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| Hello, that is certainly one of our (nearly) day by day tastings. Santé! |
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September 18, 2022
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Rums for friends and maple for mates
Assorted rums from any origins.
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Pusser’s Rum (40%, OB, Guyana, +/-2021) 
British Navy rum, or the ‘authentic admiralty rum’. With a salute to the Queen and to all our buddies over there, who’ve granted us with but a shocking Black Adder episode since their majesty’s handed away. We’re not acquainted with Pusser’s, we solely bear in mind a 15 that was poor at greatest. Color: amber. Nostril: begins very effectively, briney and bouillony, slightly acetic as effectively, with some soy sauce, leeks, rotting plums, whiffs of plastic, espresso and even garlic… Pleasantly bacterial to this point, let’s consider. Mouth: effectively, that is approach superior to that older 15, unsure about what occurred that day. Good tar, brine, molasses, pipe tobacco, marrow soup, hoisin and all that. Even the low energy would not really feel low. End: lengthy, extra of espresso and molasses. Feedback: I’ve seen some good folks calling this one ‘Port Mourant Blue Label’. That may make sense.
SGP:662 – 83 factors. |
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Polaris ‘Constellation’ (48%, OB, Canary Islands, +/-2021) 
That is from a 30 years outdated solera, you perceive, and bottled by ‘La Palma Distillers’. No less than they have not added a big ’30’ to the label. Different rums from the Canaries that we may attempt have all the time been… effectively, I am unable to fairly bear in mind them… Very candy for positive! Color: full gold. Nostril: candy espresso, Frappuccino, Tia Maria, Coca-Cola, Jägermeister and molasses. All proper then… Mouth: candy and resinous. Have I discussed Jägermeister, already? And burnt caramel? And outdated bitter walnuts? I’ve tried it with water and that will not assist. End: medium, saltier. A Spaniard making an attempt to imitate the Guyanians. Feedback: not too unhealthy, in any respect. Some motion in there, even when many will discover it too molassy. Nicely, I would not sip it nevertheless it’s nonetheless within the ‘good shock’ class.
SGP:461 – 78 factors. |
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Panama Rum 22 yo 2000/2022 ‘PMD’ (46.3%, The Whiskyfind for Whisky Picnic Bar Taiwan, bourbon barrel, cask #13, 241 bottles) 
Most actually distilled at Don José’s (Abuelo) after which aged for 8 years in Panama, then 14 years within the U.Ok. Color: gold. Nostril: typical gentle, ex-cane syrup columny rum, actually nice in its lightness, with notes of orange cake and oriental pastries, angel hair, makrouts and all that. Some gentle honey, some gentle rosewater and a few gentle orange blossom. Key phrase: gentle. Mouth: actually one of many higher ones, presumably due to a great barrel which has imparted good vanilla, on high of excellent oranges and positively some sugarcane honey. Contact of chocolate and liquorice within the background, which might add texture and construction. End: unexpectedly lengthy, with some bitter chartreuse-like herbs including one more dimension. Honey within the aftertaste. Feedback: actually not an empty ‘ron’ right here.
SGP:550 – 85 factors. |
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Off to deeper-rum nations…
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Penny Blue 2011/2021 (48%, The Navigator, Navigate World Whisky, Mauritius, sherry, cask #227, 138 bottles) 
Different Penny Blues have been a little bit candy, however this single cask could also be totally different. Color: deep amber. Nostril: actually slightly El-Dorado-y, feeling caramelly and molassy, happening with crystallised fruits and jams, plums, prunes, marzipan-filled dates and pipe tobacco. It doesn’t really feel too ‘candy’. Whiffs of cedarwood, so pencil shavings too. Mouth: hurray, it is not a complete sugar-bomb, even when it is rather candy and molassy certainly. Baggage of fruit jelly (plums, blackcurrant, apricot) and deep-sweetened espresso, plus dried figs and toffee. End: medium, syrupy, but type of straight. Feedback: a (barely) drier Mauritian, that is good, as many usually are not precisely really useful by dentists ;-). Excellent candy drop from the Indian ocean.
