A few months ago I reviewed the sister cask of this one, which I thoroughly loved. So when this sample came in I was pretty thrilled about it! Of course, waiting for the right time took a few weeks but when holidaying by the sea side it sounded like a rum moment.
As said in the previous review, the wooden Port Mourant still works well in the Caribbean and I’m very glad they’re not trying something like that in Scotland or many other places. I think you need some history with that before it works properly.
Rums like this end up being good for my topography too, since I just looked up where Guyana is, and it turns out it’s right next to Suriname. The Dutch have some history there from colonial times. Nothing to be proud of, of course, but history nonetheless.
Sniff:
This is a rather funky rum with quite some petrol-like hints on the nose. It’s green, mossy and woody. Some leafy greens, sugar cane and treacle.
Sip:
The texture is surprisingly syrupy. After the nose I expected it to be a bit more ethereal. It gets hot, though, even for such an oldie. Chili pepper, dry oak, but almost nothing of the green notes I got on the nose.
Swallow:
The finish veers right back to the funkiness of the nose. It wasn’t present on the palate, or at least nothing significant like here or on the nose. A long finish with petrol and paint, as well as oak and a whale skin texture that lingers.
It is not dissimilar to the Dream Catcher from a few months ago, but I do feel this is slightly less layered. While that sounds negative, it’s very marginal and we’re still having an awesome rum here. The funkiness is great and the combination of the green notes with the interesting notes of petrol work very well.
89/100