BemBom do Brasil Cachaca

Bythefatrumpirate

BemBom do Brasil Cachaca rum review by the fat rum pirateBemBom do Brasil is a cachaça aimed at the European market. I first came across it at a Rum Festival in Bristol, not Brasil back towards the end of 2017. I have since seen it at other rum festivals around the UK.

It is marketed as “Brazilian Rum” and cachaça at the same time by the company that market it. It has its own website. BemBom is distributed in the UK by Indie Brands, who have a very eclectic range of spirits and drinks, from all around the world. I would imagine traditionalists will not be keen on BemBom, being marketed as “Brazilian Rum”.

However, particularly in the UK, knowledge of cachaça is not strong. It is not very well recognised or sought after. UK supermarket chain bought Ypioca Prata in time for the 2014 World Cup but I don’t think it was much of a seller. Pretty sure their existing stock is from the initial purchase back in 2014! So calling BemBom Brazilian rum, does make some sense.

Here in the UK a 70cl bottle of BemBom will set you back around £25. It is bottled at 38% ABV. BemBom it is produced in Minas Gerais state, one of the heartlands of good cachaca. It is a small batch cachaça, produced on Pot Stills and aged for 1 year in oak casks. It is distilled under the watchful eye of Nahor Gustavo, who is also responsible for another cachaça brand which received a European release – Sagatiba. It was around 10 years ago now, that Sagatiba tried to make an impact on the European market. Domestically in Brasil I cannot work out which brands Nahor Gustavo works with. Maybe he doesn’t.

Bembom do Brasil Cachaca comes in a tall rounded bottle with a very short neck and a screw cap. Presentation is modern. The vinyl records on the front are in relation to the “Boa Vibe” which is the Brasilian’s vibrant way of living mixing art and music with a drop of cachaça or two. It is noted on BemBom’s marketing that this is a cachaça used for mixing.

Which if fair enough. We aren’t snobby here when it comes to mixing drinks. I am however quite surprised to a suggestion to mix this with coke. The other signature serve is with Apple Juice. Interesting.

In the glass I am presented with a near clear liquid. A very light straw colour. The nose is quite buttery – with some shortcrust pastry and vanilla notes. Beneath this initial burst of sweet aromas is a very vegetal, very grassy aroma. Freshly cut grass an some lime like acidity. It’s not very inviting but its not overly harsh. It does have a slightly mass-market/industrial air to it though. Column still esque.

Sipped – I think BemBom are certainly getting right aiming this as a mixer. The initial entry despite the low ABV of 38% is really quite rough and ready. Much like trying to drink a cheaper white or supermarket rum. Harsh and metallic tasting – heavy on the alcohol.

Luckily, in some ways it all fades very quickly just leaving a very tart metallic mouthfeel. Further sips reveal a little more of the vanilla that was on the nose but the flavour is only fleeting and wafts in and out in small amounts. BemBom do Brasil Cachaca rum review by the fat rum pirate

It doesn’t have a great deal of flavour beyond alcohol to be honest again a slight grassiness to recognise it as cachaça. It certainly isn’t much of a sipper.

Mixed BemBom fairs a bit better. It does work well with Apple Juice but mostly because it disguises what little flavour there is. The booze is still there and its slightly more palatable but its not a great drink. The coke idea is a bad one and it just makes for a slightly grassy slightly off tasting rum and coke.

Whilst this is readily available in the UK and cheap I won’t be looking out for it. It doesn’t taste very much like the Pot Still spirits I have tried recently – definitely more large scale industrial type cachaça in terms of flavour. It’s thin and full of booze but the booze is quite unforgiving.

This isn’t making me want to dance that’s for sure.

 

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    So it’s fair to say that Penderyn do a decent job of whisky. So what can they do with rum. Well aside from labelling this “Brown” rum they have went with the tagline “Sips like a whisky parties like a rum”. You can probably hear the groans from here (non sexual groans I must add I don’t want to be proclaimed as the Jim Murray of rum). They also add this little nugget of information “and tastes like no other spirit. It has a distinctive whisky-like smoky and oaky note, but it is rounded with a short finish as you’d expect from a quality rum.”

