What is Plantation rum?

What is Plantation rum?

Plantation is born: an artisanal range of rums from the great terroirs of the tropics. Fifteen years of dedicated rum-making later, in 2012, Alexandre is awarded Master Rum Blender of the Year at the Golden Rum Barrel Awards and was named Distiller of the Year by The American Distilling Institute.

What proof is Plantation rum?

Plantation Rum OFTD Overproof Rum 138 proof 1 L.

What liquor is Trinidad known for?

Rum. Rum is by far, the most popular drink in Trinidad. Trinidadians drink rum with coke, or fruit juice to create rum punch or even in coconut water. Most Trinidadians have a strong tolerance for rum and they will often continue to drink well into the night.

What is Plantation rum made of?

sugar cane juice
Produced exclusively from sugar cane juice, agricultural rums have a fruity aroma, are dry in the palate, and possess vegetal notes.

How good is Plantation rum?

Excellent Rum taste with a whiskey like character. Not overly sweet but lots of flavor elements like vanilla and age oak. No burn going down but a pleasant exotic Cognac finish. I enjoy it alone either neat or with a little ice but it also mixes well.

What does Plantation rum taste like?

TASTING NOTES Nose : Hints of black peppercorn, clove, cinnamon, baked cherry, prune, molasses; later sniffs encounter forest, leaves, black tea, dry stone. Palate : Entry is fruity with white raisins, dried pineapple, and is off-dry.

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What rum do they drink in Trinidad?

Puncheon rum (or puncheon) is a high proof heavy-type rum produced in Trinidad and Tobago. Three local brands, Forres Park, Caroni and Stallion produce bottles that are 75% alcohol by volume. The first puncheon rum is said to have been manufactured in 1627 by the makers of Caroni Puncheon Rum.

How strong is Puncheon Rum?

75%
The rum is stored in enormous wooden casks or ‘puncheons’. It’s triple filtered to ensure maximum quality and intensity but beware, at 150 proof, a whopping 75% alcohol, it’s not meant to be sipped and should be properly diluted in a cocktail or punch!

Does Plantation Rum have sugar?

Allegedly, specific bottlings of rum by brands including Plantation, Bacardi, Zacapa, and Angostura contain between 17-22 grams of sugar per liter. This looks to be the average amount of sugar added by those brands that add sugar. Other brands are either much higher (40 g/l) or quite low (5-9 g/l).