Cachaca Patua de Alambique Carvalho

Bythefatrumpirate May 17, 2020September 16, 2020

Cachaca Patua de Alambique Carvalho. Cachaca Patua was founded by Cachaca Conoisseur Walter Carlos Brossel, in 2017. The distillery is situated in Betim a city in Minas Gerais State. The birthplace of cachaca.

Cachaca Patua produced their cachaca from estate grown sugar cane. Like all truly artisanal cachaca producers they distill in small batches on traditional Copper Pot Stills. At present Cachaca Patua produce 25,000 litres of cachaca per year which is spread across their 4 expressions. That said the Patua Reserva Especial only has 400 bottles produced per year.

In their core range Patua offer the following cachacas. A Branca (white), Amburana aged cachaca and this Carvalho (Oak) aged cachaca. All the cachaca in the Patua range is rested in steel vats for 6 months prior to either being bottled for the Branca or placed into Amburana or Oak casks for ageing.

Cachaca Patua de Alambique Carvalho is made up of a blend of cachacas which are aged in oak barrels which have previously held American Whiskey, Wine and Brandy. After at least 1 year the cachaca held in each of the barrels is blended together and bottled at 42% ABV.

Cachaca Patua de Alambique Carvalho retails at around the R$80 (£11) mark in Brasil. It is presented in a tall 750ml bottle with a slightly shortened neck, topped off by a metal screw cap. The presentation is clean but a little on the plain side. Simplistic but not old fashioned. The branding used and colour scheme are quite up to date when compared to others.

As the production levels are fairly low at present, though I understand they are hoping to increase levels over time, it is unlikely we will see this for sale outside of Brasil in the near future. Looking over my reviews it hasn’t been all that long since I last reviewed a Minas Gerais Carvalho Aged cachaca.

Should you wish to learn more they have a website in both Portuguese and English as well as Facebook and Instagram pages.

Unlike (what seems like) most cachacas Cachaca Patua do not seem to have won any awards. Nor can I see anything “bigging” the brand up on the Internet. So it will be interesting to see how good this cachaca is.

In the glass Cachaca Patua de Alambique Carvalho is a light colour a shade or two deeper than a white wine – maybe a touch darker than straw.

Nosing the spirit is pleasant. It’s quite light but the balance of the aromas is very good and very nicely built up. There is a soft creamy, slightly sweet note which is followed by some delicate ginger and clove notes. It has a slightly white wine like perfume aroma as well. The woody spices give the nose a little extra body and give it a more rounded, balanced nose.

For such a young spirit is is remarkably soft and quite delicate. Certainly nothing by way of any young “boozy” aromas you often find with rum of a similar age. So the resting in steel vats definitely has it’s benefits it would seem.

Sipped, I get an initial burst of sweet almost Ginger Beer like flavour and a touch of fruitiness. White grape and some peaches. You can certainly notice some different tastes coming out of this cachaca from the whiskey, brandy and wine casks.

The whiskey cask is perhaps providing the notes of ginger and I am getting a nice hit of vanilla as well. The wine/brandy casks are adding fruitiness and some slightly drier more “red wine” dryness to the spirit. Particularly on the mid palate.

This is probably quite a good cachaca to try out on a rum enthusiast. It has enough familiar oaky notes and a fairly dry profile which might appeal to lovers of Barbados rum or similar styles.

Despite this being a fairly light spirit with little burn (it really is very smooth and no additives!) it has a surprisingly good mid palate and finish. I was expecting there to be a bit of a drop and a shorter finish.

The mid palate and finish are quite dry but have a good weight of oak and spice and whilst there isn’t much burn the flavour stays around in the mouth for quite a long time. You can pause between sips with this and it’s a very clean, crisp sort of cachaca.

Kill Devil Trinidad Caroni Distillery Aged 20 Years 64.8% ABV The Whisky Barrel Exclusive

Kill Devil Trinidad Caroni Distillery Aged 20 Years 64.8% ABV The Whisky Barrel Exclusive
Bythefatrumpirate February 24, 2019

Kill Devil Trinidad Caroni Distillery Aged 20 Years 64.8% ABV The Whisky Barrel Exclusive. Apologies for the not so snappy title. I always try and provide sufficient information, particularly when dealing with Independent bottlings. This is in the hope a web search will turn up the result you are looking for. I’ve included the ABV in the title because The Whisky Barrel has two Caroni 20 Year Olds from Kill Devil that have just been released. They hail from two different casks but were distilled and bottled at approximately the same time.

