Unlike most of the Caribbean, the sugarcane industry came to Belize much later, in the 1850s. British Honduras, as it was known at the time, was a hub for the logwood industry, and the British imported rum from neighboring British Caribbean nations until that time. Modern Belizean rum industry as we know it began in the 20th century, with Traveller’s Liquors founded by the Perdomo family in the 1950s. This was followed by Cuello’s Distillery in the early 1960s, and L&R Spirits after, both founded by members of the Cuello family. These three distillers are the oldest and largest in the country.