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Like so many of the classic cocktail favourites, the origins of the Mojito cocktail have been lost and blurred over the years. As it turns out, this preliminary step yields no smoking gun – no specific branded rums are listed as Jamaican overproof or variations on the term. Run by only three families in 340 years, Worthy Park has now been owned by the Clarke family since 1918 and saw the completion of a state-of-the-art distillery in 2005, and was deemed worthy (ha) to enter the industry once more. By collecting enough advertisements over several years, a reasonably detailed list of each producer’s expressions can be established and when they were introduced and discontinued.
It is these attributes that have made Jamaicans resilient since 1962 when independence from the United Kingdom was secured. The Monymusk rums are made at the Clarendon Distillers Limited which is located on the Monymusk Estate in Lionel Town, Clarendon. Today’s Tiki bartenders revel in using these rums, but the recipes of the classic Tiki canon — as uncovered by Jeff “Beachbum” Berry and others — don’t use them. Such rums are the high-hogo barn burners bursting from the bottle at a palate melting 63 percent ABV, such as Rum Fire and J. The Duppy Share ensures that the Warmth, Fun, Beauty and Excitement of the Caribbean can be tasted in every drop.
To this day, the molasses from Jamaican sugarcane are said to produce the boldest-flavoured rums in the world. Rum drinkers around the world will appreciate the mixability of Appleton White Jamaica Rum - the perfect complement to fruit juices, colas and tonic water. Monymusk Overproof is molasses based, a blend of pot and column still distillates that are completely unaged. You should also note that the picture images show only our serving suggestions of how to prepare your food - all table accessories and additional items and/or ingredients pictured with the product you are purchasing are not included.
However, this version seems to have disappeared from US markets until 1987, wherein it was bottled at today’s 63% ABV. Always figured overproof rum would just taste stronger, but this has a creamy, fruity taste that does wonders to cocktails. Embrace the full strength of Wray and Nephew White Overproof Rum, the original rum of the Jamaican people that has been bottled on the Caribbean island for almost 200 years.Wray is a celebrity, a star, even a religion for some, both in Jamaica and abroad and its label is arguably the most recognisable worldwide whereas Monymusk is probably the most “underground” Jamaican overproof even compared to the other similarly less known. The distillery was built in 1949 and was originally owned by the Monymusk Sugar Factory which began operations back in 1901. Jamaican rum styles favour a natural fermentation method, lending to a characteristic ‘funk’ in many famous examples. They distill their rums in a traditional 100% copper Jamaican pot still, producing heavy bodied rums, and even use native yeast cultivated from their own sugar cane crop.
The General Wine Company is a family-owned and operated wine merchant in Liphook, Hampshire, England. Information and statements about products are not intended to be used to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or health condition. There’s no evidence (thus far) that Jamaican overproof rums found themselves in US tiki bars during the golden era.The General Wine Company sources wines from all over the world, but with a particular focus on small, independent producers. Tasting Notes: Appleton White Jamaica Rum is a blend of rich pot still rums and light column still rums and unlike many other white rums Appleton White is Aged and then filtered slowly through charcoal filters to remove the colour.