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Comment: In preparing this draft, I disclose that AI assistance was used as follows: no AI was used to translate this article from the de.WP HolsteinPommern (talk) 17:28, 16 October 2026 (UTC)
Georg Stade (1863 in Peine, Germany – 1922), anglicized George Stade, was a German-born and British-naturalized engineer.
Stade probably attended the School for the Sugar Industry in Brunswick, that he graduated as a Civil-Ingenieur (civil engineer).[1] His first employment was at the Braunschweiger Maschinenbau-Anstalt.[1] His first employment abroad was in 1885 in Trinidad.[2] In 1866 he had applied for British citizenship, which was granted in 1887.[3] In 1892 he arrived in Barbados, where he and his brother Hermann Stade as Stade Bros. cofounded the West India Rum Refinery, that started operations in 1893.[4]
Compared to already existing distilleries that had not been modernized, the distillery of the Stade Bros. quickly could assert itself in view of quality as well as quantity.[5] In 1893 or 1894 an explosion occurred, hurting people and damaging the facility.[6] The reservations by the locals, combined with the confrontational approach by Georg Stade in his – ultimately unsuccessful – attempt to receive compensation for the explosion on the grounds that local authorities bore partial responsibility, led to hardened fronts.[7]
On December 15, 1894, the West India Rum Refinery Limited was founded, to which the existing business of the Stade Bros. then was transferred; also the brothers themselves became shareholders of this new business.[8] In 1898 Georg Stade left Barbados and returned to Germany, where in Berlin he remained in the consulting business.[9] During World War I due to his British citizenship he was accused of being a spy and interrogated, but then was left in peace.[10] In 1922 Georg Stade died.[10]
After another explosion in May 1900, in which employees were killed,[11] the distillery fell into bankruptcy in 1900 or 1901, but the company was refounded on October 15, 1901 under the same name.[12] Around 1983, Goddard Enterprises Limited became main shareholder of the company, an in December 1984 GE Ltd. renamed the company West Indies Rum Distillery.[13] In 2017, GE Ltd. sold its shares to Alexandre Gabriel/Maison Ferrand.[14] Under their rum brand Planteray (prior to 2024: Plantation), rum from the distillery in Barbados founded by Georg Stade up to today is sold with the indication of origin „Stade's West Indies Rum Distillery“.[15]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Manz/Spiekermann, German Technology, Caribbean Rum, p. 278.
- ↑ Manz/Spiekermann, German Technology, Caribbean Rum, p. 279.
- ↑ Manz/Spiekermann, German Technology, Caribbean Rum, p. 281.
- ↑ Manz/Spiekermann, German Technology, Caribbean Rum, pp. 273, 281 and 285.
- ↑ Manz/Spiekermann, German Technology, Caribbean Rum, pp. 273 and 281/282.
- ↑ Manz/Spiekermann, German Technology, Caribbean Rum, p. 284 as opposed to pp. 286/287.
- ↑ Manz/Spiekermann, German Technology, Caribbean Rum, pp. 288 and 290.
- ↑ Manz/Spiekermann, German Technology, Caribbean Rum, p. 291.
- ↑ Manz/Spiekermann, German Technology, Caribbean Rum, pp. 294/295.
- 1 2 Manz/Spiekermann, German Technology, Caribbean Rum, p. 295.
- ↑ Manz/Spiekermann, German Technology, Caribbean Rum, p. 284.
- ↑ Pietrek/Smith, Modern Caribbean Rum, 2022, p. 282.
- ↑ Pietrek/Smith, Modern Caribbean Rum, 2022, p. 283.
- ↑ Pietrek/Smith, Modern Caribbean Rum, 2022, p. 284.
- ↑ Löser, Flensburg, Rum und Rum-Verschnitt, 2026, p. 12.
Further reading
[edit]- Georg(e) Stade: Scientific Rum Making in Barbados, in: Stefan Manz/Uwe Spiekermann, Making Food Empires. German Technology and Global Mass Production, 1870–1914, Oxford 2026, pp. 113–133. ISBN 978-0-198-96695-1
- Stefan Manz/Uwe Spiekermann, German Technology, Caribbean Rum: Georg Stade and the Industrialization of Rum Production in Barbados, 1892–1898, in: German History, Vol. 44 (2026), pp. 273–297.
- Matt Pietrek/Carrie Smith, West Indies Rum Distillery, in: Pietrek/Smith, Modern Caribbean Rum. A Contemporary Reference to the Region's Essential Spirit, 2022, pp. 280–297.
External links
[edit]- Stefan Manz/Uwe Spiekermann, German Technology, Caribbean Rum: Georg Stade and the Industrialization of Rum Production in Barbados, 1892–1898, PDF, 3,6 MB.
Category:1863 births Category:1922 deaths Category:German engineers