    They also have a little back story to the rum – as of course all “good” rums need. Siddiqui (pronounced Sid-dee-kay) was first distilled in the early 1950’s by American Oilmen in the Middle East, after alcohol was prohibited in the region. It is produced to a special recipe taken from the “Blue Flame Manual”

    If you want to read a bit more Siddiqui then please read this. I’ve had enough hyperbole for one day.

    I’ll be fair to Penderyn Disillery though they are producing this rum for The Siddiqui Rums Corporation based in California. Still it would be nice if someone, somewhere did a little bit of research. It is perhaps no wonder this rum has been largely ignored by the rum community. Leaving overtly curious little weirdos like me to review it……

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    All in all this rum really isn’t off to a good start. It is available direct from Penderyn at £27 and you can also find it on Amazon. Most other retailers do not seem to have it in stock at the moment. It is bottled at a standard 40% ABV Presentation wise it coSiddiqui Brown Rum rum review by the fat rum piratemes in a stylish tapered 70cl bottle with a short neck and a chunky cork stopper.

    The see-through bottle reveals an oil field. It all looks good but I just can’t get past having “Brown Rum” emblazoned across the front. It just sounds so unappetising.

    So in the absence of any other information I may as well reach for my glass and see if this does live up to the “hype”.

    In the glass we do indeed have a brown rum. However I think I would possibly describe it as a golden brown with a yellow/orange hue.

    The hydrometer bobbed just below 40% at 39% so there is perhaps something “added” to this rum, though to be fair not a lot.

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    It’s certainly distinctive and unusual. I wouldn’t nose this and think “oh its a bit like whisky” its more like a Smoked Rum.

    As a result of all the wood and smoke it’s not a particularly complex nose. It’s not really very rummy either. It’s not an awful nose but it isn’t really drawing me in.

    Sipping Siddiqui Brown Rum, is an even woodier experience. To be honest its not terribly pleasant. Bitter woody oak and oak chips fly out at you. Despite this it has a quite a soft and easy going mid palate. Once the oak and wood fade out the sweetness comes out a little more but its still not wowing me at all.

    Smoky charred oak come through a little more on the finish. Which as they advised is short. At under £30 its perhaps a bit trite to expect a quality sipper and this is fairly average in that respect. I can’t help feeling its a little bit artificially smooth as well in terms of alcohol burn which seems unusually muted even for a 40% ABV spirit.Siddiqui Brown Rum rum review by the fat rum pirate

    As a mixer its not going to win any awards from me either. Mixed with cola and ginger beer it just gives a smoky flavour and little else. Maybe a touch of wood. It just turns your cola into a smoky woody cola.

    Siddiqui Brown Rum is distinctive and some people may enjoy this profile. However, I would expect this to be largely people not to familiar with rum.

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    Bythefatrumpirate

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    They were producing sugar and Cachaca since at least the 1920’s at Abbadia Farm. However, they only recently re-introduced their Cachaca production. Which might be why their bottles are a little more contempory in the their design. More “Western-ised” perhaps.

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    Their website also shows they have a Facebook and Instagram account. So they are definitely wired up for the current trends in Social Media etc.

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    This is a kind of everyday Cachaca that I would imagine is not hugely expensive so you can mix or sip it and it works well with both.

    Back to the sip and further sipping reveals some citrus and some hints of ginger. The only downside with this Cachaca is that the finish fades quite quickly and the mid palate is quite short. You’ll find yourself sipping this little and often (or a lot and often depending on how you do it!). It’s not a Cachaca which you might sit back and savour between sips for too long. The flavours simply do not hang around. The finish leaves you with a little spiciness and some zest but its just a touch too mild for my palate.

    This is a softer, more approachable young Cachaca but a very enjoyable one nonetheless.

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    Bythefatrumpirate

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    I covered Santa Terezinha’s production methods in my last review. So I won’t repeat myself. I will however cover the make up of this particular cachaca. I have not come across a cachaca which has been aged in Canela Sassafraz before. Being perfectly honest ,I have little idea what this might be other than some kind of native Brasilian wood or woods. I have come across Sassafras Root before (both in the form of being an ingredient in Root Beer and by way of a Green Day song on the album Dookie). At this stage I am unsure if there is any link. So I best find out.

