Plantation - Original Dark Rum 70cl, 40% ABV, Barbados & Jamaica

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This rum is part of their Plantation Series of Rum which are hand selected rums from some of the best areas for rum production areas in the world that are selected for further attention and aging by Plantation. Others in the series that we have reviewed include the Plantation Three Stars White Rum , the Plantation Grande Reserve Barbados Five Year Old Rum, the Plantation Old Reserve Guadeloupe 1998 Rum, and the Plantation 20th Anniversary Barbados Rum. Other: See our pictures from the Chateau and distillery where this rum is blended and cellared in our Adventure Section Does well in any drink, Jamaica (Long Pond) and Barbados (WIRD) seem to be a good mix. As vomi 1011 writes : is like a diluted OFTD. For any bar.

One of the few Plantation rums with an age statement on the label, this might be considered the flagship of Plantation’s “signature blends” lineup, and is one of the brands they’ve been offering longest. The five year age statement is nice, if not particularly impressive—it makes this a “moderately aged” rum. It’s important to note that 3-4 years of that time is tropical aging in Barbados, and the remaining 1-2 years is aging in France in “Ferrand casks” previously used to mature cognac. That’s a significant period, which makes this ultimately a product substantially different than simply a Bajan rum—there’s also the moderate dosage to consider as well. Products like this are at the heart of the dispute between Maison Ferrand and the other Barbados distilleries. Just like their Grande Reserve, Plantation Barbados 5 Years is produced from a blend of Barbadian rums, aged for three to four years in the tropical climate of Barbados. Wayne SH. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Alcohol and Other Factors Affecting Osteoporosis Risk in Women The nose is full of molasses and dry fruits. I get also the red fruits like in the OFTD. Then some dark flavours of barrel and wood. There is also some sweetness of caramel or dry fruits.Light rum is aged for the least amount of time. Right after distillation, all rum is clear. At this point, a light rum will be filtered to remove all impurities and bottled as is. Dark rum, on the other hand, is the result of aging. Ron Zacapa 23 is a robust and complex expression from Guatemala. Its complexity comes, in part, from the blend of rums aged anywhere from six years to 23. They also distill their rum from virgin sugar cane honey instead of molasses, which gives it a truly unique and distinctive flavor and smoothness. This unique blend creates a well-rounded, complex profile with lots going on. The aroma is sweet and spicy with notes of cane sugar, vanilla, dried fruit, cinnamon, citrus, and ginger.

This 21-Year-Old Rum from El Dorado has won many awards, including a gold medal at the 2013 International Wine and Spirit Competition followed by silver medals in 2014 and 2015.

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Rácz I, Markert A, Mauer D, Stoffel-Wagner B, Zimmer A. Long-term ethanol effects on acute stress responses: modulation by dynorphin. Addict Biol. 2013;18(4):678-688. doi:10.1111/j.1369-1600.2012.00494.x The rum is also fair trade certified, kosher, and gluten-free making it an extremely accessible drink. It’s a good rum for an old-fashioned or served with a simple splash of sparkling water in addition to being enjoyed neat. Top Shelf Dark Rum 1. Diplomatico Ambassador Rum This fancy, complex Diplomatico Ambassador Rum is a blend of 12-year-old pot still rums which are given an extra two years in special Pedro Ximenez sherry casks as well as a rest in ex-bourbon barrels.

Essentially the extra-aged version of the company’s flagship Barbados 5 Year Rum, Plantation XO was unsurprisingly created for the brand’s 20th anniversary, but is a regular part of the rotation and the most “premium” of the standard Plantation brands. This one is significantly older on average, being a blend of column and pot still Barbados rums aged tropically for 8-15 years, before spending at least 2 and as many as 10 years in secondary maturation in France before final blending. Plantation notes that the French aging takes place in “many different types of casks, ranging from new white oak to bourbon casks, as well as Ferrand casks, each with different level of toasting.” Complexity is no doubt what they’re shooting for, though one wishes that such a product would have been released at a strength above 80 proof. This one also has moderate dosage. Plantation O.F.T.D. Rum is our take on that classic style of overproof rums. And not just ours: to join him on the quest to get the blend and the proof just right, Alexandre Gabriel scoured rum joints around the world to find six grizzled old salts who knew which end of a rum bottle was which. It’s matured for a minimum of 21 years in oak casks, which is what gives it its deep copper color. The palate opens with strong notes of tropical fruits, cocoa, and brown sugar followed by orange, vanilla, and nutmeg in the middle. On the nose of this one there’s plenty of brown sugar and some grilled pineapple, although it’s not particularly punchy—I genuinely think that if you gave this to someone blind and told them that it was simply “aged rum,” they wouldn’t suspect that there had been actual pineapple involved. On the palate I’m getting some roasted cane flavor, and a bit of that “raw” booze I was tasting in the Original Dark, paired with citrus, green apple and a puff of smoke. It honestly seems like a moderately aged rum that could be used in practically any application, rather than doubling down on drinks that already call for pineapple elements. Knopf, Alison., Alcohol and isolation: Experts comment on drinking behavior during COVID‐19 Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Weekly. Volume32, Issue13. 30 March 2020, doi:10.1002/adaw.32670

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Traversy G, Chaput JP. Alcohol consumption and obesity: An update. Curr Obes Rep. 2015;4(1):122–130. doi:10.1007/s13679-014-0129-4 It’s perhaps unsurprising, then, that the casual rum drinker and the serious rum geek often have wildly differing reactions and estimation of a company like Plantation Rum. This is a complex topic; one that takes into account ownership, secondary finishing practices, legal lobbying and transparency in labeling. Suffice to say, the Plantation brand has long been something of a lightning rod for discussion among rum devotees. In Plantation’s case, though, Original Dark feels like it was named less to take advantage of the category’s loose restrictions, and more to simply fill a gap that consumers expected. There’s no unaged rum in this blend, and the company claims its use of caramel coloring is “solely to adjust—if needed—the color between different batches.” This one is a blend of 1-3 year old column and pot still Barbados rum, and (presumably a smaller quantity) of 10-15 year old Jamaican rum, which are “blended into a wooden vat to age for 3-6 months in the southwest of France.” This is the standard Plantation playbook, as rums are moved from tropical aging to blending and secondary aging in France, often in cognac barrels.