There are a number of Caroni bottlings on the market at present. Concerns that stocks would have run low by now, seem a bit ahead of themselves. There seems no shortage of Independently bottled Caroni, appearing on the market.

This particular Caroni bottling, was distilled way back in December 1998, so it will have been produced using Trinidad molasses. Some of the later Caroni bottlings used imported molasses, as sugar production on the island decreased as plantations closed. It is from a single cask which yielded 214 bottles. Hunter Laing (who are behind Kill Devil) have bottled it at Cask Strength of 64.8% ABV. It was produced on a Column still.

As noted in the title this release is restricted to The Whisky Barrel. The listing can be found here. As you can see it retails at £149.95 for a 70cl bottle. In today’s market this is a fair price for a 20-year-old Caroni. Clearly its price means it will be bought by 214 rum enthusiasts (and probably a few flippers).

Presentation wise, it comes in the usual opaque Kill Devil bottling, with a solid cardboard tube to store the rum in. The Cask Strength Kill Devil releases, all have purple and gold presentation. The cork seals are particularly “blingy” being a striking gold colour. The presentation also notes the rum is Single Cask and Cask Strength.

Hunter Laing have done remarkably well with their Kill Devil range of bottlings, over the past few years. They have released a great number of different rums. These rums, from Jamaica in particular have been impressive. I have previously reviewed a Kill Devil Trinidad bottling, a 13 Year Old. However, I concluded that it was from Angostura rather than Caroni. And it wasn’t all that great. Could Angostura be the most boring rum distillery? They are definitely in the running.

Anyway enough chatter let’s get down to a tasting and see if this is a rum Caroni hunters need to seek out.

In the glass, Kill Devil Trinidad Caroni Distillery Aged 20 Years is an inviting dark brown with an orange tinge to the edges. On the nose, there are familiar tarry and smoky notes, common with Caroni’s heavy style of rum. Nice notes of spicy aged oak give the tar and smoke a delicate spiciness, which is very pleasant. Despite the fact the rum will have been predominantly aged in Europe, it is quite rich. Reminiscent of a tropically aged Caroni

Wafts of fruity raisins and Christmas cake make an appearance, which also help balance out the more “extreme” sounding notes. This is a warming style of rum. Very navy like. Whilst I think I would pick it out as a Caroni rum, by the petrol and oily notes – I wouldn’t have been surprised to be told this was a blend, containing rums from other islands. It really does have a nice balance on the nose. Overall balance sometimes goes a bit skee-wiff with Caroni.

Sipping this Caroni at full strength, is a very rich warming experience. Deep fruity notes of plum, dates and sweetened raisins mingle alongside smokier notes of charcoal and some more oily, petrol like notes. A bit of creosote creeps in but is not dominant and rubs along nicely with the fruitier notes.

The mid palate is also very pleasant with a lot of spicy oak and some slightly bitter tannins. Ginger and bitter toffee treacle but in an appearance.

This rum is drinkable at the full ABV but some may favour a drop or two of water. Not too much though, as the beauty of a good Caroni rum is the slightly edge the less pleasant-sounding notes give. “Menace” as I have called it in the past. This is rum to put hairs on your chest.

Finish wise you get a lot of the petrol and oily notes. It’s quite spicy and has a fair amount of heat (especially at full proof). As it fades out the fruitier notes again reappear – raisins, plums and a slight hint of pineapple.

I’ll be looking forward to trying the sister cask of this rum, as this is a really good example of a fruitier, more balanced Caroni rum. It’s still got all the menace it’s just got a bit extra fruity complexity to help balance it out a little

Really top stuff.

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Bedford Park Single Barrel Fiji Rum Aged 19 Years

Bedford Park Single Barrel Fiji Rum Aged 19 Years
Bythefatrumpirate December 10, 2025

Bedford Park Single Barrel Fiji Rum Aged 19 Years. When Maison Ferrand teamed up with the Rum Co. of Fiji (South Pacific Distillery) a few years back, I was concerned about the future of Independently bottled Fijian rum.

So far, there has been little change. Whilst Planteray have released their own take on Fijian rums, Independent bottlers are still consistently releasing quality products from the distillery.

Today is Indie bottler Bedford Park’s turn. With one of the oldest Fijian bottlings I have came across so far.

Bedford Park Single Barrel Fiji Rum Aged 19 Years is a 100% Pot Still Molasses based Rum. Distilled in 2004 at the South Pacific Distillery. The rum was aged in an ex-bourbon barrel until 2016.