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    Presentation wise it’s a little on the gaudy side with a bright pink/purple label. It has a screw cap but you do get a card sleeve to store the cahcaca in. You can find more information on their website as well.

    So lets see how I find this particular expression.

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    It has an almost molasses rum like nose. Lots of stoned fruits and red grapes. It smells almost like a Spiced Rum. Lots of sweetened apricot and canned fruit in syrup. Further nosing reveals a bit more cachaca character. A slight butteryness and some hints of cream. Touches of vanilla and a dusting of mixed spice.

    So far it is a very unusual cachaca. In fact I am wondering if this would class as Cachaca Dulce (sweetened cachaca). Certainly it does as the hydrometer reads only 24% ABV which indicates around 40g/L of additives.

    It makes a bit sense now when they say the barrels are “coated”, I see…….

    Sipped it now pretty clear this has some form of additives. It’s a sweet kind of dessert spirit. A nice array of spices – cinnamon, touch of clove, tiny hit of ginger and some sweet toffee and caramel notes. It’s a touch too sweet for me.

    With the sweetness comes an initial burst of sweet fruity flavours and sugar but this quickly fades leading to a less than inspiring mid palate and finish.

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    All in all this is a kind of almost Spiced Cachaca. It is noted on some websites as being “Gourmet” Cachaca and its advised to use it in cooking or drinking as a mixer. One such suggestion was coconut water which did dial the sweetness of this cachaca down a bit.

    From speaking with the producers this a cachaca produced to be used in cooking, rather than drinking, though it can be drank in a conventional manner as well.

    It still wasn’t really for me though. That said the Santa Terezinha do make a good job of their regular cachaca with is more for my tastes.

     

     

     

     

  • Saint James Heritage

    Bythefatrumpirate

    Saint James Heritage rum Review by the fat rum pirateSaint James Heritage rum.  It comes in their standard tall, rectangular bottle.  The name suggests some kind of retro rhum agricole, perhaps a throwback to times gone by.

    Nope nothing of the sort.  The Martinique agricole producers haven’t even released an Agricole this time.  It’s actually a blend of rums from 6 different islands. It is a blend of both cane juice and molasses based r(h)ums.

    The 6 islands are Martinique, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Trinidad, Jamaica and Barbados.  A who’s who of r(h)um if ever there was one.  Missing perhaps only Cuba from the list in terms of reputation!

    I first noted this and the Saint James Reserve online.  Both were (and still are) priced at under £20 for a 70cl bottle. I think I paid little over £16 for this.  It is bottled at 40% ABV and comes in the standard Saint James bottle as already mentioned.  The screw cap is a good standard and the bottle has some nice embossing on the neck.  The Saint James brand is instantly recognisable.  Even if the rum contained in this bottle is not.

    The rums in this bottle are aged for only 12 months so this is a pretty young blend by any standards.  The releases of this and the Reserve are an attempt to muscle in on the “molasses” or more mainstream rum market.  I believe the rum has been available since 2015 and has been exported to Europe and the US.

    I’ve not seen anyone else review this rum.  Nor have I seen it garner any attention in the rum world.   What little commentary I have found on this suggests most people confronted with a Saint James rhum, expect and are disappointed when it isn’t an Agricole.

    Fortunately before I bought this rum I was aware it was not exclusively an Agricole.  I figured it worthy of a purchase as both an interesting rum to review on the site and a cheap weekend mixer, if it turned out none to great.

    My understanding is that none of the rums in this blend are aged any longer than 12 months.  Which probably reflects the price I paid for the rum.  Once again the word “Premium” is used in its loosest term!

    Saint James Heritage Rum Review by the fat rum pirateWhen poured the rum is a light to golden brown colour.  It is a little dull to be honest.

    The nose is interesting.  I’m getting a lot of pot still style young Jamaican rum.  There may be a few more vegetal notes in there somewhere.  The blend is overwhelmed by the Jamaican component.

    This is not necessarily bad thing but overall this smells very young.  There is a lot of sweet alcohol rather than nicely developed fruity Jamaican rum notes.

