We’re excited to announce that Cask 88, the indie bottler behind the popular Scottish Folklore Series and Scotch Whisky Express Series, have today launched three brand new single cask expressions for us to get our gums around, but contrary to what you may expect, they’re not whiskies. No, this time, Cask 88 have taken a step away from the water of life and a step into the world of rum, releasing three superb expressions.
Rum is rapidly growing in popularity around the world, thanks to its pure, honest and memorable array of aromas and flavours. It may appear that dark rum and whisky are quite different at first glance, but they actually have quite a bit in common.
Both are distilled in pot or column stills and, of course, they are slowly matured in oak casks, resulting in an impressive depth of flavour. Made using only simple ingredients, whisky and rum rely on exacting processes to create a well-refined and complex product, and that’s exactly what we have in the Cask 88 Rum Collection.
Cask 88’s Rum Collection is made up of three single cask bottlings, two from Guyana, aged for 21 and 20 years respectively, and one from Nicaragua aged for 19 years. Each of them brings a compelling, truly unique range of notes to the table and they promise to be like no rum that you have ever tasted before. Each expression comes in a gorgeous bottle that would look the part in any drinks cabinet and they are highly limited in numbers.
The bottler has produced some outstanding, award-winning bottlings in the past couple of years and they’ve managed it again with this brilliant Rum Collection.
This gorgeous 21 Year Old was distilled at Guyana’s Diamond distillery, the last official rum producer in the entire country, in 1998 and matured for 21 years before being bottled for Cask 88’s brilliant Rum Collection. Situated on the banks of the Demerara river, the Diamond Distillery has been making rum since 1670, so to say they’re experts at their craft is something of an understatement.
It exhibits a beautiful dark amber colour and brings caramel sweetness, tempered with oaky dryness and even some leathery notes – this very old rum would be an incredible partner to a cigar as the last sliver of late-summer sunlight disappears from the horizon.
Much like the 20 Year Old, there is a whole host of notes to be explored here, but interestingly it is quite a different expression all together, once again highlighting the uniqueness of single cask spirits.
Only 149 bottles of this one were produced.
This stunning 20 year old is one of three stunning expressions in Cask 88’s new Rum Collection. It was distilled at Guyana’s Diamond distillery, the last official rum producer in the entire country, in 1999 and matured for 20 years before being bottled. Situated on the banks of the Demerara river, the Diamond Distillery has been making rum since 1670, so to say they’re experts at their craft is something of an understatement.
The colour of golden sunshine, this rum overflows with exotic fruity flavours and the grassy freshness of freshly-squeezed cane sap. An excellent rum for the early evening, to freshen and prepare you for a lively night.
Coming in a beautifully designed bottle and with only 55 produced, we expect it won’t be long before they’re all gone.
Created at the Flor de Caña distillery in Nicaragua, Central America, in 2000, this delicious rum from Cask 88’s Rum Collection was then matured for 19 years before bottling.
Founded by Alfredo Francisco Pellas Canessa, the distillery sits in the shadow of one of the world’s most active volcanoes, San Cristóbal. Shrugging off the occasional uncouth eruption, the distillery took advantage of incredibly fertile volcanic soils to produce its rum, and has been the enduring pride of Nicaragua for well over a century.
Flor de Caña is renowned as the world’s first entirely carbon neutral distillery, using renewable energy, carbon capture and sustainable farming to produce their spirit. This never comes at the cost of the actual product, and Flor de Caña rum is the recipient of a great many prizes, including ‘Global Rum Producer of the Year’ in 2017.
As dark as a slab of ginger cake – and as robustly sweet, chewy and spicy as one too, this full-bodied rum entirely coats the palate with rich fruity and cakey flavours, and propels a citrussy sharpness up the back of the nose. It’s the perfect accompaniment to heavy fruit cakes and perfect for sipping with dessert.
Only 190 bottles of this exceptional rum were produced.
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