At which point it was moved to ex-rum cask (which will most likely be an ex-bourbon barrel!)

It was bottled in 2024. Noted as being Cask Number 15. Which yielded just 223 bottles at 57.6% ABV. It is non-chill filtered with no additives.

Availability of Bedford Park Spirits bottling is often split between Europe and North America. I’ve noticed the odd bottle for sale on Auction sites as well. In the US try Raising Glasses where it retails at $200. For Europe Bedford Park’s “own” website (ran by North Point Distillery) has it for sale at £120. They could do with separating their whiskies and rums or adding a search engine to make things easier to find.

The artwork on the Bedford Park Spirits bottlings are particularly interesting. I’m sure you will agree. Certainly more interesting than some of the more austere European bottlers. This label was designed by The label is designed by Toronto-based artist Elise Conlin, whose early work while studying at the Ontario College of Art & Design caught their eye. Elise agreed to lend her talents to a series of labels, aptly named “Shady Grove”, for their first releases.

In the glass Bedford Park Single Barrel Fiji Rum Aged 19 Years is a dark brown colour with a slightly reddish/orange hue. (I feel I write this a lot!)

On the nose its quite grassy and floral. Not dis-similar to an aged Agricole Rhum. There is a slight hint of petrol on the nose and some more medicinal notes as well. Theres an almost floral sweetness running through it. Floral Gums (gum sweets) and a saccharin like note.

It’s pleasant if slightly underwhelming. There is no sign of the more unpolished and fiery notes you often find with single digit Fijian rum.

On the sip it is again quite sweet and a little on the floral side. Peach and Strawberry alongside a slightly perfumed note come through initially. It has a slightly oily mouthfeel which I enjoy

Further sips reveal some very little tar and some slight petrol like notes. These are fairly faint though. As we move into the mid palate the rum begins to bear its teeth a little more.

It’s spicier with some nice ginger heat and some cloves. There is a medicinal feel to the rum as the sweeter notes dissipate a little.

The finish is a reasonable length and offers a nice mixture of spice and sweetness which fade out to leave a slight grassiness behind.

I’ve compared Fijian rum to Caroni’s output in the past. For those of you looking for something akin to that then I would advise looking for something younger. Fijian rum is perhaps the distillate which seems to change the most in the Rum World. Especiallly when we get into the higher teens in terms of age.

It would be unfair to say this is a sweet easy going sipper – without giving that some context. It’s certainly not a Zacapa or a Diplomatico style rum. It is probably more similar to an aged Foursquare in terms of profile.

I like this quite a bit but I’m pleased to have had chance to try it before buying it. I would have expected more oomph from a Fiji rum if I had bought it blind.

Another very good bottling from Bedford Park. Just maybe not what you might have expected.

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House of Rum Mauritius 2014

House of Rum Mauritius 2014
Bythefatrumpirate May 1, 2026

House of Rum Mauritius 2014.

I am reviewing what I think is my first rum from La Rhumerie du Chamarel or Chamarel Distillery if you prefer (or are English speaking). I may have tasted some Chamarel in the past but I’ve never reviewed one.

Mauritius and consequently Chamarel is a rum producing country that in all honesty Is haven’t given a lot of thought to over the years. The island produces both Agricole style Sugar Cane Juice rums and Molasses based rums. Mauritius is perhaps most famous for its New Grove Distillery and Green Island range of rums. Tilambic 151, Lazy Dodo the New Grove range etc.

Chamarel are one of the distilleries in the Sugar Cane Juice camp. Were they producing their r(h)ums on Martinique or Guadeloupe they could legally call at least some of their r(h)ums Rhum Agricole. Their production methods seem to fit the criteria at least some of the time.

Chamarel also adhere towards Cognac/Brandy production and use the VS, VSOP, XO denominations on some of their bottlings.

I probably should investigate Chamarel a bit more and buy some of their official bottlings.

If you wish to learn more about Chamarel Distillery they have a very informative website which outlines their productions methods and ethos. I’d recommend reading it the production methods in particular are very interesting.

Distilled in 2014 from Red and Yellow Sugarcane varieties and aged in both Tropical and Continental climates. Two years of Tropical aging in ex-Bourbon casks in Mauritius. The rum has completed an additional seven years of Continental maturation in the UK. Resting in ex-English Whisky casks that previously held Red wine.

This single cask bottling from 2023 yielded just 273 bottles (you may notice the photos show 307 bottles – don’t ask me!). It has been bottled at 54.2% ABV. A bottle will currently set you back around £130 and is available directly from House of Rum here.