    I can’t in all honesty really pick out much from the other rums in the blend from the nose.  If I nosed this blind I would say it was a young Jamaican rum.

    Whether that would be a compliment or not will depend very much on how I find this rum when I taste it.

    Sipping the rum is very surprising.  The alcohol burn I was expecting from the young rum.  However, the complete lack of flavour is the surprise.  I was expecting a lot of Jamaican flavour from the nose.  I’m not saying I was expecting this flavour to be particularly nuanced or entirely pleasant but I was expecting a bit of a hit from the Pot Still.

    It’s just not there.  It just tastes of rough “booze”.  Their is a little kick of flavour for a half second maybe but it quickly fades.  It is much more like a cheap Trinidad supermarket blend – with even less flavour.  It’s insipid.

    Mixed I would love to say it improves.  It doesn’t.  Again its mainly just nasty sweet alcohol notes. I’d love to dissect each component in this blend.  It’s impossible though.  There is nothing really to describe other than nasty cheap alcohol.

    From what I gather Saint James are no longer producing this.

    A very wise decision.

    1 star

     

     

  • Cachaca Sebastiana Duas Barricas Quatro Anos

    Bythefatrumpirate

    Cachaca Sebastiana Duas Barricas Quatro Anos rum review by the fat rum pirateCachaca Sebastiana Duas Barricas Quatro Anos. Hailing from the Alambique Santa Rufina, Rodovia, Sao Paulo state. The brand Sebastiana is fairly recent to the market but the distillery has been operational over 60 years.

    Prior to the release of the Sebastiana brand in 2014, the distillery produced (and still does) Cachaca Faceira. It was the second generation of cachaca producers in the Mattos family who decided to enter what they term as the “Super Premium” cachaca market.

    Cachaca Sebastiana’s name derives from this little tale spun on the website

    “In the 1960s, Fazenda Santa Rufina, located in Ibaté, a city in the interior of the state of São Paulo, produced cachaça so good that one of its great connoisseurs compared it to the legs of a beautiful girl who worked at the sugar mill, named Sebastiana . For this reason, initially, the “danada de boa” cachaça was named by the Barros de Perna de Moça family. Much time has passed, and in order to rescue more than 60 years of tradition, the second generation of producers from Alambique Santa Rufina, launched its super premium cachaça with the name of Sebastiana, also in honor of the girl with beautiful legs.”

    Although Cachaca Sebastiana have their own website. It does not give much background as to how this cachaca is produced. So I have to hunt around and do a bit of guess work.

    Cachaca Sebastiana is produced from hand harvested estate grown sugar cane. Once fermneted the wash is then distilled on Alembic Copper Pot Stills. For this expression the resulting distillate is then aged for 2 years in Castanheira (Chestnut) casks and then it is transferred to American Oak for a further 2 years maturation.

    Cachaca Sebastiana have 4 expressions in their portfolio from a Cristal cachaca, to this their Super Premium release. As you can see from the pictures this particular cachaca is already well geared up in terms of presentation, for release outside of Brasil. Indeed whilst researching this particular brand I noticed that the notorious (ask any Canadian rum fan living in the province) LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Ontario) picked Cachaca Sebastiana for distribution back in 2017.

    Sadly, I could not find it listed currently on the LCBO website. Nor can I find this currently outside of Brasil for sale. Which is a bit surprising as it has faired very well at some well respected competitions such as IWSC, as recently as 2018.

    Cachaca Sebastiana Duas Barricas Quatro Anos rum review by the fat rum pirateCachaca Sebastiana Duas Barricas Quatro Anos is bottled at 40% ABV. Presentation wise it comes with a concise clutter free label and the square, squat shaped bottle is topped of by a cork stopper with a black wax seal. It has a Premium Rum look to it. In Brasil it retails at various price points depeding on the seller. In the end I went with the producers own link. This shows it usually retails at R$275 (£38) but is currently reduced to R$190 (£27).

    Should this come to the UK I think it would be pretty pricy around £80 at a guess.

