The ImpEx Collection Long Pond 18 Year Old Single Cask Jamaican Rum
US$249.00
794 bottles
US$249.00
US$169.00
US$259.00
70cl / 40%
US$79.00
70cl / 48%
US$119.00
70cl / 48%
US$869.00
70cl / 60.5%
US$539.00
50cl / 53.2%
US$399.00
70cl / 63%
US$599.00
55%
US$169.00
57%
US$179.00
42%
US$89.00
60%
US$229.00
63%
US$379.00
43%
US$69.00
54%
US$249.00
74%
US$79.00
61.9%
US$799.00
63.4%
US$309.00
67.3%
US$179.00
70cl / 50%
US$109.00
56.8%
US$219.00
52%
US$149.00
70cl / 61%
US$259.00
46%
US$89.00
52%
US$339.00
65.4%
US$499.00
45%
US$219.00
64.6%
US$269.00
70cl / 50%
US$119.00
61.9%
US$769.00
70cl / 46%
US$149.00
59%
US$299.00
45%
US$229.00
70cl / 50%
US$109.00
43%
US$179.00
40%
US$59.00
43%
US$149.00
63.9%
US$189.00
57%
US$249.00
70cl / 45%
US$149.00
52.8%
US$489.00
70cl / 44%
US$129.00
46%
US$139.00
43%
US$149.00
70cl / 63.9%
US$229.00
57%
US$99.00
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US$149.00
The rum section focuses on aged, high-strength rum from the Caribbean. Foursquare from Barbados has the most bottles, notably its Exceptional Cask Selection, followed by Caroni from Trinidad, then Jamaican rums from Appleton Estate, Hampden, Long Pond and Clarendon, and Guyana's Diamond and Uitvlugt stills. Many are independent bottlings or single casks, and most are bottled above 50% ABV.
Most of these rums are distilled from molasses. Rhum agricole, mainly from Martinique and Guadeloupe, is made from fresh cane juice and tastes grassier. In the tropics rum ages fast and loses much more to evaporation than whisky in Scotland, so a 15 year old Caribbean rum can be deep and concentrated.
Age rules vary by country. Barbados and Jamaica state the age of the youngest rum, as with whisky, but some rums use solera systems, where a number on the label does not mean the age. Check whether rum is single (one distillery), pot still or blended, and whether it is free of added sugar.
Caroni was a rum distillery in Trinidad that closed in 2002. It made heavy, oily, smoky rum, much of it once used for Royal Navy blends. Its remaining casks were bottled by independent bottlers, notably Velier in numbered releases including the Employees editions, and are now highly collected.
Foursquare Exceptional Cask Selection is a series of limited releases from Foursquare distillery in Barbados, each with its own name, such as Detente, Empery or Shibboleth, and a Mark number. They blend pot and column still rum, are aged in various casks and contain no added sugar.
Esters are aromatic compounds formed during fermentation that give fruity, funky flavours. Jamaican distilleries such as Hampden use long fermentations to create very high ester levels, giving intense notes of overripe banana, pineapple and glue. High ester rum is often used in small amounts in blends but is also bottled on its own.
Most rum is made from molasses, a by-product of sugar production. Rhum agricole is made from freshly pressed sugar cane juice, mainly in the French Caribbean, especially Martinique, which has its own AOC. Agricole tastes grassier and more vegetal, while molasses rum is often richer and sweeter.
Black Tot Day was 31 July 1970, the last day the British Royal Navy issued a daily rum ration to its sailors, a tradition dating back centuries. Brands such as Pusser’s, which is based on the Navy rum blend, have released anniversary editions to mark it.
No. Like whisky, rum only matures in the cask, not once bottled. An old bottle may taste different because of how it was made at the time. Store rum upright, away from heat and light, to protect the cork.
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