Renegade Rhum Blanc Pre-Cask Dunfermline Column Still

Renegade's Pre-Cask Rhum Blanc captures the column-still spirit before any oak, an unaged Grenadian rum made from fresh cane juice and bottled at 50 percent. It is a transparent look at the house's lighter side, set up to show distillate character rather than barrel influence.

The profile runs herbal and vegetal rather than fruity: pear and citrus on the nose, then cucumber, hay and fresh-cut grass with a grassy, slightly bitter and astringent bite. Compared with Renegade's pot-still bottlings it is noticeably thinner and more restrained, which is exactly what a column still drawn from cane juice tends to give. It rewards anyone who enjoys lean, grassy white rums, working well in a Ti' Punch or a sharp, herbaceous mixed drink where its freshness can lead.