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Complex and super intense Palo Cortado, loaded with concentration. Salted caramel, toffee, walnut and some tangy...
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This is bright for a cream Sherry, with green tea and singed ginger notes out front, providing heft to the date,...
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Sea salt, Brazil nut and dried chamomile notes are racy and filigreed, with a stony edge on the finish. Drink now.
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Shows lovely focus and persistence, with a prominent thread of bitter almond that runs from start to finish, while...
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The NV Villapanes Oloroso wears a dark amber-brown robe and has a very intense nose, showing some marmalade, dark...
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$35.94
Goodnight Small Batch Premium Bourbon is made from a marriage of hand-selected, six year old barrels. It has a...
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$40.18
$43.20
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$37.80
Crafted as a homage to Kinich Ahau, Mayan god of the sun. Legend has it that the Sleeping woman, guardian goddess of...
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$33.60
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Crafted as a homage to Tlaloc, Mayan god of rain. Legend has it that the Sleeping Women, guardian goddess of the...
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$30.00
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Cihuatán Jade is a premium white rum crafted in honor of the Mayan goddess of the arts, Chac Chel, muse to ancient...
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$28.80
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This 151 Demerara Rum is a blend of rums aged one to two years, from three of our famous heritage stills - the French...
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$21.60
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This fiery rum captures the spirit of the Demerara region. Its subtle notes of vanilla and banana are bittersweet on...
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$30.31
$32.59
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Using ex-bourbon oak barrels after distillation in a continuous column still, this rum is then filtered through...
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$30.31
$32.59
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After continuous column, still distillation and ageing in ex-bourbon oak casks, this full flavoured rum is macerated...
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$38.68
$41.59
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Clear golden amber color. Nutty aromas and flavors of caramel coated peanuts, pecan pie, nutmeg, orange liqueur,...
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$59.59
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COLOUR Intense dark amber colour with red-brown tones AROMA Big on the nose with soft caramel, vanilla, smoky honey,...
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$99.94
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COLOUR Deep, noble mahogany shine, an unforgettable colour in the glass AROMA Hypnotic aroma, intricately roasted...
Bourbon Rum Sherry NV 750ml
Bourbon has survived all manner of difficulties and restrictions to become one of the world’s best selling and most recognizable spirits. This unique and distinctly American whiskey came from humble origins, allowing poor farmers in the fields of Pennsylvania and Maryland to make a living from their crops. Prohibition, temperance movements and conflict continuously threatened to wipe Bourbon from existence, but today the drink is stronger than ever and has a global audience of millions. Over time, it has become more refined, and innovation and experimentation has set modern Bourbon apart from other whiskey styles.
Today, the Bourbon heartland and spiritual home is in Kentucky, where the whiskey producers of northern states traveled to seek a new home, free from oppressive tax regimes in the early days. It is now far from the rough and ready spirit of yesteryear, governed by strict rules and regulations to maintain standards and keep quality high. Modern Bourbon must be made from a mash which is no less than 51% and no more than 80% corn (the rest of the mash being made from rye, wheat or barley), giving it a distinctive sweetness, and it must be aged in charred, white oak casks with no other added ingredient but water.
The varied flavors of different Bourbons come about mainly from the different quantities of the permitted grains in the mash. A larger proportion of rye will produce a spicy, peppery whiskey, whereas more wheat will result in a smoother, more subtle drink. Ageing and water quality, as well as the expertise and vision of the craftsmen who distill it, will also make a difference, meaning there is much more to Bourbon than might first meet the eye.
It is difficult to categorize rum as a single spirit, because of all the spirits found around the globe, rum is perhaps the one which varies most dramatically from place to place. Clear, white rum - a favorite for cocktail drinkers - is perhaps the most prevalent example found today, but there is a whole world of darker, spiced and molasses-rich rums to explore, thanks to the fascinating history and wide reach this drink has.
Rum came about during the colonial times, when sugar was a huge and world-changing business. The molasses left over from the sugar production industry could easily be distilled into a delicious alcoholic drink, and provided extra income for the sugar traders. Before long, it became a favorite of sailors and transatlantic merchants, and it quickly spread across the Caribbean and Latin America, where it remains highly popular today.
The production of rum is a basic and simple one - you take your molasses, add yeast and water, and then ferment and distil the mixture. However, as is often the case, the devil is in the detail. The variation in yeasts found from place to place, the maturation period, the length of the fermentation and the type of stills and barrels used provide the rainbow-colored variation that gives rum its spectrum of styles and characteristics.
Sherry is made in a unique way using the solera system, which blends fractional shares of young wine from oak barrels with older, more mature wines. Sherry has no vintage date because it is blended from a variety of years. Rare, old sherries can contain wine that dates back 25 to 50 years or more, the date the solera was begun. If a bottle has a date on it, it probably refers to the date the company was founded.
Most sherries begin with the Palomino grape, which enjoys a generally mild climate in and around the triad of towns known as the "Sherry Triangle" and grows in white, limestone and clay soils that look like beach sand. The Pedro Ximenez type of sweet sherry comes from the Pedro Ximenez grape.
Sherry is a "fortified" wine, which means that distilled, neutral spirits are used to fortify the sherry. The added liquor means that the final sherry will be 16 to 20 percent alcohol (higher than table wines) and that it will have a longer shelf life than table wines.