Secret Jamaika 11 Year Old (The Rum Trail) (70cl, 48%)

A Jamaican aged rum distilled in 2013 and bottled in 2025 by Elixir Distillers for The Rum Trail. It comes from a family estate in a central Jamaican valley and was distilled from the estate's own molasses on a traditional double-retort pot still. The rum matured for four years in former bourbon casks in Jamaica, then a further seven years in Scotland in second-fill rum casks. The wood influence was kept restrained so the distillate's character remains forward. The batch comprises 600 bottles of 70cl, bottled at 48% without chill filtration or additives. Its profile combines banana bread with orange and spice, rather than pronounced overripe ester notes. It shows stewed blood orange with clove and rhubarb, baked banana, bitter orange, almond flakes, cardamom, allspice, sultanas, orange blossom and honeysuckle.