Calico‘s Crew Mary Read’s Choice

Calico's Crew bottles this Mary Read's Choice, a twelve year old Caribbean blend of molasses rum at 40%. It is an approachable, sweet leaning release, the kind of soft everyday rum that aims to please rather than challenge, with a pirate themed label to match.

Aged in ex-bourbon oak, the blend offers vanilla, caramel and fruit on a sweet nose, with vanilla, caramel and barrel notes on a slightly thin palate and a finish of oak, sweetness and strawberry. Drinkers report an unexpected, even Panama like berry fruitiness, though some note it as sweetened and lightly diluted. Sugar is undeclared but the character points to a softened style. At a gentle strength it makes a pleasant, fruity casual sipper and mixes without complaint.