I liked the taste as it wasn't quite as sweet as it smelled, and I prefer dry and oak flavors in my liquors and wine, which this had quickly, but it dispersed even quicker. Initial taste reveals a nectar-sweet quality, leading to a weightier body that indicates substantially aged rum that’s serious in character but not overbearing. Named after a ship that smuggled spirits to the US during the Prohibition era, the Kirk and Sweeney Gran Reserva Superior is a luxury rum made using sugar cane from the Dominican Republic. I occasionally got some mild fruit but nothing substantial, maybe a hint of orange rind and apricot, really not sure.

Kirk and sweeney was a wooden schooner, best known for smuggling rum from the Caribbean to the Northeast during the early years of Prohibition. These beautiful bottles were sometimes encased with hemp netting which could be used as a handle or to hang the bottle from a ship beam. I'm wondering whether it has been spiced - it's on the shelves next to the other one that seems to be popular (and which I find equally nasty) Don Papa. This choice is symbolic, paying tribute to the adventurous and free spirit of pioneers seeking the best flavors for their products. uk accepts no liability for inaccuracies or misstatements about products by manufacturers or other third parties.

This rum was aged in American oak barrels in the Dominican Republic, it offers a mahogany robe and offers aromas of dried fruit, vanilla and toasted wood.

This is unrivaled XO rum from Kirk and Sweeney with a highly polished color of deep amber with light golden hues. Its name comes from a famous schooner known for smuggling rum from the Caribbean to the United States during the prohibition era. Look deep and infuse your senses with KIRK and SWEENEY Gran Reserva Superior, a refined evolutionary rum balanced on decadent endnotes. Playing off the concept of global navigation, an antique nautical map of the main rum smuggling route is silkscreened around the circumference of the bottle.Some mention that it has a great flavour, while others say that it tastes harsh and like cheap pure alcohol.

This could have been pulled straight from the top layer of heads and poured straight into the bottle as far as I'm aware. I tried it again last night and thought it was actually quite nasty and what I was going to do with it! The average ageing of rum in the Caribbean is generally two years, Kirk and Sweeney is the rare exception. Expert blending comes to life with the first taste, revealing a deep vanilla flavour, followed by dried fruits, nutmeg, cinnamon spices and a hint of oak. The look and color is nice with a reddish mahogany glow in the bottle and a light yellowish amber in the glass.

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