Renegade Lake Antoine Lower Pot

Review #1125; Rum #444

Renegade is a new rum distillery from Mark Reynier, known more for his work at Bruichladdich and Waterford. In Grenada, he built a brand new state of the art distillery. There, Renegade grows all the cane that goes into its rum. These first bottlings are known as “pre-cask’ and are made of fresh pressed cane juice that in this case has been distilled on a pot still. Given the terroir obsession Mark is known for each bottle has a cane code that inks to their website with all the information you could ever want. The cane code for this sample is PC09H21-P1, which you can enter on Renegade’s website. Given all that, let us give this bottling a taste.

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Distillery: Renegade

Bottler: Renegade

Region: Grenada

Still: Copper Pot

ABV: 50%

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Nose: Brine, slight vinegar, vegetal, a faint sweetness

Palate:  Medium mouthfeel, brine, vegetal, faint sweetness, minerality

Finish: Medium length finish, Olive, brine vegetal, faint sweetness, minerality

Rating: 6/10

A very good rum. This one leans heavier on the savory side of the flavor spectrum but it’s a nice flavor. While good rum I don’t think it’s a standout compared to a plethora of unaged cane juice rums on the market. You can even look at a distillery on the same island, Rivers Antoine, to see something in comparable price that, to my taste, is far superior in flavor. I do find the stated goals of terroir interesting, but other distilleries are doing unaged cane juice rum far better at this point.