Feindestillerie Krauss WF Krauss (Cask Strength)

Feindestillerie Krauss is a small Austrian distillery, and this WF Krauss release is its cask strength rum, bottled undiluted at a punchy 56.8%. Continental European rum at full proof like this tends to lead with oak and warming spice rather than the heavy tropical funk of Caribbean pot still styles, the cooler climate giving a slower, gentler maturation that keeps the spirit's own character forward. At this strength it is built to be met with a little water, which opens the oak and softens the heat. Expect a firm, dry and spirit driven pour in the craft distillery mould, one for drinkers who like their rum bottled honestly at the strength it left the cask.