The Real McCoy 10 Year Virgin Oak and Bourbon Cask Rum
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The Real McCoy 10 Year Virgin Oak and Bourbon Cask Rum offers hints of bourbon oak, light pepper and toasted caramel with a warm, balance finish.
The Real McCoy Limited Edition is best appreciated straight, but mixing options have incredible potential range beyond the after-dinner snifter - from Oak Fashioned to Tiki.
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This limited-edition blends rum aged for 12 years in Bourbon barrels with rum aged 10 years in virgin oak. The end result is a burnished gold liquid redolent of maple and brown sugar on the nose and palate. Sweet vanilla and hazelnut wraps around a warming core, finishing with a cinnamon tingle. Micro batch of 3,000 bottles.
This line of premium and super-premium aged rums originates with the story of Bill McCoy, the pioneer Rum Runner of the Prohibition era. In January 1920, McCoy was the first to fill his schooner with alcohol in the Caribbean and sail it up to New York. Anchoring three miles offshore in what was then international waters, McCoy was able to legally act as a floating liquor store to the speakeasies of Manhattan. Others copied McCoy, but they watered down or sullied the alcohol by adding chemicals like turpentine or wood alcohol in what became dubbed “Booze” or “Hooch.” McCoy provided only top quality, unadulterated spirit - inspiring his product to be known as “The Real McCoy.”
Today, these rums are handcrafted in the Prohibition Tradition - with the same authenticity as the celebrated rum that fueled the Roaring ‘20s - copper distilled, bourbon barrel aged, no added sugars, flavors or aromatics. The rum rivals the top spirits in the world. This is the genuine article… It's The Real McCoy.