Perkins & Sons has been part of the Barbadian rum landscape since 1944, when I.O.C. Perkins began ageing, blending and bottling in Roebuck Street, the merchant heart of Bridgetown, Barbados. Before that, I.O.C.'s father John Edward was the manager of Mount Gay plantation and distillery, himself descended from Dr. Thomas Perkins who arrived here in 1635, before Barbados even had a sugar industry. I.O.C.'s grandson Greg Cozier carries on the legacy today.