Tasting: Holmes Cay Fiji 2004 and Guyana 2005 rum -- Premium, cask-strength rums with the sexiest thing of all: Zero additives, color or BS. tiki cocktails
The idea that “transparency” is the sexiest feature to be found on a liquor bottle is true of almost all corners of the spirits industry, but that goes doubly when we’re talking about rum. No other spirit is so consistentlywhich has led to a drinking culture that sees rum consistently on the rise, but still shrouded in a veil of confusion.
If any company is ever going to help contribute to a change in how premium rum is perceived, though, it might very well be Holmes Cay. The young boutique bottler focuses entirely on sourcing exceptional, well-aged, unadulterated casks of spirit from classic rum-producing regions, and deeply impressed me with its first 2019 release,That rum was a 14-year-old beauty from Barbados’ famed Foursquare Distillery, bottled at a burly 128 proof cask strength, and a flavor bomb by any possible measure.
On the nose, this one smells classically rich. I’m not sure I’ve ever sampled Fijian rum in the past, but I would have assumed this was Caribbean if I was tasting it blind—somewhere between the character of Barbados and Jamaica, to my still novice palate. I get big notes of banana pudding, some cocoa and slightly earthy notes.
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