The powerful and aromatic ROM is made on pot stills and the more gentle and rounded on more modern column plants. The bottle has a midnight blue color combined with gold, which is supposed to evoke a touch of luxury and twilight in Barbados. We share information about the browsing of the users in our site with our advertisment partners and web analysis.

Consequently, this has been a great find - sweet and smooth with the rich, dark fruit flavours I look for in a sipping rum (raisin, currants, fig) and a nice mouth-feel and finish. These original works may not be copied or reused in any way whatsoever without the permission of the author, Chip Dykstra.Premium and very high quality sweet-sharp Spanish blended rum Dos Maderas PX 5+5, which has won a large number of world medals and matures in a very interesting and high quality method. I’ve been intrigued by this one given the novel ageing approach you described, but I’ve yet to taste it. The Dos Maderas (5+5) PX arrives in a clear glass bottle which (in some markets) is encased in a nice cardboard canister. This FDA reasoning, while sounding more like a stereotypical government shortcoming, sounds like a legitimate excuse for brands available in the US.

Triple aged rum that was awarded the Gold Medal at the Ministry of Rum Tasting Competition in Miami 2009. Awards: - Bronze medal in 2008 at the International Rum Festival (San Francisco) - Silver medal in 2008 at the San Francisco World SpiritsTasting notes:Colour: gold.These certified rums, of the highest quality, are static aged for five years in casks that have previously been used to age Bourbon. A peculiarity with this rum is that it start as English styled rum and finish up as a Latin styled rum in my opinion. Wet casks refer to casks used for aging spirits that still have some leftovers of the original contents. Experience has taught me that perhaps the most consistent thing for my palate to do, is to change it’s mind.

Next PX 5 + 5 is aged in Spain for 5 years in sherry casks, and lastly for 2 more years in even older sherry casks. This double aging process gives the rum a unique flavor and aroma that make it ideal for enjoying alone or in cocktails. It is recommended to be consumed on its own, with or without ice, but always with good company for a long after-dinner drink. S. FDA (as I’ve been told by brand owners), they won’t allow this because consumers might mistake the additives on the label as some sort of supplement.Then time for the 5+3, there the 5 stands for the aging of the base in the Caribbean and the 3 for 3 years of Solera aging in used Dos Cortados barrels in Jerez. This three-step aging process is very unique and brings to the rum a very interesting new taste profile.

There was a glass tumbler as a gift which wad placed inside the box over the bottle neck, of course when it was delivered the glass was smashed.The aroma of sherry is melded into the molasses, and I would not disagree very firmly with someone those who believes the nose should have been scored even higher than I have done. The sweetness and the flavour of the Pedro Ximénez sherry cask remain at the forefront as the glass breathes. I myself rather enjoy sherry once in a blue moon (as well in cocktails) so I’ll probably pick up a bottle for the collection.