In the glass House of Rum Mauritius 2014 is a lovely vibrant deep Gold. The kind of colour that makes you think of honey. It looks inviting. It looks like it might behave itself. I hope it doesn’t.

The nose is where things start to get fun. Straight away you get this big wave of tropical fruit Pineapple, Mango, a bit of Guava but not the artificial “tropical flavouring” nonsense you get in cheap Spiced rum. This is the real stuff.

Then there’s a warm, slightly sticky note like caramelised Banana fritters, followed by a little Vanilla, a little oak and a faint Herbal edge. This stops it from becoming overly sweet I feel. There’s even a touch of that slightly glue‑ish estery thing, but toned down.

It’s not massively grassy or Agricole like on the nose. The maturation has given this more of a molasses like feel. Think something like Rhum JM XO. Agricole with a Molasses nod due to the cask influence?

On the palate it’s warm and unsurprisingly punchy. That 54.2% isn’t messing around. You get a burst of sweet tropical fruit again Pineapple Upside‑Down cake, Mango syrup, maybe even a bit of Lychee. This is followed by a wave of Spice and Oak that brings everything back in to some kind of order.

There’s a nice balance between sweetness and heat, and the mouthfeel is oily, the kind that coats your tongue and refuses to leave quietly. Add a splash of water and it opens up beautifully, letting more of the fruit and pastry notes come through without losing the backbone.

The finish on House of Rum Mauritius 2014 is long, warm, and slightly drying. The fruit fades into soft oak, a bit of spice, and a lingering sweetness that feels like someone left a bowl of tropical fruit salad in the sun for just a bit too long in a good way. It’s not a heavy, brooding finish, but it sticks around long enough to make you nod approvingly at the glass like you’ve just discovered something clever.

House of Rum Mauritius 2014 is one of those rums that sits in a nice middle ground. Not a wild funk monster and not an overly delicate Agricole.

It’s a well‑chosen cask from a distillery that knows what it’s doing, bottled at a strength that lets the flavours actually show up to work. It’s interesting without being weird, fruity without being childish, and strong without being aggressive.

Complex and very interesting. Really enjoyed this one.

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The Whisky Barrel 17 Year Old Hampden 2000 Berry Bros & Rudd

The Whisky Barrel 17 Year Old Hampden 2000 Berry Bros & Rudd
Bythefatrumpirate March 26, 2018March 26, 2018

The Whisky Barrel 17 Year Old Hampden 2000 Berry Bros & Rudd. Popular Independent Whisky retailer The Whisky Barrel have once again teamed up with London Independent bottler Berry Bros & Rudd to give us another exclusive Single Cask rum release.

This time we aren’t in Trinidad but instead we have a rum from the increasingly iconic Hampden Distillery in Jamaica.

Presentation wise the The Whisky Barrel 17 Year Old Hampden comes in your standard tall Berrys’ bottle and comes with a nice cork stopper. Berrys’ have recently updated the typeface and made slight changes to the presentation of their bottles. It’s also encouraging to see Cask Strength releases from them. They did tend to bottle their rums at 46% ABV which was a bit of an issue for some.

This 17 Year Old European Aged Jamaican Hampden Rum was distilled back in September 2000. It was bottled in early 2018 by Berrys’ exclusively for The Whisky Barrel. It is cask number #31 and is bottled at Cask Strength of 55.4% ABV. We have a run of just 220 bottles. It is currently priced at £75.60 exactly for 70cl of Jamaican rum goodness. It is noted on the front label as being Pot Still rum.

There isn’t a many mention of where this rum was aged. I’ve mentioned this before but as far as I know at this time Hampden did not age any stock in Jamaica. The rum will have been sold as bulk rum to blenders and brokers in Europe. It is likely this rum has been aged in Liverpool or Bonny Scotland.

I really enjoyed the previous Whisky Barrel exclusive so we’ll get on with it and see how this one is!

In the glass the Whisky Barrel 17 Year Old Hampden is a straw to dull gold colour. It looks a touch hazy. Perhaps minimal filtration with this one.

The nose is best described as very ripe – pungent. Sharp notes of medicinal funk – menthol, peppermints and a hit of almost sour Pineapple and Grapefruit. Zesty citrus fruits – Kumquats and sharp bitter Limes. We are getting into Long Pond territory but it dials back slightly toffee and brown sugar. Some Banana pudding and just enough oak to add an add a touch of refinement. It’s up there so far, so lets see how it sips.

