St Lucia Distillers are famous for producing Chairman’s Reserve, Bounty (mainly for the domestic market) and Admiral Rodney.
1931 is a rum brought onto the market in 2011 to commemorate 80 years of the Dennery Distillery, St Lucia. In 1972 the Dennery and the Roseau Distilleries merged and formed the company we have now, St Lucia Distillers.
Mount Gilboa is a triple distilled Pot Still rum. This in itself is fairly unusual, I think. I’ve heard little about multiple distillation in rum, unlike Vodka for example. That’s not to say it doesn’t occur just that is rarely mentioned. Mount Gilboa is a product of Barbados and from the name and product design you could be mistaken into thinking you are getting a cheaper Mount Gay product or a copycat.
From what I understand Appleton Special isn’t widely available in a lot of territories. It is freely available in the UK though.
Rather than being special as such, it is Appleton’s entry level rum. It comes in both a Gold and White expression. It should be noted that whilst this is an Appleton rum it doesn’t have the Appleton Estate moniker. Yes, its of course from the same distillery but it seems Appleton wish to make a distinction between this and the Estate’s entry level rum – V/X. It is notably absent from the Appleton Estate website and rumours have it that it may be being discontinued. If those rumours are true I may have to invest in a few more bottles soon!
For many years Rum has struggled with something of an image problem. Still seen by many as a cheap drink to be taken mixed and in excess by teenagers in search of a good time. Attempts to “Premiumise” rum have done little to convince those outside rum circles that Killdevil is a legitimate alternative to classic spirits such as Whisk(e)y and Gin. In many ways the “Premiumisation” of Rum has actually done it’s image more harm than good.
In 1857 a young wine and spirit merchant called Paul Bardinet began blending and ageing the “tafia” (as it was called at the time) or sugar-cane alcohol, which arrived in Limoges, France from the far flung islands of the Caribbean.
Legend goes that Bardinet worked on taming the firewater, which arrived on French shores with various blending and ageing techniques until he was producing something comparable to the Rhum Negrita which is now commonly available across mainland Europe. In particular France and Spain.
As the British Summertime fades (we got the usual 4 genuinely Sunny Days) attention turns to our Autumn season.
To be honest up here in the North of England we only really get two Seasons Autumn and Winter. It’s either a bit cold or very cold. We might get the odd few days of sunshine but they are few and far between. We get our two weeks of sunshine when we go on our holidays……
Most supermarkets in the UK have their own brand spirits. Marks and Spencer (or M&S for short), however do not do anything by halves.
So rather than trot out just a standard white and dark Caribbean rum, they have actually got some pretty interesting rums on their shelves.
The M&S Bajan Estate XO and Guatemalan Plantation rums have both been uncovered as being supplied by Cognac Ferrand’s rum blending wing Plantation Rum. The information on this bottle which states the rum is produced and bottled in France leads me to believe that this Gingerbread flavoured offering is also from Plantation Rum. NB – Since writing this review I have been informed by Nick Rodgers who works alongside Cognac Ferrand and Plantation Rum that is not a product produced by Plantation.
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