Hatton Smith

Hatton Smith, Campesino Rum founder, was born in Birmingham, Alabama. At the age of 19, Hatton moved to Panama to live off the grid on a remote farm along the Pacora River so he could explore the Charges Panamanian National Forest to look for jaguars. He came to find a 125 gallon rum still had been left in the jungle at the base of an old hiking trail. Hatton built a bed beside the still, and began illegally distilling and selling his product out of the jungle for the next two years. At the age of 24, he moved back to the US and founded Campesino Rum with the mission to start a rum revolution getting the mainstream general public to re-imagine the way they think about rum. Hatton creates aged rum blends from the world’s finest rum distilleries without the usage of additives such as sugar, color, flavors, or blending materials. Hatton is an avid skydiver, BASE jumper, Wingsuit Pilot, outdoorsman, and beverage enthusiast who currently travels the South Eastern US where he acts as President and CEO of Campesino Rum.