The entry is quite spicy and very tangy – again quite a lot of citrus peel. Minty and fresh tasting. Vibrant and surprisingly sweet “boozy” notes. Rum soaked bananas. Banana fritters in boozy batter. Pineapples again – that grapefruit won’t go away either. There are some notes of white pepper and a touch of ginger and all spice.

The mid palate reveals more of the barrel influence with woody oaked notes coming into play as the spiciness of the initial sips subdues a little. This is a very funky, medicinal kind of Jamaican rum but it has a sweetness to it which really appeals to me.

In many ways it still feels young, fresh and a little raw but it makes for an amazingly complex sipper.

The finish is not overly long and is the less intense part of the drink. You feel it is very short at first because their is so much flavour in the liquid – what is left behind seems at first to be insignificant. Give it time though and you will realise their is a light nicely balanced spicy burn left behind along with just a little tongue tingling spice.

I may have enjoyed this at a younger age – again the sweeter notes. It’s not hugely oaky or anywhere near over oaked but I personally would have preferred more of the boozy sweet menthol notes

This is a rum which is certainly up there with the best Jamaicans I have tried so far. There are a lot of Independent Hampdens out there at the moment. Some are a lot more this expensive than this. I like what the Whisky Barrel are doing with their Indie rum selection so I’ll definitely pick up one or two of these!

PS Berry Bros & Rudd are okay as well I suppose….

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Leatherback Rum Barrel Strength Special Reserve

Leatherback Rum Barrel Strength Special Reserve
Bythefatrumpirate February 3, 2020February 4, 2020

Leatherback Rum Barrel Strength Special Reserve. This rum is produced at North of 7 Distillery. Which is a micro distillery in Ottawa, Canada it is ran by avid rock climbers Greg Lipin and Jody Miall. You may think that is a pretty odd thing to point about someone. However, the reason is they run a rock climbing training gym right across the road from their North of 7 Distillery. They divide their time between the two businesses.

Now I was a bit curious about what “North of 7” referred to as none of the other reviews/interviews I had read about the distillery, had touched upon it. After a little bit of googling I found the following blog post which explained it all.

So now I best explain the Leatherback part. As you can see from the label the Leatherback is a Sea Turtle, which can be found in Canadian waters. For each bottle of Leatherback Rum sold, a portion is donated to the Canadian Sea Turtle Network – a charitable organization based in Halifax that is working to conserve endangered sea turtles in Canadian waters and abroad. So there you go.

We’ve explained about the distillery and the name of the the rum. So now lets take a look at the presentation, before we get down to looking at the actual liquid.

Leatherback Rum Barrel Strength Special Reserve comes in a short rounded 3/4 stubby style bottle complete with a synthetic wood topped stopper. Presentation is reasonably modern and quite well “branded”. The information provided about the rum is good as well. This particular rum is only available at the Distillery store. It retails at $55.95 Canadian dollars. The bottle size is 750ml standard for the US/Canada.

Should you wish to learn more about North of 7’s products then you can visit their website.

So let’s take a look at the liquid. My Leatherback Rum Barrel Strength Special Reserve is from batch number 19 and from barrel number 31. The rum is distilled from 100% molasses which comes from Lantic Rogers based in Montreal. The molasses is fermented for 5-6 days before being distilled on a Pot Still with only one plate.

Leatherback Rum Barrel Strength Special Reserve is then aged in new barrels from Independent Stave Company based in Kentucky. When producing the rum the barrels a given a light toast and a heavy char. It is then aged for a minimum of 4 years. The producers are very clear that they do not add sugar or any other additives to their rum.

If you would like some more reading on Leatherback Rum and North of 7 distillery, then please have a look at Ivar’s post on Rum Revelations. Which I found useful for this review.

The eagle eyed amongst you may notice that Ivar and myself have reviewed the exact same bottle. Ivar kindly gave me a pretty much full bottle at Rumfest last year. Cheers Ivar.

So lets get down to the tasting then now we have covered pretty much everything!

In the glass we have a dark brown spirit with a orange hue. The nose delivers a fair amount of oak spices and some treacly molasses aromas. Further nosing reveals a slight whisky/bourbon like “malty” note. Some green apple, raisins and a smoky caramel aroma. It’s quite nice and at 57% ABV it is surprisingly restrained in the “booze” department.

Sipped, this is a pretty big, brusing style of rum. Very molasses forward in terms of treacly caramel and a slightly bitter note. Despite this the initial entry is quite sweet with lots of toffee, vanilla and sugar (though none has been added). This moves along into the mid palate which is spicy with quite a of oak and a touch of tobacco. There isn’t as much of the fruity notes that were there on the nose. They are present briefly on the initial entry but the woodier notes quickly take over.

