monk Rum tells a story about a kind-hearted British monk who sneaked around the Mohan Meakin Ltd.’s rum barrels endlessly. Savoring the rum during the rum ripening time he offered good company to the master craftsmen, and in this way the monk became a specialist of rum making. The good advice of the true monk improved the flavor of rum. In 1935, when the rum was first launched, Mohan Meakin Ltd. called the drink Old Monk Rum in honor of the old monk.