The look and color is nice with a reddish mahogany glow in the bottle and a light yellowish amber in the glass. I let it sit for about 5 minutes before smelling and there was a strong presence of vanilla, caramel, sugar and oak. I occasionally got some mild fruit but nothing substantial, maybe a hint of orange rind and apricot, really not sure. Kirk and Sweeney, is imported by the 3 Badge Beverage headquartered in Sonoma California. 3 Badge is owned and run by f ourth generation vintner August Sebastiani, a member of one of California’s legendary wine producing families, the Sebastiani.

These are all excellent rums, incredibly well priced and offer outstanding value. Both the 18 YO and 23 YO make excellent sipping rums. The 18 YO seems more intensely flavored to me, while the 23 YO is smoother, with a more subtle and nuanced complexity. If you are a rum drinker, both of these would be excellent additions to your bar. If you are new to rum, or if you find many molasses based rums to intense, then these expressions are an excellent alternative and a good place to start. Records the default button state of the corresponding category & the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie. On the palate, the rum is drier, although it still retains some of the dried fruit sweetness of its younger siblings. There are the expected flavors of butterscotch and vanilla, dried tropical fruits and a mild pepperiness, along with spice notes of cinnamon, nutmeg and some clove. Kirk and Sweeney 12 Year Old Rum earned a score of 95 points from Wine Enthusiast, which named it one of the Top 50 Spirits of 2013, and was called one of the Best New Rums of 2013 by Liquor.com.On the palate, the flavors are sweeter and more intense, with pronounced butterscotch and vanilla notes. There are tropical fruit notes of pineapple, mango and melon, along with a hint of dried apricot and raisin. The coffee and milk chocolate notes are also evident, along with cinnamon and nutmeg and just a hint of oak. The rum is satiny smooth, with a noticeable palate weight.

In the case of a 23 YO Dominican rum, for example, at least 51% of the rum would need to be 23 years old, the other 49% can also be 23 YO or it can be a blend that consists of a mix of rums whose average age is 23 YO. That means it can consist of rums that are both older and younger of the bottles stated age. The finish is long, with dried fruit sweetness, tropical spice and a mild but lingering pepperiness.

Tasting Notes

This cookie is set by Rubicon Project to control synchronization of user identification and exchange of user data between various ad services. The finish is long and nuanced. It’s silky smooth, sweet, with noticeable tropical fruit and milk chocolate notes and a mild but lingering pepperiness.