Canerock Spiced Rum

Planteray

Origin

Jamaica

Type

Molasses Rum

Barrel

Bourbon and Sherry

Age

No Age Statement

Alcohol

40°

Value

40 points

About the product

Canerock Spiced Rum is blended from the rums of two legendary distilleries: Clarendon and Long Pond. Long Pond was founded in 1753 and is known for its incomparable, hearty, funky rums, made using a traditional method that has been kept secret for 250 years. Clarendon saw the light two years later, in 1755 and can be found near the Portland Bight marshlands on the island's south coast, surrounded by sugarcane fields. Clarendon makes more elegant, refined rums that balance out the intensity of Long Pond.

A blend of rums from these two legendary distilleries is further infused with natural spices and aged in oak casks. After the initial bourbon casks, the rum is also placed in sherry casks (Pedro Ximenez) for a while. This gives Canerock a rich character. Added spices include dried vanilla from Madagascar, fresh coconut from the Caribbean and wild ginger from Jamaica. It is these three spices that define the flavour of Canerock.

Canerock Spiced Rum is perfect to drink on its own, or to use in cocktails. Jamaican Sunset, Caneberry Fizz, Bright & Sunny, Kingston Karma are just some of the recipes you will find on Canerock's website - definitely worth trying out!

About the brand

Jamaica is a country that captures the imagination. Its nature, fauna and flora are particularly attractive: sea turtles, hummingbirds, butterflies, the mountains, orchids and mangroves,... they define this country as a paradise on earth. But there is another thing that sets Jamaica apart from the rest of the world: they make the most unique, and according to many the best, rum in the world. Locals call their island ‘The Rock’ because it is so far away from everything and because of its fertile soil that is ideal for growing sugar cane.

Not surprisingly, the Spaniards introduced this plant here in the seventeenth century and soon started making rum from it too. At the height of rum's popularity in the nineteenth century, Jamaica was home to no fewer than 140 distilleries. All over the world, rum from this small island paradise was exported. For centuries, that art was perfected and a very distinctive style developed. The funky character of Jamaican rum comes from long fermentation periods that create lots of esters and the use of dunder pits. That distinctive style, with lots of character and intensity, is also the basis for Canerock Spiced rum.