Plantation - XO Barbados 20th Anniversary Rum 70cl, 40% ABV

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The West Indies Rum Distillery was itself a partial owner of Jamaica’s Monymusk and Long Pond distilleries, giving Maison Ferrand ownership in both the Barbados and Jamaican markets. On its own, or gently covered (equal measures) with a Diet Coke or Fever Tree Ginger Ale, Plantation 5 Year Old Barbados Grande Reserve is well worthy of note. This is common practice in the brandy/cognac industry, referred to as “dosage,” which is why it’s been part of the majority of Plantation’s rum products from the beginning. Not as good as advertised taste wise for a sipper but looks great/ fantastic on the shelf and I do like a good bottle on the shelf. Nejprve vzkřísil prodeje luxusního koňaku Pierre Ferrandapak se začal porozhlížet, kde by mohl uplatnit použité sudy.

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Soon the region reveals dozens of unique and fascinating rum expressions that captivate the rum-maker’s attention. Stars is in fact a combination of unaged Barbados rum, 2-3 year old Trinidadian rum and both unaged and aged Jamaican rum, being a blend of pot and column still rums that have presumably been filtered to remove color. While a blend of pot and column stills it all comes from and is bottled at FourSquare under the McCoy label.The undisputed birthplace of rum, Barbados is an island dotted with windmills in ruins once used for grinding sugar cane to extract the juice. Výber darčekov nie je jednoduchý a to, čo bolo pred desiatimi rokmi "in" môže dnes narobiť viac škody ako osohu. This tropical rum is also packed with the smoothness of vanilla fudge, honey, ginger, and even a touch of smoke. Our primary audience is from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Europe, although we have readers from as far away as Mauritius!

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The overall assertiveness of presentation isn’t very intense—it is only 80 proof, after all—but it is actually nicely complex. Our team provides a worldwide drinks review service to assist our readers from every country make informed drinks purchasing decisions for events, parties, gifts, or simply enjoying at home. starnutie pokračuje v oblasti Cognac, kde tento rum odpočíva v sudoch pôvodne používaných na zrenie svetoznámeho koňaku značky Ferrand, kde naňho starostlivo dozerá hlavný rumový majster Maison Ferrand. Odporúčame Vám skúsiť niektorý z Plantation produktov - PLANTATION XO 20TH ANNIVERSARY prípadne verziu s pohármi v darčekovom balení - PLANTATION XO 20TH ANNIVERSARY + 2 POHÁRE alebo balenie s rôznymi druhmi rumov tejto váženej značky - PLANTATION EXPERIENCE BOX. As I mentioned previously, XO 20th Anniversary also makes a great rum and coke; maybe not what they had in mind, but trust me, it’s fantastic.In the mouth: Overwhelming tastes of banana liqueur, coconut liqueur and hints of Rocky Road ice cream. Konkrétně jde o směs/blend 8-15 letých rumů z Barbadosu zrající v sudech po bourbonu, a které následně zrají 2-10 let ve Francii v sudech po koňaku. Rumů Plantation je na trhu opravdu velké množství, vždy ale každému doporučuji začít nejprve vlajkovou lodí značky, ať se pak je od čeho odrazit a srovnávat. These issues, coupled with things such as accusations of cultural appropriation in the company name—Plantation announced roughly 16 months ago that it would change its name, but hasn’t shown any sign of doing so yet—have meant that Plantation Rum has often been a topic of much rum geek argument in recent years. I use the quotation marks in the previous sentence because “white rum” is so often a misnomer that implies an unaged product, when that may or may not be true.

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As with other rum producers, this issue of sweetening is likewise contentious with rum geeks—some have no problem with it as long as the company is transparent about their process, while others rail against the practice in general as inauthentic and artificial. Kromě čisté láhve a balení v krabici (to dříve) můžete ještě naďabit na dárkové balení se 2 pěknými skleničkami na stopce (1499Kč), nebo někde v aukci i na Old Bottle variantu. There will still be those who most will recommend the infamously sweet rum from Spanish speaking countries like Diplomatico (Venezuela) or Ron Zacapa (Guatemala). Plantation is also owner of the mythical West Indies Rum Distillery in Barbados and is a shareholder of National Rum of Jamaica, owner of Clarendon Distillery and Long Pond Distillery.This brand is essentially Plantation’s slightly more approachable (but unsweetened) take on the higher-ester, funkier Jamaican rum that is so beloved by the rum community, and increasingly being discovered by the average consumer. 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. They agree that for a rum to be considered Barbadian rum, it must be distilled and aged in Barbados… but for one year only. This is one of those rums you’re considerably more likely to encounter as part of a cocktail than on its own, and as a result I don’t think I’d ever tasted it neat before. It’s a very fruity rum on the nose and on the taste with an over riding taste of coconut, almost as if in the blend one of the rums was actually a coconut rum like Malibou or the likes.