Roaming Road Spirits – 12 Year Guyana

Review #1258; Rum #565

Here we have a bottling from Roaming Roads Spirits. Roaming Roads Spirits is a new independent bottler founded by Mike Gilmore, owner of Country Lane Liquor in Wyoming. . Mike is bringing his years of experience selling and tasting spirits to found Roaming Road, an independent bottler that will bottle single cask Rums, Cognacs, Armagnacs, and who knows what else going forward.

This single cask is a collaboration between Lincoln Road Package liquor store and Roaming Road spirits. This is a rum that was distilled from molasses on the Port Mourant pot still from Guyana and aged / finished in a PX sherry cask before being bottled at cask strength with no additives.

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Distillery: Diamond Distillery

Bottler: Roaming Road Spirits

Region: Guyana

Still: Wooden Pot

ABV: 53.1%

Cask: Ex-PX

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Nose: Cinnamon, Allspice, Graham Cracker, Vanilla, Touch of Dark Chocolate, espresso

Palate: Medium oily mouthfeel, Cinnamon, Allspice, Vanilla, Dark Chocolate, touch of Green, oil, espresso

Finish: Long finish, Cinnamon, Allspice, Dark Chocolate, Vegetal, oil, espresso

I like this rum a lot. It has a ton of flavor, its well balanced, and it doesn’t taste over sherried. The cask balances well with the PM base spirit. The long finish is nice as well and overall a great set of rums and releases from Roaming Road.

Rating: 7/10

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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