Ten To One Caribbean Dark Rum

This rum originates from the Caribbean, with natural components from Nigeria and Cochin. It's a blend featuring column still rum from the Dominican Republic, Trinidad, and Barbados, alongside Jamaican pot still rum. Aged in American oak ex-bourbon barrels, it contains no added sugar, colors, or flavorings. Exhibiting a light amber hue, it strongly evokes banana bread and butterscotch, with a light body and hints of vanilla. It would work wonderfully in an old-fashioned.

A well-rounded blend of Caribbean Rums, including eight-year-old Barbados, Dominican & Trinidadian column still Rums matured in former Bourbon barrels alongside pot still Rum from Jamaica, bottled at 40% ABV. It begins with a fragrant aroma of sugarcane, wood, tree & cooked fruits, herbs & spices; its vibrant middle delivers notes of vanilla, yellow apple, toffee, banana nut bread & oatmeal cookie; and it concludes with a zesty & nutty finish of moderate duration, featuring hints of oak, cedar, banana peel, toasted nuts, tobacco, leather & mulch.

Pale gold with viscous legs. Intense aromas of oak, spices (vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg), brown sugar, and cigar. Mildly sweet with notes of white chocolate and banana. Thick consistency with a burn. Balanced for mixing, but enjoyable on its own: robust, complex flavors.

The initial aroma is potent with alcohol, but it evolves into more fruity notes in the body. I believe I'm finally grasping the concept of 'hogo'.

Quite pleasant. No burn, and sweet but not excessively so like some other aged rums.

The aroma is inviting, but its presence on the palate is fleeting and easily overwhelmed.