Rum, Australia

Founded in 1884, the Beenleigh distillery is located on the banks of the Albert River in South East Queensland. It produces molasses rum from sugar cane crushed by Australia’s last private mill, Rocky Point Sugar Mill. The first distillation takes place in a Column Still and the second passage occurs in a Copper Pot Still. Aged in bourbon casks, this limited edition was bottled at 60 %, giving an unmistakable profile.

TASTING NOTES

Appearance: Gold yellow.

Nose: Fresh, subtle. The abundantly fruity aroma palette (banana, pear, Mirabelle plum) also displays incredible balance and fullness. Very fine notes of honey and wax form a deeply smooth profile. With time, vanilla, syrup (cane sugar) and roasted pineapple notes appear.

Palate: Lively yet generous. The generous flavour palette is just as well-balanced, revealing candied citrus fruit (lemon, grapefruit), white peach and courgette tempura. A sprinkling of sweet spices (cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg) seep into the taste buds.

Overall: Long, silky. The finish is powdery (ginger, rice, semolina) and lingers on beautiful flavours of William’s pear and Golden Delicious apple. These are followed by notes of freshly cut sugarcane. The retro-nasal olfaction is rich and herbaceous (pipe tobacco).