This is what some might call a “dry” rum. I’m not a big fan of the term because often it is used to explain a “non sugared” rum. I think using such a term almost legitimises added sugar which is not something I’m happy to play with. For my meaning this is along the lines of the likes of Foursquare 2004, which for me is no bad thing. That said Foursquare 2004 is aged much longer and is a blend of Pot/Column. I think Foursquare 2013 might be a better comparison.

Finish wise Leatherback Rum Barrel Strength Special Reserve has a long clean spicy finish, which has a refreshing slightly minty bite to it.

All in all this is a really nice well balanced Single Barrel Pot Still rum. Something which all things considered is a pretty tricky thing to pull off.

It punches way above it’s 4 year age statement and makes for a great sipper when you fancy something with a bit more character. Likewise even in mixed drinks this is not a rum to shy away from the action.

Good stuff – I did see some Leatherback rum for sale on either The Whisky Exchange or Master Malt a few years ago. I never bought it. If it comes on sale again I’ll be sure to pick some up.

A pleasant surprise.

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House of Rum Jamaica Rum 2013

House of Rum Jamaica Rum 2013
Bythefatrumpirate March 24, 2026

House of Rum Jamaica Rum 2013. House of Rum are a UK‑based independent bottler specialising in single cask releases.

Their approach is straightforward they source characterful barrels, bottle them without additives. Then present the rum at or near cask strength. Each release comes from a single numbered cask. With a relatively small outturn, and the emphasis is firmly on transparency and letting the spirit speak for itself.

Their Jamaica 2013 bottling follows that formula. It’s a single cask of Worthy Park distillate, produced in 2013 and bottled in 2023 at a hefty 63.4% ABV. No finishing experiments, no sweetening, no filtration theatrics just a pot still Jamaican rum drawn from one barrel #1, yielding 265 bottles.

Worthy Park itself is one of Jamaica’s longest‑running estates, with cane cultivation dating back to 1720 and rum production beginning in 1741.

They remain a true single‑estate operation, using their own cane, molasses, and proprietary yeast, and distilling exclusively on traditional pot stills. Their spirit typically balances bright fruit with a measured level of funk, rarely straying into the more chaotic territory associated with some other Jamaican marques. It’s a style that’s recognisable, consistent, and widely respected.

This cask spent its early years ageing in ex‑bourbon barrels in Jamaica before being moved to the UK for further maturation in ex‑rum casks. The rum is still available here in the UK and a 70cl bottle will set you back £129.99.

Presentation wise the House of Rum really do present their bottles in a much more modern style than most Indie bottlers.

Maybe they are too flashy for some enthusiasts who prefer the more DIY ethos of other Indie bottlers? I’m not sure but aside from my reviews I have heard little about House of Rum to date.

Anyway I digress lets move on to the fun part.

In the glass we have a dark amber coloured liquid with a reddish hue.

The nose is very much in line with Worthy Park’s profile. There’s an earthy base, a touch of almond and some raisin‑like dried fruit, lifted by brighter notes of citrus. There is the familiar Worthy Park “tea” notes as well. The aromas though feel slightly darker and less punchy. The continental ageing seems to have pulled the fruityness in a little. Its more dark chocolate and cocoa led more stewed dark fruits rather than Tropical.

On the palate, the 63.4% ABV makes itself known immediately. The opening is rich and warm, with caramel and vanilla showing clearly the ex‑bourbon influence. Once the initial heat settles, the distillate steps forward: citrus, a hint of leather and a drying edge. English Breakfast Tea shows up as the signature style.

On the mid palate the sweetness softens, more dried fruit appears and the citrus becomes more pronounced. It becomes drier with a smoky note and some cocoa powder.

The finish is long as expected at this strength. Dry caramel, vanilla, and a dusty leather note linger.

Taken as a whole, this is a well‑selected Worthy Park cask that shows the distillery’s character without exaggeration. The tropical‑plus‑continental ageing gives it a balanced profile. It doesn’t aim for extreme funk or high‑ester theatrics. Worthy Park rarely does.

It presents the refined side of Worthy Park while still delivering the power expected from a cask strength Jamaican rum.

It’s a confident, straightforward single cask that lets the distillate and the maturation do the talking.

Drinkers looking for something more eccentric or aggressively funky may find it a touch too disciplined but for most rum enthusiasts, it’s a solid and very drinkable example of what Worthy Park can offer.

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