Old Harbor Distilling Co. Barrelflag Navy Strength Rum (75cl, 57%)

Old Harbor Distilling Co. Barrelflag Navy Strength Rum is San Diego's overproof rum, bottled at 57% ABV (114 proof) in a 750ml bottle. It is distilled from a slow-fermented blend of blackstrap molasses, premium molasses and pure cane juice on the distillery's 1,000-litre hybrid copper still in the East Village. Old Harbor was founded by Michael Skubic, a San Diego native who returned from the U.S. Navy and began distilling in the East Village. Barrelflag refers to the old navy proof test, in which rum had to be strong enough that gunpowder soaked in it would still light. The nose brings molasses and cane sugar with tropical fruit, the palate is full and warming with brown sugar, banana and spice and real weight, and the finish is long, warm and cane-sweet.