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COLOUR: Old gold. NOSE: A nose marked by the plant with scents of licorice, sage and bergamot. The whole is enhanced...
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This rum has a generous nose with red fruit fragrances and a hint of delicate woody scents. On the palate it is well...
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This is a beautifully elegant style of rum with sophisticated flavors of white flowers, baked pineapple, and molasses...
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A fruity rum with slight notes of vanilla and banana flambé with a honey length. A subtle marriage between freshness...
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750ml
Bottle: $42.94 $45.60
Saison Reserve is a powerful, epicurean rum with a fruity and spicy alliance. Once aerated, we can nose a collection...
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750ml
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The ageing and finishing in 3 different types of barrels reveal the resolutely unique character of SAISON RUM TRIPLE...
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750ml
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The ageing and finishing in 3 different types of barrels reveal the unique character of SAISON RUM TRIPLE CASK...
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Bottle: $42.94
Agricole-style sugarcane spirit infused with mushrooms & produced by the historic Pacheco family in Uruapan,...
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Bottle: $34.80
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Lively aromas of fresh spring flowers and fields of tender grass give way to suggestions of roasted plantain and...
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Gelber Muskateller Mencia Rum NV

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.