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| Hello, that is one in all our (nearly) day by day tastings. Santé! |
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August 28, 2022
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Rums of strictly every kind and origins
I feel we’ll wander all through the entire planet at the moment.
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Wild Tiger 8 yo ‘Uncommon Mix’ (40%, OB, India, +/-2021) 
Do you know India was the world’s largest producer of rum? Identical with whisky by the best way, as everyone knows. We have formally tried solely two fairly high quality Indian rums, Previous Monk Supreme (WF 76) and Amrut’s Previous Port (WF 75). Color: noses syrupy, molassy after which totally on bonbons and jams, with apparent notes of a big pack of cinnamon mints and possibly roses and hibiscus, as liqueurs. Fairly nice, within the fashion of Don Papa or Bumbu however frankly nicer and fewer vulgar this far. Nostril: Mouth: hectolitres of espresso liqueur abruptly pour into your mouth, along with some grenadine syrup and canned cranberry juice. Notes of uncooked alcohol behind that, however as soon as once more this isn’t actually disagreeable, it could simply name for Himalayan quantities of crushed ice. End: quick and comparatively clear. No feeling of distilled rubbish this time. Feedback: a enjoyable molassy drink, equal, if not a bit of superior to many Spanish-style manufacturers of candy rum that we now have tried nearly towards our will prior to now.
SGP:730 – 72 factors. |
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El Pasador de Oro ‘XO’ (40%, OB, Guatemala, +/-2021) 
Stated to be 6 to fifteen years outdated Guatemalan rum shipped to Cognac for additional ending, the place it’s going to spend round six months in ex-cognac wooden. Not an unseen set-up and the query stays ‘why?’, the opposite one being ’15 years, actually?’ Color: mild gold (one gold star!) Nostril: some straightforward, fairly orangey mild rum that noses like Cointreau and tastes like… Mouth: triple-sec certainly, curaçao, sugarcane syrup, maybe raisins too. This one was boosted with some sugary sauces, for positive. End: quick, sugary. Extra triple-sec aged in oak, with some vanilla too. Feedback: it is okay, however the Indian was funnier. This one too calls for lots of ice, primarily due to these quasi-lethal quantities of sugar mendacity inside. I consider that in the event that they ever have so as to add the carbon footprints to the labels, they’re going to should take the vitality that is wanted to supply ice cubes into consideration too, because it’s nearly undrinkable at room temperature.
SGP:820 – 65 factors. |
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Good, a final humorous one earlier than we begin to sort out critical rums…
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Samai ‘Gold Rum’ (41%, OB, Cambodia, +/-2021) 
Do you hear me, it is from Cambodia! It is from a brand new small Distillery in Phnom Penh and apparently, that is fairly critical stuff, since you will discover it at fairly critical locations. What bizarre logic? Color: gold. Nostril: nice smokiness, within the fashion of these wonderful Thai rums equivalent to Chalong Bay and Issan. Shoe polish, contemporary rubber, olive oil, a bit of pine resin, one thing barely fermentary, salty fudge, even a drop of Maggi, leek soup, miso… Nice shock right here! Mouth: wonderful, nothing to do with the sugar bombs that we had tried earlier at the moment, with once more a bit of smokiness, rotting fruits (bananas) and an sudden mixture of fragrant grapes, viognier, sémillon, manseng… It’s wonderful. End: moderately lengthy, a notch candy now, maybe, in any other case completely secondary. Szechuan pepper, coriander, edible flowers (pansies…) Feedback: too dangerous the top was a tad sugary, and I might love to do that at 46-50% vol., offered that is authorized in Cambodia (it was not in Thailand, for instance). Anyway, kudos Cambodia!
