Review #1215; Rum #529
This rum comes to us from Bristol Spirits LTD, and old rum independent bottler located in the UK. This rum is a bottling from the West Indies Rum Distillery. This rum was distilled from molasses, aged for 26 years with a period of that ageing occurring in an Oloroso sherry cask. It was then bottled and sold.
I know there is talk of this rum being distilled on the famed “Rockley” still but per Bristol Spirits and the Rockley still is just a name. There was a pot still at WIRD that some of the so called Rockley Still rums came from, but per Richard Seale “There was never a still known as Rockley still in Barbados any more than there was a Batman who policed the streets of Bridgetown”
Distillery: West Indies Rum Distillery
Bottler: Bristol Spirits
Region: Barbados
Cask: Oloroso Sherry
ABV: 46%
Nose: Heavy Sherry. Figs, Black Pepper, Star Anise, Graham cracker, Dry erase marker
Palate: Medium mouthfeel, Figs, Black Pepper, Star Anise, Graham Cracker, Dry Erase Marker
Finish: Long finish, Caramel, Figs, Black pepper, Graham Cracker, Nutmeg, Cinnamon, Star Anise, Dry Erase Marker
Great rum, but the sherry is so heavy that it feels like it drowns out the rum.
Rating: 7/10
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