Continuing Koloa Tasting with distiller Bob Gunter (Tasted 1st) Per the Distiller: Made from sugarcane juice and distilled in 2 copper hybrid stills. 3.23.22 Served: Neat, Flute Bottle Open: Same Day Last intake: Water A: Clean, almost chracterless. The column strips away all discernable character that would be typical of an agricultural rum. F: Has presence and body that make it far more pleasant to sip than vodka. There are faint notes of banana and coconut. Otherwise, very clean, which, in a way, comes as both a virtue and a flaw. Would universally drink this over vodka, but would choose a rum with character if I wanted to make a true rum cocktail. The Rum Equivalent of white bread. Has the advantage of not having the cloying candy-like aroma of Bacardi white or Captain Morgan white.
About this bottle
Kōloa Rum Company is the first and only licensed distillery on the Island of Kaua`i. The rum is distilled in a copper still and is made from crystallized sugar. It is bottled with no barrel aging.
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Got this as part of a sampler. Nothing particularly bad or unpleasant about this, just not much depth of flavor. Fairly neutral spirit with pleasant sugar/rum/spicy peppery notes in the finish. Definitely better as a mixer, but perfectly drinkable on its own. There are just more interesting options to drink straight. Mild but pleasant.
Smells of faint rubbing alcohol and sweet/sour candy. Almost a candy lemony scent. Uhm...huh. This has a candy lemon flavor, much like the aroma. Where's the rum? Pass. Rating based on neat sipping.
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