rum . The heavy char of the barrels also provides hints of toast and vanilla and caramel in the mouth . A soft finish and a good value for cocktails and over ice .
Barrell Craft Spirits Rum Private Release B903 ( Barrel Craft Spirits ). A unique blend of rums from Barbados , Guyana , Jamaica and rhum agricole from Martinique . It is bottled at 63.6 % ABV , and deserves first to be tasted neat before adding water or into a cocktail . Green apple and fresh fruit on the nose that really opens up with a dash of water . Its presence is immediately felt when in your mouth , along with the fresh crisp fruit . The fresh crisp fruit and herbs are present throughout , including the finish with a soft burn .
Appleton Estate 21 Year ( Campari America ). Nestled in the fertile Nassau Valley of Jamaica , the pot still distillery releases its dark mahogany-colored rum , aged a minimum of 21 years , in oak barrels . When brought to the nose , spices and citrus and dark brown sugar lift you to the islands .
The length of time in the barrels gives it some oakiness in the mouth , along with cinnamon and traces of orange . Baking spices and dark sugar are part of the layered finish .
Cutwater Spirits Bali Hai Tiki Dark Rum ( Cutwater Spirits ). A blend of four-year barrel-aged rum , along with white rum , that was created to be the foundation for your favorite beach cocktail . Made from 100 % pure cane sugar and distilled in San Diego . Caramel and hints of toffee and vanilla lightly coat the mouth . The smooth finish continues with top layers of toffee and vanilla .
Cachaça Pitu ( Engarrafamento Pitu ). Cachaça from Brazil aged a minimum of two years in American oak barrels . Hints of vanilla are on the nose and in the mouth . It has a smooth finish and works well served neat or cold over ice and in cocktails . A classic cachaça .
Gatsby Spirits The Tides Rum ( Gatsby Spirits ). Distilled from sugar cane from the U . S . Virgin Islands and blended with rum from the French West Indies . It has a golden hue appearance with tropical fruit on the nose . Vanilla and pineapple lie on the edges of your tongue . The finish is soft with a light layering of tropical fruits as it descends down your throat .
Koloa Rum Cocunut Rum ( Koloa Rum ). A true coconut white rum with a hint of green tint in color when in the glass . The smell of fresh coconut is present when you lift the glass . Lightly toasted coconut is tasted in the mouth with cocoa flavors . The finish is smooth with a continued lightly toasted coconut finish and pleasurable hints of pineapple .
Milk Street Distillery Wooden Leg Rum ( Milk Street Distillery ). A silver rum inspired by Brazilian rum and distilled from a combination of evaporated cane juice and rich brown molasses . Light molasses is found in the nose , and extra sweetness of molasses softly lie on the tongue . It has a smooth sweet finish for a silver rum .
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