Rolling Fork is an indie spirits bottler that’s centered on rum. Drew has checked out a couple of of its distinctive expressions previously, and now we’re again with one other restricted version launch that’s in contrast to anything you’re prone to discover available on the market. The catch: Amburana oak growing older.
Amburana Oak is a kind of Brazilian wooden that’s seeing growing use in spirits manufacturing… although it isn’t with out some stage of controversy, because the completed merchandise may be polarizing, particularly to purists. For this rum, Rolling Fork blended 4 casks of 9- and 11-year-old rum from Barbados’s Foursquare Distillery, all aged for six months in Amburana, together with some extra time in low-char bourbon and rye whiskey casks.
Whereas this rum is certainly atypical, I’m unsure how polarizing it is perhaps, because it’s fairly a dazzler. The nostril is intense not with the same old molasses and char parts however relatively notes of coconut and baking spice, notes of gingerbread turning into dominant because the aromas construct within the bowl of the glass. When you thought this was a spiced rum, I wouldn’t blame you in any respect. The coconut and spice notes kick issues off on the palate however take a slight left flip because the underlying wooden comes into clearer focus. A mix of recent lumberyard and furnishings polish kick issues off — in solely barely jarring trend — earlier than a daring fruit factor comes into play. Suppose cherry cola, adopted by a daring punch of vanilla and gentle chocolate, then freshly milled cedar planks. The end is good however tempered with spice and toasted coconut, by no means sizzling even at its full proof of greater than 60% abv.
Even in the event you contemplate your self to be an Amburana hater, I’d urge you to offer it a spin. Please report again.
120.6 proof.
A- / $100 / rollingforkrum.com
Rolling Fork Amburana Odyssey Rum
$100