SGP:652 – 84 factors. |
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Outlaw Rum ‘Islay Cask #5’ (43%, Outlaw Rum Co., 900 bottles, 2021) 
This is kind of the identical concept as that of these rums which can be completed in cognac casks in France, as Plantation, or certainly El Pasador are doing, besides that we’re in Scotland this time. And in Scotland, they’ve.. peat. Color: gold. Nostril: I am unsure there’s a lot that you are able to do towards peat. Even infinitesimal quantities can ‘taint’, usually for the higher, any liquids, as blenders know very properly. That is the case right here, the peat sings moderately loud and clear, even when it is not completely apparent that some heavy, Jamaican-style rums would not have added their takes as properly. Burnt papers, charcoal, a bit of burnt rubber, then embrocations and certainly one thing medicinal, and solely then some lighter rum, cane syrup and all that. Intriguing combine… Additionally some caraway and fennel seeds, after a very good three minutes. Mouth: it is a light monster, with moderately notes of earthy and candy roots, carrots, celeriac, Jerusalem artichokes, gentian, additionally pumpkin, a bit of honey, cane syrup… It is a good combo, with none of the dissonances you’ll have anticipated. End: medium, this time with pink grapefruits that may sort of elevate it. Feedback: a well-mastered wedding ceremony moderately than a funeral. Good enjoyable. The lighter energy could also be a wee handicap right here.
SGP:634 – 82 factors. |
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Beenleigh 8 yo 2013 (52%, Rhum Dieu-Le-Veut, Australia, 320 bottles)
This very uncommon child by new French indie bottler Rhum Dieu-Le-Veut first spent 5 years in bourbon, then 1 12 months in muscat de Beaumes de Venise from the south of the Rhône valley (a heavy candy muscat), then two years in candy Rasteau (a fortified candy wine, a.ok.a. vin doux naturel, from the south of the Rhône valley too). Color: amber. Nostril: the muscat main the pack, with some muscat certainly, rose petals, litchis, old-school girl’s perfumes, Turkish delights, ylang-ylang, liquorice… With water: aquavit and litchis, gin, caraway… A lot nicer than it sounds! Mouth (neat): this double-treatment in among the sweeter wines there’s could not have left it dry. Mac de gewurz, roses, hibiscus, rambutans… With water: the sort of remedy that works higher with rum than with malt whisky. Notes of prickly pears, pomegranates, mandarins… End: medium, very floral and fruity. That is proper, muscaty. Feedback: a spectacularly fragrant preparation, very properly mastered as a result of ‘on paper’, this could have been a wreck (in my very own easy world).
SGP:740 – 83 factors. |
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South Pacific Distillery 2001/2022 (55.2%, The Whisky Jury, Fiji, refill barrel, cask #13, 203 bottles) 
We have tried a superb one the opposite day, by The Rum Cask in Germany. Jamaica within the Pacific! Color: gold. Nostril: olives, anchovies, tar, seawater, new rubber, hand cream, a bit of ‘good’ cleaning soap. Excellent. With water: cleaning soap gone, enter liquorice wooden and engine grease. And extra anchovies. Mouth (neat): textbook Jamaican. I imply, Fijian. Elegant bananas and pineapples, on high of tar, rubber, olives and sardines (maybe, not too positive about these sardines). Beautiful rum in any case. With water: fruity like an early-Nineteen Sixties Laphroaig. End: pink grapefruits in all places, with an admirable salty aftertaste. Feedback: Fiji amongst one of the best of one of the best. Have we ever heard them brag?
