Description
🥃 STADE’S RUM BEACH VAT NO 1
Alcohol Percentage (ABV): 43%
Taste & Flavor Profile: This Barbadian white rum offers a complex and highly mixable profile.1 The nose is bright and tropical, carrying notes of overripe banana, pineapple esters, and a hint of grassy cane juice.2 The palate is round and soft, delivering tropical flavors like green mango, melon, and a subtle citrus zest, with a fine structure and a hint of spicy clove on the long, smooth finish.3 It’s a flavorful and subtly funky rum that retains character despite being clear.
Key Details: Stade’s Rum is the house brand of the West Indies Rum Distillery (WIRD) on Brighton Beach, Barbados.4 This specific expression is a blend of Column Still rum (medium-bodied) and Pot Still rum (high-ester, full-bodied), both distilled from molasses.5 The rum is then briefly “mellowed” for several months in a large, unsealed 20,000-liter oak vat located right by the seashore, which is said to infuse it with its unique character.6 This process results in a complex white rum, perfect for classic cocktails like a Daiquiri or Mojito.
