Rum
Rum is a distilled beverage made from sugarcane by-products such as molasses and sugarcane juice by a process of fermentation and distillation. The distillate, a clear liquid, is then usually aged in wooden barrels, Most Rum is made in and around the Carribean Islands.
Rum in my opion is divided into 3 main catergorys White, Gold and Dark. Normaly the older the Darker.... Not always, just a good rule of thumb.
Our Premium Rum
Goslings Family Resere XO
155 years seems long enough. So the deep, dark secret rum that we Goslings have enjoyed for generations is now going public. Appropriately called Gosling's Family Reserve Old Rum, it is crafted from the same incomparable Bermuda blend that they use for their renowned Black Seal Rum. But, they leave it resting in oak barrels even longer, aging it until it has acquired an extra luscious, nuanced complexity much like a rare Scotch or Cognac. Consider it the ultimate sipping rum.
A spirit this unusual deserves more than the usual bottle and label. So they lovingly take each bottle, hand label it, dip it in wax, number it, encircle it with a metal band and then place it in a straw-filled wooden box reminiscent of days past. Finally, with not too modern merchandising, they substitute a clear Plexiglass sliding panel for wood, so that all this hard work can be viewed at home.
Gosling's point? Old Rum is built to savour as it is poured. Add ice if you must, but nothing else other than a little eager anticipation.
Awards - Double Gold Medal - San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2005.
Gold Award, Premium Category - International Rum Festival, St. Johns, Newfoundland 2004.
40%
Bermuda
25ml £4.50 50m £7.00
Pussers 15yrs
The superb rum in this bottle has not only been aged in wood for 15 years, but has also been distilled in wood.
It is the world's only rum, or for that matter the world's only spirit, that is still distilled in wood using the old, inefiicient, handcrafted way in opposition to the modern method that employs semi-automatic metal column distillation.
For 330 years from about 1640 until July 31st, 1970, Great Britain's Royal Navy issued a daily rum ration to the sailors on board its ships. The daily ration was known as a tot, and its issue and the ritual that went with it was one of the longest and unbroken traditions in the history of the sea.
The rum used was a special rum called Navy or Admiralty Rum, or Pussers. Pussers being a corruption of the word pirser, after the officer in charge of the ship's supplies. Pussers Navy Rum today is the identical rum that was issued in the Royal Navy right up until the time of the custom's termination on July 31st, 1970. Pussers is known for both its colourful history and its rich flavour. It was never sold or available to the public until 1979. If a connoiseur obtained a tot or two, he valued it for a very special occasion because there was nothing else like it.
The Pussers 15 year old is exceptional and equivalent to the finest cognac or brandy in every way. Interestingly, at the end of 15 years of aging in wood, only about 7% of the original rum remains in the barrel. the balance will have evaporated into the air. Thus it toof the equivalent of about 16 bottles of rum to produce this single bottle of 15 year old Pussers!
This rum is truly for sipping, as you would a fine cognac. It is best enjoyed slighlty chilled at about 13C to 16C or 55F to 60F.
40%
15yo
British Virgin Islands
25ml £3.50 50ml £5.50
This inviting R L Seale rum first strikes you with its burnished gold colour and enchants you with a unique, nutty nose.
the body is big but wonderfully smooth and well rounded. the delicious butternut taste has a light vanilla accent that comes from the oak and finishes with lingering hints of roasted almonds.
R L Seale's selected to bring you the best sipping rum made in the style of the Eastern Carribean.
The first quality recorder rum was produced in Barbados, probably during the 1620's and today the first choice of the island inhbitants, known as Bajans, are the rums produced by R L Seale. The distillery is located in the south of the island, where the warm breezes of the Carribean gently lap at the oak barrels used for aging - and does much the same for the delectable contents as the ocean breezes add to the taste of a good Islay single malt. the finest rum Seale produces - an exquisitely smooth 10 year old has been selected to bring you the best sip made in the Eastern Carribean style of rum.
43%
10 Year Old
Barbados
25ml £3.00 50ml £5.00
English Harbour Five year rum awarded a double gold award for the second consecutive year at the 2005 San Francisco Spirits Competition.
