Holmes Cay Infinity

Review #1256; Rum #563

This here is the Holmes Cay Infinity cask, a bottling of rum that is a blend of 13 different distilleries with rums from Guyana, Jamaica, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Barbados, Venezuela and Brazil. The rums were put into a cask that aged for 20 years in Europe before being bottled at cask strength with no additives for Holmes Cay. The oldest rum in this blend is a 47 year old rhum agricole from Gardel Distillery of Guadeloupe.

The components of this rum are as follows:

Guyana: Guyanese/demerara rum makes up the majority of the blend at 74%, and includes rum from Uitvlugt Estate, Enmore Estate and Diamond Distillery.

Jamaica: Jamaican rum makes up 15% of the blend, and includes rum from Hampden Estate, Long Pond Distillery and Clarendon Distillery.

Guadeloupe: Guadeloupe rum makes up 5% of the blend, and includes rum from Montbello Distillery, Gardel Distillery and Poisson Distillery.

Trinidad: Trinidadian rum makes up 3% of the blend, and includes rum from Caroni Distillery.

Barbados: Bajan rum makes up 1% of the blend, and includes rum from West Indies Rum Distillery.

Venezuela: Venezuelan rum makes up 1% of the blend, and includes rum from Pampero Distillery.

Brazil: Brazilian rum makes up 1% of the blend, and includes rum from Epris Distllery.

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Distillery: Various

Bottler: Holmes Cay

Region: Varioius

Still:Column & Pot

ABV: 58%%

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Nose: Industrial, Motor Oil, Raspberry, Star Anise, Nuttiness, Vanilla, Over-ripe mango, Black Pepper, Hydraulic Fluid

Palate: **:  Thick oily mouthfeel, Nutty, Motor Oil, Star Anise, Raspberry, Vanilla, Over-Ripe Mango, Black Pepper

Finish: Long Finish,  Star Anise, Menthol, Nutty, Hydraulic Fluid, Over-Ripe Mango, Vanilla, Coriander

Let’s get this out of the way, this has an exorbitant price tag ($1,500)  and it will likely never be worth its cost to me. Please note, I do not factor price into my scoring but at time I do feel it should be brought up.

That being said, this really is an incredible rum. It’s a great mixture of industrial notes, fruits, and spices. This is industrial but not like a heavy smoky Caroni, its weird that it has those industrial flavors but they are tempered by the fruits. This is really engaging to sit and sip with, and at its proof it won’t blow our your palate. It’s not as extreme in flavor as some of my other favorite but it really is just high quality and enjoyable rum. I came into this pretty damn skeptical, a super blend of distilleries at a very high price that aged for a long time, I wasn’t sure it was going to work very well. But, I suppose that’s why I drink and write about rum and don’t select casks as a business. Great job Holmes Cay. This is in my running for one of the best rums of the year.

Rating: 9/10

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1 | Disgusting | So bad I poured it out.

2 | Poor | I wouldn’t consume by choice.

3 | Bad | Multiple flaws.

4 | Sub-par | Not bad, but better exists.

5 | Good | Good, just fine.

6 | Very Good | A cut above.

7 | Great | Well above average

8 | Excellent | Really quite exceptional.

9 | Incredible | An all time favorite

10 | Perfect | Perfect