The Real McCoy 12 Year Rum

This is a bourbon mans rum. Dorky way to say if you like bourbon the odds are you will like this. It’s distinctly rum but the mouthfeel, the wood sugars, the color even is more reminiscent of a solid straight bourbon. Oh yeah and the 12 years it spent in bourbon barrels probably helps. Not helps. Strike that. Replace “Helps” with “Hath made it so”. Or “hath rendered it thusly”. Or if those English word abominations I offered are far too course and distasteful, make up your own, sheesh, get off my back. I am so overwhelmed lately by all these strawmen who follow me around critiquing everything I write.

Wow that’s dry. Delicious. As suggested in others’ notes let it acclimatize to being poured for 30 minutes or so. The coconut note is amazing. Also, a slug added to a cup of Americano might be the best cup of spiked coffee you’ve had lately.

Very nice and smooth to sip; warm notes no harshness. Excellent up.

Nose of overripe pineapple, brown sugar, molasses, vanilla, and baking spices. Some woody notes come late in the pour. Initial taste begins with a punch of molasses, then moves to caramel and spice mid taste. Moderate decay in taste over time that finally yields to a nice vanilla finish.

Obviously not as sugary sweet as many associate with rum - which is fine with me - but it was a little harsh for my taste