TCV Craft Spirits Book

Rum

DENIZEN JAMAICA, MARTINIQUE Premium Aged White Rum #728439/ 750ml / $13.67

Features a blend of Caribbean spirits handcrafted in Holland using aged and fresh rum from Trinidad’s famed Angostura Distillery with a touch of Jamaican pot still rum. A perfect mixing rum, yet it has enough character and smoothness for sipping and is a superior bargain in white rum. 93pts Ultimate Spirits Challenge;

93pts “Best Buy” Beverage Testing Institute “Best New Spirits 2012” Wine & Spirits 8 Year Old Merchant’s Reserve Rum #114143 / 750ml / $21.99

A blend of a medium-bodied “Plummer style” Jamaican rum (made from molasses, cane juice, syrup from sugar production, dunder, and skimmings from the previous rum production) and Rhum Grande Arome from Martinique. 97pts Beverage Testing Institute

SMITH & CROSS JAMAICA Jamaican Pot Still Rum, Navy Strength #677490 / 750ml / $26.99

THOMAS TEW USA, RHODE ISLAND Authentic Single-Barrel Pot-Still Rum #980270 / 750ml / $27.99

From one of England’s oldest and most prominent producers of traditional Jamaican rum and sugar. Pot distilled with indigenous Jamaican wild yeast for added complexity, a blend of equal parts Wedderburn and Plummer pot still distillates that have been aged in oak casks up to 3-years—famous for notes of exotic fruits and spice. 100% English proof. 95pts “TOP 50 Spirits” 2014, Wine Enthusiast THE SCARLET IBIS SCARLET IBIS TRINDAD Rum #677488 / 750ml / $26.99 Bottled at a higher proof than many rums, The Scarlet Ibis is bold, flavorful, and perfectly suited for mixing excellent cocktails. What an excellent drink this 98 proof rum makes! To get the full Death & Co experience check it out with Cocchi Vermouth di Torino, Allspice Dram, Angostura Bitters, and an Orange Twist. Originally commissioned as a private barrel project for Death & Co in NY, additional stock sold as available.

A stunning Rum based on an historic Newport recipe and named after a notorious local pirate. Single distilled, single barrel aged at least 3 years, this blackstrap molasses rum is made at only 105 gallons at a time. Bottles are all hand labeled. It has a huge body that lasts for ages — lightly bittersweet but with plenty of sugar to keep it nicely balanced. Fans of big, classically-styled rums — that don’t

go as far as agricole — will dig this one, big time. 4 Stars Highly Recommended – Spirit Journal

VAN OOSTEN INDONESIA/NETHERLANDS Batavia Arrack #677478 / 750ml / $26.99 Batavia Arrack is a Javanese/Dutch distilled spirit made from sugarcane and fermented red rice which gives it a slightly smoky nuance. Unique - adds depth and highlights aromas of spices, citrus, chocolate. Popular in the 17th century, a celebrated spirit used in Swedish Punsch and classic cocktails. “Top 5 Spirits of the Year” Wine & Spirits

RUM . I SAY

RHUM . WHAT THE

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terms of reflecting terroir and sense of place. You get a funk, which for those of in the business, we love that word. A sense of place, a sense of the earth, herbaceousness, dampness reflective of the microclimates,” Rhum Agricole, which makes up just one to two percent of the global rum production total, is finally taking off in America. — WWW.PRI.ORG

…“Ninety-nine percent of the world’s Rum is made with molasses, which goes back centuries. Rhum agricole is made from fresh-pressed sugarcane juice and it makes for an entirely different expression. The likes of which, no one has experienced.” There’s an easy way to tell the difference between Rum industrial and Rhum Agricole. “[Take} a simple daiquiri of white rum made from, say, Puerto Rico. And compare that with a daquiri made from rum agricole and you’ll get something that is like nothing else on earth in

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