Rollins Distillery Cane Juice Rum

Review #1330; Rum #635

Rollins Distillery is a craft distillery located in the Florida Panhandle in Midway, Florida. Though they make a few products, this particular offering was a limited release in 2024. This cane juice rum was dharvested from 250 gallons of fresh-pressed cane juice from Presley Farms located in Perdido, AL. The juice then fermented for 2 weeks before being distilled in their 4 plate hybrid pot still. It then rested for 16 months and brought down to 52.35%. It was then bottled with no additives.

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Distillery: Rollins

Bottler: Rollins

Region:  Florida, USA

Still: Pot

ABV: 52.35%

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Nose: Pungent, Lemon Peel, Grassy, Red onion, Raw Bell Pepper, Vegetal Sweetness, Brine

Palate: Medium oily mouthfeel, Lemongrass, Red Onion, Minerality, Bell pepper, touch of vegetal sweetness, Brine

Finish:  Medium length finish, Minerality, Bell Pepper, Vanilla, Brine, Lemongrass

Rating: 6/10

If you had handed me this blind and just told me I was going to drink rum from a Florida distillery, full on bias here, I would have been less than enthused. However, this is a pretty darn good cane juice rum. The flavors pop and they are all-pleasant and work well together. Overall very solid from Rollins Distillery.

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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