Spirited Saturday - Rum Diversity

Bounty White Rum, Saint Lucia, 80 proof

Regular price: $22 (liter)

Sale price: $19

Bounty Rum is produced by St. Lucia Distillers which is located in the scenically beautiful and agriculturally rich valley of Roseau on the Caribbean island of St Lucia. This Premium White is clean with a silky mouthfeel, making it an ideal mixing rum. It has been aged for two years in oak, giving it soft tannins from the wood before being carbon filtered to remove the color extracted from the oak.

Planteray Xaymaca Special Dry Rum, Jamaica, 86 proof

Regular price: $35

Sale price: $30

Planteray Xaymaca Special Dry revives the quintessential Jamaican-style, 100% pot still rums with an expression of intense flavors that reveal the traditional, legendary “Rum Funk”. This blend of very special rums from Long Pond and Clarendon distilleries reveals a power found nowhere else today with intense notes of black banana and flambéed pineapple.

The Scarlet Ibis Rum, Trinidad 98 proof

Regular price: $32

Sale price: $28

Scarlet Ibis is a blend of three- to five-year aged Trinidad rums, with classic flavors of toffee, tobacco, and dark honey on a firm, dry backbone. It has an intriguing complexity. It’s ethereal and balanced enough on its own, but has power to perform well in a cocktail. Experience it as a whiskey drinker would: neat or with an ice cube

Case 1 Aged Caribbean Rum, Dominican Republic, 84 proof

Regular price: $30

Sale price: $25

Aged for seven to eleven years in used bourbon barrels, this rum showcases rich, natural notes of vanilla and butterscotch, complemented by subtle hints of pineapple and coconut. A touch of oak dryness graces the finish, rounding out a profile that is perfect for both sipping and mixing.

El Dorado 12 year old Rum, Guyana, 80 proof

Regular price: $42

Sale price: $35

An elegant multi-award winning rum, El Dorado 12 Year Old typifies the smooth mellow sweetness of Demerara Rums .A blend of specially selected aged rums, the youngest being no less than 12 years old, it is a combination of the Enmore and Diamond Coffey stills and the Port Mourant double wooden pot still, blended to perfection and aged in old bourbon oak casks. Lush tropical fruit and spice nose with hints of honey and dark sugar. Round, mellow, full bodied palate with rich flavours of fruit and spice. The finish is delightful, elegant and dry.

Cocktails

Island Morning

2 oz Bounty White Rum

1 oz Orgeat Syrup

2 oz Cold Press Coffee

1 dash Chocolate bitters

Add all ingredients together, stir, and serve in over ice in a collins glass

Devils & Dragons

3 oz Scarlet Ibis Rum

1 oz Vicario Dragoncello Liqueur

½ oz lemon juice

2 dashes Peychaud bitters 

Add all ingredients together, shake well, strain and serve in an up glass