Little Brown Dog Jamaican Rum 2008 (70cl, 58.1%)

A single barrel Jamaican rum from independent bottler Little Brown Dog, made up of five distillates: Long Pond 2005 pot still, Clarendon 2007 column and pot, New Yarmouth 2005 pot still and Worthy Park 2008 pot still. The youngest was distilled in 2008. The rums were married in a refill barrel in 2015 and bottled in 2023 at a cask strength of 58.1%, with natural colour and no chill filtration. The outturn is 250 bottles. The colour is heather honey. The nose brings star fruit, muscat grapes and caramelised bananas. On the palate there is gooseberry fool, lime zest and thyme, and the finish carries pomegranate, sponge fingers and all spice.