The infamous Wray and Nephew White Overproof rum which has been available in the UK via Tesco for some years now. I can only imagine this is due to its huge popularity in Jamaica This rum apparently counts for 90% of all rum sales in Jamaica.
At 63% its not for the faint hearted, mind you neither is the packaging! Although I’m not overly keen on the packaging it does have a plastic diffuser rather than a metal screw top which is slightly better than I expected. The bottle does catch the eye I’ll give it that.
Onto the rum it is predominantly a mixing rum. I wouldn’t sip a white rum at the best of times and I’m certainly not going to start with 63% firewater! Despite its high ABV it doesn’t actually smell too bad. It is a bit whiffy but you also get some citrus and vegetal aromas. To be honest I was expecting this to be a lot worse. This seems a decent rum despite the potency.
I mixed a 25ml shot with a liberal dose of cola, as I wasn’t expecting the taste (and mostly the smell) to be drowned out. To be fair when mixed the rum doesn’t smell to bad and its tastes (for a white rum) pretty good. In all fairness this rum is quite well made with quite a lot of fruity flavour adding to the cola.
I’m really quite surprised by this rum. I’m not a huge white rum lover but this is pretty nice. It will give a massive kick to tiki style cocktails.
The danger in this drink maybe that at 63% its very drinkable and quite easy going. I best be careful!
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