English Harbour Five Year Rum continues to win international prestigious awards. The Five year Rum received a Double Gold Medal Award for the second consecutive year in the prestigious San Francisco World Spirits Competition in the USA, ranking English Harbour Five year Rum as one of the Best Rums in the world. Held in March 2005, the San Francisco World Spirits Competition's expert panel of judges conducted blind taste tests, over a total of 589 entries from over 43 countries, awarding medals based on taste alone.
Sharon Green Sales and Marketing manager commented, 'E.H.R 5 year Rum has been judged and awarded in the same category as Extra Old Rums from the region making it as good as any old rum. This is testament that the company is fully capable of producing international award winning brands of superb quality. I congratulate the production team at the ADL for their hard work and dedication and dedicate this award to them.'
English Harbour Five year Rum is Antigua Distillery's latest product entry into the rum category and was introduced with success to consumers in the USA in May, 2004 and Japan in October 2004.
Other awards were won for the English Harbour Extra Old Rum ,the English Harbour Gold Rum and English Harbour White Rum.
Tasting Note: English Harbour Five year Rum's polished copper hue prepares the drinker for the initial impression of cherry, oak and a wisp of smoke. The first sip of ripe apple, coconut and hints of cinnamon fill the palate. Then the slightly sweet coconut, spice and smoke finish complements the body of the mature spirit. Mixology possibilities are endless. This delightful rum can be consumed straight, on the rocks, with water, in making rum espresso martinis or with any of the world's popular mixers.
40%
Antigua
25ml £2.50 50ml £4.00
This legendary brand of rum has now returned after nearly 16 years and is available for the enjoyment of rum drinkers around the world.
Uses the very high quality of fijian sugar cane attributable to the traditional harvesting techniques which are still in practice today.
Inner Circle Rum
40%
Australia
25ml £2.20 50ml £3.50
Havana Club's
Havana Club's sugar cane is grown in the most fertile of lands. It gives birth to one of the finest rums in the world: Havana Club.
The aguardientes of this 'anejo especial' are aged in oak barrels, giving it a remarkable aroma and a warm golden glow.
Savour it on the rocks, in cocktails, or mixed with cola and other mixers.
40%
Cuba
25ml £2.00 50ml £3.00
Captain Morgan
Captain Morgan Black Label rum offers a unique depth of taste recalling the navy rum rations which were the choice of swashbuckling adventurers and connoisseurs alike. Its dark, full-bodied colour and distinctive rich, smooth taste are unmistakable.
40.0% Jamaica
25ml £2.00 50ml £3.00
This fine golden rum is matured slowly in American white oak barrels before being expertly blended to create the final product.
Significantly smoother on the palate than many other brown spirits, the quality stands out whether it's straight or mixed. The agreeable distinctive flavour is great on the rocks but equally best mixed with your favourite mixer or in cocktails.
In Barbados, Cockspur & Coke is a popular favourite. Five Star is light and golden in colour with an uncomplicated, pleasant smell. Its taste is extremely smooth, round and warm, which becomes spicy on the palate, getting slightly buttery towards the end.
37.5%
Barbados
25ml £2.00 50ml £3.00
Bacardi
After 23 years of experimentation, Don Facundo Bacardi set the standard for all future premium white rum. Established in 1862 in Santiago de Cuba Bacardi Superior Rum became the world's first premium aged white rum. To produce such a superior spirit Don Facundo combined the best of dark spirits production techniques (ageing and blending) with his pioneering filtration process (charcoal filtration, now used by other white spirits) to create the perfectly balanced mixing rum that neither overpowers nor disappears in your drink.
Due to Bacardi Superior Rum's perfectly balanced taste it was used by cocktail pioneers as the principle ingredient in the birth of the world's best known rum cocktails including the Mojito (1860s), later featured in the 1931 book called Cuban Cookery, the Daiquiri (1896), the Cuba Libre (1900) and the Bacardi Cocktail TM (1917).
Despite Bacardi rum and Coke being the world's most asked for branded spirit and mixer combination, its unique flavour is also great served over ice with a squeeze of lime and the mixer of your choice - orange juice, lime & soda, ginger ale or cranberry juice.
37.5%
Cuba
25ml £2.00 50ml £3.00
Bootlegger rum is a full flavoured rich rum which can be enjoyed neat, as was traditional in the Royal Navy, or as part of a longer mixed drink with orange and other delicious combinations in punches and cocktails.
37.5%
West Indies
25ml £2.00 50ml £3.00
Bootlegger