When Chris reviewed Plantation’s Pineapple Rum approach again in 2015 (now often called Stiggins’ Fancy Plantation Pineapple Rum), he argued that the Queen Victoria pineapple infusion of Plantation’s customary Barbados-sourced rum was a bit heavy-handed and one dimensional. Nicely, there’s a restricted version of this rum on cabinets now. How restricted? No thought. Dubbed Smoky Method, this rum takes customary Stiggins’ and ages it for an unspecified time frame in 200 liter oak barrels that beforehand held Teeling Distillery’s Blackpitts, a peated Irish single malt that we fairly loved over at Drinkhacker HQ. Can a attention-grabbing whiskey cask enhance issues for Plantation’s Stiggins’ rum? Let’s discover out.
The ending seems to have been fairly temporary on this one as a result of the aroma is just not precisely indicative of smoke and nothing near peat. It’s nonetheless fairly candy with brown sugar and juicy pineapple notes, however the ending has at the least restrained a few of the extra saccharine components of the unique. The palate hits with a wholesome, torched sugar sweetness and muddled, nearly watery, pineapple notes. Regardless of the promise of extra nuance, this one stays a one trick pony within the taste division aside from a fragile, ashy word of matchheads that sparkles on the midpalate earlier than being overwhelmed with wealthy Demerara syrup and extra candied pineapple. A bit extra nuanced than the unique. However solely a bit.
Nonetheless, it’s a effective mixer in your subsequent poolside drink. And for what it’s value, the worth is fairly affordable for each expressions.
80 proof.
B / $30 / plantationrum.com
Stiggins’ Fancy Plantation Pineapple Smoky Method
$30
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