Denizen Small Batch 8 Year Merchant's Reserve Rum Size:750 ml and cardamom notes

and cardamom notes

and oaky vanilla

with cedar and stone fruit sat on the porch in a post-prandial duet sung in perfect harmony

and bottled at exactly 100 proof (50% ABV)—requirements that ensure authenticity and quality

along with a subtle but unmistakable smack of Jamaican hogo

Denizen Small Batch 8 Year Merchant's Reserve Rum Size:750 ml and cardamom notesBlended to replicate as closely as possible Trader Vic's "second adjusted" Mai Tai rum formula, this blend of funky Jamaican pot still rum and rich Rhum Grande Arome from Martinique (a molasses based rum, unusual for the island most famous for its sugar cane juice based Rhum Agricole) does its job beautifully. Though it may shine brightest in a Mai Tai, it holds its own as a well balanced sipper as well. Intensely aromatic and unapologetically funky,