[2] It was founded by Diego Wilkins, Daniel Pacheco and Antonio Lopez.

Since then its rums have won numerous awards from across the world such as San Francisco World Spirits Competition, the London International Spirits Challenge, the Singapore World Spirits Competition and the Miami International Rum Conference.

Currently, the distillery exports around 30% of its production to Singapore, France and Spain, while the remaining 70% is sold domestically.

[4] In 2020, after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Samai Distillery began producing hand sanitizer from the distillation fraction previously used for disinfecting equipment.

[5] Samai Distillery produces añejo rum[6] using traditional handmade 500-litre copper pot stills.