New York Rum Fest 2023 Jury's Choice
At the 2023 NY Rum Festival & Conference in New York, the RumLab collaborated with Holmes Cay Rum, curator and bottler of outstanding rums from around the world, to open up its single cask selection process with a blind tasting of a series of single cask rum expressions to a 14-member jury. This group helped choose the first RumLab Festival Cask pick.
The expression will be released to the US market for purchase at the beginning of June, and will premiere at the 2024 New York Rumfest.
The expression will be released to the US market for purchase at the beginning of June, and will premiere at the 2024 New York Rumfest.
The jury was a group of spirits industry connoisseurs and knowledgeable collectors. These participants blind tasted and seriously debated four diverse expressions provided by E & A Scheer from around the Caribbean and the world. All of the expressions were strong contenders, and the group made excellent arguments for their favorites. This open process ultimately resulted in the New York Rum Festival’s first cask selection.
The jury was made up of a group of spirits industry connoisseurs and knowledgeable collectors. These participants blind tasted and seriously debated four diverse expressions provided by E & A Scheer from around the Caribbean and the world. All of the expressions were strong contenders, and the group made excellent arguments for their favorites. This open process ultimately resulted in the New York Rum Festival’s first cask selection.
Said RumFest founder, Federico Hernandez, “The New York RumFest has been an eagerly anticipated event for rum fans for 7 years, and we are proud to bring a festival cask pick chosen by the rum connoisseurs who attend RumFest annually. We are very pleased to collaborate with Holmes Cay, known for bringing ultra premium rums to the US market, for our first cask selection.”
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL CASK
The Holmes Cay Jamaica WPL 2012 edition is a single cask from an award-winning distillery in Lluidas Vale, Jamaica. The molasses, 100% pot still rum was aged in ex-bourbon casks in the tropics for 8 years, with a further 3 years maturation in Europe in ex-bourbon casks. Its profile is a classic Jamaican mix of ripe banana, vanilla, spice and oak.
Fermentation, distillation and aging alone create the Jamaica WPL 2012 edition’s complex flavors. No sugar, no color and no other flavors were added in the making of this rum.
The Jamaica WPL 2012 has been bottled at “Navy” strength of 57.14% alcohol by volume.
Only one festival cask of this 11-year old rum is being released.
TASTING NOTES
Baking spice, ripe banana and vanilla on the nose. More tropical fruit, caramel, spice and creamy vanilla on the tongue. A lasting finish of leather and toffee.
Bottles can be reserved now at curiada.com, the online spirits marketplace that ships to ~75% of U.S. households.
About Holmes Cay
Holmes Cay (pronounced ‘key’) Rum curates a continuously evolving collection of the best small-batch, limited-edition rums, distilled with integrity and without additives. With its Single Cask rums and more accessible Single Origin expressions and blends, Holmes Cay seeks out the best rums in the world and shares them with discerning spirits lovers.
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