National Rums of Jamaica Collection 4 x 700ml

Four pure single rum variant’s from Jamaica, bottled by Velier in 2018 and 2019.

 

Cambridge 2005 13 Year Old Continental Flavoured Rum

This 2006 vintage was distilled at Long Pond distillery and is a reproduction of the “STC❤E” cask mark used at Cambridge Estate distillery, which closed in 1947.
This is a Continental Flavoured style rum, one of four classifications used in Jamaica, identifying rums with 700/1600 gr/hlpa. The STC❤E mark specifically refers to rums with 550/700 gr/hlpa.
Bottled from a stock of 11 barrels distilled in a double retort pot still.
Fully aged for 13 years in the tropics with an angels’ share of 63% leaving enough for 3648 bottles. 62.5% ABV.

 

Vale Royal 2006 12 Year Old Wedderburn Rum

This 2006 vintage was distilled at Long Pond distillery and is a reproduction of the “VRW” cask mark used at Vale Royal distillery, which closed in 1959.
This is a Wedderburn style rum, one of four classifications used in Jamaica, identifying rums with 200/300 gr/hlpa. The VRW mark specifically refers to rums with 150/250 gr/hlpa.
Bottled from a stock of 11 barrels distilled in a double retort pot still.
Fully aged for 12 years in the tropics with an angels’ share of 60% leaving enough for 3412 bottles. 62.5% ABV.

 

Long Pond 2007 12 Year Old Continental Flavoured Rum

It is a Continental Flavoured style rum, one of four classifications used in Jamaica, identifying rums with 700/1600 gr/hlpa. The TECA mark specifically refers to rums with 1200/1300 gr/hlpa.

Bottled from a stock of 11 barrels distilled in a double retort pot still. Fully aged for 12 years in the tropics with an angels’ share of 60% leaving enough for 3,560 bottles. 63% ABV. 700ml.

 

Monymusk MBS 2010 9 Year Old

A traditional Jamaica rum, bottled by Velier for National Rums of Jamaica, a company jointly owned by the Jamaican government, Demerara Distillers and Maison Ferrand. The company owns Long Pond distillery, and a majority stake at Clarendon.
This 2010 vintage was distilled at Clarendon distillery on its column still. The Monymusk brand is produced there before being aged and blended at the former Innswood distillery.
Fully aged for 9 years in the tropics, this is marked MBS, and contains congeners at 308,4 gr/hlpa, and esters at a level of 152,2 gr/hlpa.
One of 4600 drawn from a stock of 15 barrels.

 

Type: Rum
Region: Jamaica
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Production method: pot still
Base: molasses