Ron Cristóbal Santa Maria Islay Cask

I love Islay whisky so I had to try this rum finished in Islay casks. I was hoping that the combination works similarly well as Islay whisky and sherry cask maturation. But it did not work out for this rum. The cask influence is way too much so there is no balance. Less time in the Islay cask would have helped a lot. Despite giving it time and water I wasn’t able to find rum notes. Nevertheless quite interesting and I really liked the earthy notes.

Erdig, torfig, rauchig. Geräuchertes Fleisch mit Honig

Diese aufgeblasenen Dinge sind normalerweise nicht mein Ding, aber ich gebe ihnen immer eine Chance. Kommen wir zur Sache: Das Aroma wird eindeutig von Rauch, Holz und Torf dominiert. Es gibt einen Hauch von Süße im Aroma, der mir nicht natürlich vorkommt, und dann nur die Rauchigkeit mit allem, was dazugehört.

Sweet islay rum. I love islay whisky. But not sweet

Well this one was quite strange. Aroma of this rum, maybe I should write of this meat is very, very, very smoky, woody and little spicy. It is an interesting aroma but I have to say it is not pleasant at all. Taste is little bit better. At the beggining little bit sweet but than again very smoky and woody. This one is really easy to describe - I am drinking smoked bacon. Finish it self is very short which will reminded smokehouse. This one is most interesting sample yet for me, but in the bad way. I really do hate the aroma, the flavor try to make things better. Should you try it? In my opinion NO.