The Real McCoy 5 Year Single Blended Rum
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Soft, smooth, well-balanced, and luxurious texture. Oak, dried fruit, brown sugar, earth notes, vanilla hints on the nose. Caramel, toasted almond, buttery cinnamon, bourbon-aged oak on the palate. The finish is lingering with toasted coconut and hint of tobacco.
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This charmer starts out delicate before taking a swan dive into spiced cedar. Following distinct aromas of peach nectar, vanilla, and maple cereal, milk chocolate winds through a sea of resin, walnut, brined cherry, and sweet tobacco on the palate.
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This amber rum has a concentrated brown sugar and vanilla aroma. The silky palate opens with vanilla and finishes long, toasty and mouthwatering on hints of mocha and clove. Small batch, single cask rum from Foursquare Distillery.
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.
Often referred to as a Gold Rum, an Aged Rum is one that has been aged in barrels, often Ex-Bourbon or White Oak before bottling. As the Rum continues to age, it draws more and more color and flavor from the wood, adding both body and complexity to the finished product. Aged Rums can be sipped neat or added to cocktails. They fall somewhere in between White and Dark Rums in terms of their respective strength of flavor.