Gillman
12-28-2008, 13:22
Recently in the U.S. I picked this up almost on a whim noting its all-Jamaican content. In Canada it is, to the best of my recollection, a combination of Jamaican and Canadian-distilled rum and it always seemed good but not very fine in my opinion.
The all-Jamaican one is very fine, however. I was influenced too in the purchase by reference on the label to pot-distillation and the palate definitely shows this. It has a complex taste of flowers, herbs, some earth and a natural molasses flavour. I actually had two bottles, both very similar although one seemed a bit smoother, almost brandy-like.
An excellent drink worth its premium price. I think any bourbon drinker who likes rum would admire its quality and I think too it recalls in a circuitous way the taste of some old bourbons I've had (bottlings from the 70's and earlier), rummy bourbons of complexity and balance, and is a kind of quasi-old style bourbon for me.
Gary
The all-Jamaican one is very fine, however. I was influenced too in the purchase by reference on the label to pot-distillation and the palate definitely shows this. It has a complex taste of flowers, herbs, some earth and a natural molasses flavour. I actually had two bottles, both very similar although one seemed a bit smoother, almost brandy-like.
An excellent drink worth its premium price. I think any bourbon drinker who likes rum would admire its quality and I think too it recalls in a circuitous way the taste of some old bourbons I've had (bottlings from the 70's and earlier), rummy bourbons of complexity and balance, and is a kind of quasi-old style bourbon for me.
Gary