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Named after the spanish word for lemon, BACARDI Limon is a carefully crafted product that infuses BACARDI rum with...
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BACARDÍ Spiced has a caramel-like vanilla flavor with subtle notes of almond and dried, dark fruits rounded out by...
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This cocktail-friendly white rum is neutral overall, with a faint citrusy aroma and a relatively dry, crisp profile...
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It's become fashionable to hate on the Captain, but the original in the spiced-rum category has a pronounced vanilla...
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Gold rum distilled from fermented molasses. Neutral flavor with just a bit of spice and tropical fruit. Mix with cola...
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Silver rum distilled from fermented molasses. Neutral flavor with just a bit of spice and tropical fruit. Mix with...
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The nose is evocative of orange peel, cinnamon and other baking spices, in particular, nutmeg. The palate is viscous...
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Relatively neutral overall, this rum shows subtle marshmallow and charcoal character, finishing crisp and dry,...
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$36.59
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Today, unlike most spirits, Black Seal includes products of both pot stills, as used in fine Cognacs, and continuous...
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“Bizarre and Fierce” it says on the label, referring to the octopus-like sea creature logo. But it accurately...
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Soft aromas of fresh coconut milk and whipped cream lift from the glass. The palate is silky and smooth, the coconut...
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Flavors of vanilla and oak with hints of clove and cinnamon spices
Mencia Rum Sherry 1.75Ltr
It is difficult to categorize rum as a single spirit, because of all the spirits found around the globe, rum is perhaps the one which varies most dramatically from place to place. Clear, white rum - a favorite for cocktail drinkers - is perhaps the most prevalent example found today, but there is a whole world of darker, spiced and molasses-rich rums to explore, thanks to the fascinating history and wide reach this drink has.
Rum came about during the colonial times, when sugar was a huge and world-changing business. The molasses left over from the sugar production industry could easily be distilled into a delicious alcoholic drink, and provided extra income for the sugar traders. Before long, it became a favorite of sailors and transatlantic merchants, and it quickly spread across the Caribbean and Latin America, where it remains highly popular today.
The production of rum is a basic and simple one - you take your molasses, add yeast and water, and then ferment and distil the mixture. However, as is often the case, the devil is in the detail. The variation in yeasts found from place to place, the maturation period, the length of the fermentation and the type of stills and barrels used provide the rainbow-colored variation that gives rum its spectrum of styles and characteristics.
Sherry is made in a unique way using the solera system, which blends fractional shares of young wine from oak barrels with older, more mature wines. Sherry has no vintage date because it is blended from a variety of years. Rare, old sherries can contain wine that dates back 25 to 50 years or more, the date the solera was begun. If a bottle has a date on it, it probably refers to the date the company was founded.
Most sherries begin with the Palomino grape, which enjoys a generally mild climate in and around the triad of towns known as the "Sherry Triangle" and grows in white, limestone and clay soils that look like beach sand. The Pedro Ximenez type of sweet sherry comes from the Pedro Ximenez grape.
Sherry is a "fortified" wine, which means that distilled, neutral spirits are used to fortify the sherry. The added liquor means that the final sherry will be 16 to 20 percent alcohol (higher than table wines) and that it will have a longer shelf life than table wines.