SGP:640 – 82 factors. |
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Particular Version 4 (55.2%, Pattern Eleven, blended rum, maple syrup cask end, 320 bottles, +/-2021) 
Maple syrup casks? Do they really exist? This set-up just about feels like Ozzy Osbourne keen to sing Pergolesi’s Stabat Matter, when you ask me. So, some enjoyable available, I think about… Color: straw. Nostril: proper, the rum was good and the maple syrup fairly absent. No false notes that I can detect this far, Ozzy, slightly a candy acidity that might slightly trace at late-harvest riesling. With water: what is that this trick? Very good natural and candy nostril, with some minerality that comes sudden. White wine tightness. Mouth (neat): as soon as once more, I do not discover the maple syrup however I do discover the superb rum. A family-pack of liquorice allsorts, plus some limoncello and citron liqueur. Between us, did this beautiful acidity stem from the maple syrup cask? With water: turns into actually wonderful, with some tar, liquorice, salt, tobacco… End: slightly lengthy, unexpectedly dry and fairly caney. Feedback: I imagine the Rum Mercenary, who’s behind this bottling, ought to give his recipe totally free and for the widespread good. So maple syrup casks you say?…
SGP:652 – 88 factors. |
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Port Mourant at Uitvlugt 26 yo 1995/2021 ‘PM’ (52.6%, Nobilis Rum, Guyana, No13, 169 bottles)
Color: white wine. Nostril: tinned anchovies and sardines, plus camphor, menthol, glue, olives and liquorice. Traditional and fashionable. With water: linoleum, diesel oil, an outdated petrol station in Arkansas, and Provençale tapenade. Correct zeitgeist. Mouth (neat): large, varnishy, acetone-y, glue-y, and fantastic. That is high-speed tasting. With water: large batches, this one being only a tad rural. Proper, rustic. Or a little bit strong. Plastics, olives, paraffin and pure rubber. End: lengthy and dry, and slightly tarry. Not a tenth of an oz. of sweetness right here. All of the liquorice of the Creation within the aftertaste. Feedback: actually not the best Port Mourant at Uitvlugt ever, however this austere, nearly Jansenist facet of it appeals to us. Coz we’re very austere folks, you recognize (penning this whereas listening to Kool & The Gang, no disgrace certainly).
SGP:363 – 89 factors. |
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Rapidly, a final final one, for the highway…
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Caroni 19 yo 1999/2019 (61.2%, Michiel Wigman, Valuable Moments, Trinidad, 69 bottles)
Yeah effectively… Color: deep gold. Nostril: tough, explosive, filled with plastics, of bits of tyres, of spent engine oils, of bitter walnuts, even of Madeira wine, dry Marsala, artichokes, black olives… In fact there’s a curious feeling right here, let’s examine the way it unfolds in our wee tulip glass… With water: OMG. Mustard and plastics, new LP, pinecones, new leatherette, mannequin glue, gluey mannequin (I am joking, drop that)… Mouth (neat): holy featherless crow! It’s an utter monster certainly, shock-full of rubbers and glues. Don’t even think about consuming even a single drop of this mammoth of a rum with none waters (I simply did and to let you know the reality, I’m not feeling too effectively… Truthfully!) With water: there, simpler rubbers and tars, nevertheless it stays extraordinarily gluey, dry to the bone, and as some would say, ‘chemical’. Maybe for masochists? End: lengthy, salty and really robust. In all probability one of many heaviest heavy Caronis, by no means meant to be drunk unblended. Salted rubber within the aftertaste. A tiny contact of butterscotch within the post-aftertaste – that is an ocean of civilisation on this context. Feedback: nearly a prototype of the heaviest rums they ever made within the Caribbean, for adventurous chemists solely; or unapologetic masochists. I may be a part of them however frankly, it is robust.
SGP:374 – 85 factors. |
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 Examine the index of all rums we have tasted to this point
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