SGP: – 91 factors. |
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Foursquare 16 yo 2005 ‘MBFS’ (57%, Thompson Bros. for The Whisky Trade, Barbados, refill barrel, 287 bottles) 
MBFS means single mix if I am not mistaken. I might kill just a few politicians to have the ability to strive some pure pot-still Foursquare someday. Color: gold. Nostril: typical, proper within the midst of two worlds, each heavy and lightweight, phenolic and floral, main and tertiary, contemporary and fermentary, clear and soiled, cane-y and molassy… I’ve usually discovered it attention-grabbing that they’d handle to make a molasses-based rum really feel like if it was pure contemporary cane juice. That is proper, agricole-like. With water: some pencil shavings and a bit of varnish, aside from that, orange squash and cane syrup. Mouth (neat): pure orange-driven goodness. Caramel made with orange juice. With water: sweeter and more energizing on the identical time. Some tender tobacco, touches of sesame cream, nougat, cane syrup, honey, and naturally orange juice. Good, fatter physique. End: medium, maybe much more caney. A bit of toasted oak within the aftertaste, and at all times these oranges. Feedback: bordering perfection. Now, as for these pure pot-still Foursquares, the handle can be…
SGP:641 – 89 factors. |
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Caroni 24 yo 1998/2022 (60.1%, Distillia for Catawiki, Chaconia, cask #4, 139 bottles)
Extra of these wonderful super-rare heavy Caronis that, cross my coronary heart, have been nearly completely extinct fifteen years in the past. Preaching scarcity hand on coronary heart has at all times been essentially the most environment friendly advertising trick. Color: deep gold. Nostril: we’re on the spicy and oaky aspect right here, with cloves and cinnamon upfront, walnut stain, hardwood sawdust, then espresso beans and bitter chocolate, then oranges and juniper. Would not really feel notably ‘heavy’ this far, however let’s dig deeper… With water: water does it a lot good and brings out important oils, particularly thyme and eucalyptus. Mouth (neat): a great deal of pinewood and heavy genever, pipe tobacco, marmalade, and heavy cloves, with even some salt. I imply, a type of saltiness. With water: it loves water higher than a complete household of sea calves would. Wee herbs, the anticipated and anticipated tarriness, liquorice, black olives (trumpets please) and seawater. End: oils and plastics, plus salt and citrus. Feedback: don’t even think about making an attempt this loopy one with out H2O, it is even worse than pastis in that respect.
SGP:463 – 88 factors. |
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Caroni 1997/2021 ‘Le Soleil’ (63.8%, Jack Tar, cask #60, 221 bottles)
So that is ‘The Solar’. There’s additionally been ‘La Lune’ (The Moon) which we now have tried earlier in July. Color: amber honey. Nostril: it is a softer Caroni, it appears, moderately within the fashion of Foursquare certainly. Having mentioned that there is an apparent petroly and coastal aspect, with outdated boats, outdated tarry ropes, then olive brine, liquorice wooden and lozenges. Previous woods too, which is beautiful on this context. With water: will get savoury and simply Japanese. I imply, it is filled with sake and miso, and I might even point out that oak that nobody had even heard of ten years in the past, the entrepreneurs’ favorite, mizunara! (mizunara = 30 extra-pounds per bottle). Mouth (neat): oh wow, a fruity one! Extraordinarily punchy however these earthy frozen apples are excellent. Reminds of some Canadian iced apple wine. Quebec, child! With water: wonderful pure tarry Caroni. Excessive accurately. Concentrated lemon juice and heavy tar. End: fairly everlasting. Feedback: considerably brutal, however epitomically Caroni. By the best way, and I do know it will sound completely silly, however did any mates in Italy ever work on a recipe for some Macaroni al Caroni? Velier? Yeah I doubt anybody’s ever dared doing that foolish joke de la muerte.
SGP:563 – 90 factors. |
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Let’s take the subsequent hovercraft to Guyana…
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Uitvlugt 31 yo 1990 (48.4%, Wealth Options, The Colors of Rum, No.4, cask #18, 161 bottles)
I’ve seen someplace that this child was ‘matured in a Double Picket Pot Nonetheless’. Truthfully! Color: mild gold. Aged in Europe. Nostril: take an outdated, early-Eighties Clynelish, add fennel seeds, caraway, celery, lime tea and wee bits of yam, and there, you replicated this charmingly contemporary outdated Uitvlugt. Mouth: chic saltiness, smoked fish, liquorice, tight inexperienced lemons (not lime), olives, bitter almonds and simply every kind of clay, then a magnum of bone-dry petroly Alsatian riesling that can ship shivers down your backbone. End: lengthy, salty, oily, lemony, very good. Feedback: some sides nearly jogged my memory of unpolluted Highland Park. Okay, say fifty Clynelish and fifty HP. Extraordinarily excessive class.
SGP:453 – 91 factors. |
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 Verify the index of all rums we have tasted to date
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