Rums Revisited 1: Foursquare, Holmes Cay, Equiano and more -- A Paste series that gives us an excuse to comb through our liquor cabinet. rum cocktails tiki
During the pandemic era, there have occasionally been times when the flow of new spirits crossing my desk has slowed to a crawl. Of course, there have also been boom periods, especially in the last year, wherein it seemed like every major spirits company was trying to launch new products at the same time. Regardless, the slower periods served one important purpose—to remind me of the pleasure of diving back into the past to taste interesting bottles I haven’t visited for a while.
The fact that our taste buds and impressions of taste are constantly changing is one of the great, but misunderstood realities of criticism. With some products, one might continue to love a flavor profile for a decade, with seemingly nothing having changed. With others, though, a revisit six months after the initial taste might seemingly change everything, even if the contents of the bottle are fundamentally unaltered.
On the nose here, I’m getting vanilla and juicy pineapple, along with the suggestion of shaved coconut. On the palate, it’s a very tasty combination of fruity esters, banana, pineapple, coconut and something fresher that suggests grass clippings.
On the nose, this one is pretty expressive, with notes of palm sugar, caramel, orange marmalade, plum and spice. It’s a little hot, with whiffs of gasoline, but also a whole lot of spice and wood-oriented character—fragrant cinnamon and allspice, hinting at a spice-forward oak profile. On the palate, this one is pretty bold, fruity and spicy, with the fruit impressions heading in a darker directions—I’m getting grape and especially cherry, with a hint of cherry lozenge.
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