    So lets move along and see how this latest cachaca tastes. spices

    In the glass Cachaca Sebastiana Duas Barricas Quatro Anos is a light golden brown colour.

    Nosed, I am immediately but in mind of American Bourbon Whiskey, there is a strong aroma of oak and vanilla. Especially when it has just been poured. Given 5 minutes you begin to notice more traditional cachaca aromas. Nice wafts of double cream and a waxy soapy note.

    Further nosing reveals more spices and aromas -ginger,a touch of licorice and fennel. A fruity almost white wine burst of grape and a twist of lemon juice. It’s delicate, yet complex enough to be rewarding. It’s all very harmonious and well balanced.

    Sipping Cachaca Sebastiana Duas Barricas Quatro Anos it is quite a distinctive and unusual tasting cachaca. It is more “citrus” heavy than the nose suggested. Quite “lemon-ey” in terms of flavour. The slighty sharp note is contrasted and balanced by delicate creamy flavours of vanilla ice cream and creme fraiche.

    The mid palate is a touch on the light side. It doesn’t hold it’s flavour quite as well as I would like. This would certainly benefit from an uplift in ABV to around 46%. That should help sustain the flavour of the cachaca, which whilst fairly brief is very tasty and distinctive. You’ll sip this often and it’s very drinkable. There are no off notes with it.Cachaca Sebastiana Duas Barricas Quatro Anos rum review by the fat rum pirate

    Finish wise again it is slightly lacking. It is just a bit too gentle and it leaves little more on the finish other than some light ginger and a touch of oak.

    Great nose and a lovely entry and whilst the flavour lasts this is very good. It just almost seems to run out of steam. That said I think a higher ABV would easily solve this issue. It would be more in keeping with something like this.

    Had this been a little less expensive, I likely would have cut it more slack. However, they market it as “Super Premium”……..

  • Bundaberg Original UP Rum

    Bythefatrumpirate

    Bundaberg Original Bundy Rum ReviewBundaberg or “Bundy” as its more popularly known in its native Australia is that particular nation’s most famous spirit drink.  It is available in a variety of guises and the Bundaberg company even makes its own Cola for its pre-mixed cans and bottles.

    I’d seen this rum a lot when I was in Australia on holiday a few years back.  However, I wasn’t into rum back then so I never gave it a try. Since becoming more interested in rum I’d seen the rum online a few times at around £20-25.  I finally thought I’d give it a try.

    The packaging is reasonably good, it is a medium size bottle which is quite distinctive.  As it is entry level rum the closure is the usual metallic screw cap.  The Bundy Polar Bear is used as it will ward off any chill.  I’m not sure how much the Australians know about chilly but it does give an indication that this rum should be quite rich.

    The rum is gold almost orange in colour.  I would imagine some artificial colourings are used as I doubt this is aged any more than 2 years. It smells very sweet, a little like an agricole rum but there is a very noticeable smell of booze.  Neat it just doesn’t work.  It’s far too rough.  All you can taste is the booze.  I was surprised how boozy it tasted as it is bottled at 37% and in some circles it isn’t actually a rum but a cane spirit.  Personally I couldn’t really give a toss about that nor can I understand why anyone else would….

    Mixed with cola or ginger beer it is supposed to come into its own.  Now you can definitely taste the spirit in the glass, you certainly wouldn’t go back to the bar thinking they’d forgotten to add your spirit with this!

    It’s sweet and as already mentioned it tastes of alcohol.  Even when poured as a single measure you notice much more booze than with other rums.  This probably accounts in some way for its popularity in Oz.  To me it tastes almost like a cheap sweet blended whisky.  The alcohol taste to it overpowers the drink it doesn’t really taste like a rum at all.

    I wasn’t overly surprised with this rum, I had read that it was a little rough and ready and it certainly proved to be.  As said there really wasn’t much to taste other than sweet alcohol.  I can understand why some people would see it as their rum, it is distinctive.  However, I could understand people who like this not actually liking other rums.  Or having much left by way of brain cells.

    The rum also comes in a overproof version I double checked my bottle at first to check they hadn’t sent that one!

    This is terrible and gives rum a bad name.  I don’t think I’ve had a rum worse than this.

    0.5 stars