In 1806, with a ship full of spirits bound for America, Englishman James Gosling ran out of wind and time. With his charter expired, James's ship, the Mercury, put him at the nearest landfall: the island of Bermuda. Knowing a good thing when he saw one, he decided to make the best of an uncertain situation. James opened a shop on the King's Parade, St. George's, in December 1806 and the Gosling Family has been in Bermuda ever since. Today, Gosling Brothers is Bermuda's oldest business and
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\nGoslings Black Seal Rum is Bermuda's number one export.
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