Rum Company Tonka Tonka

Tonka is a flavoured release from Rum Company, a German bottler, built on molasses spirit and infused with tonka bean, presented at 41%. As several drinkers note, this is really a rum based spirit rather than a straight rum, the tonka is the headline and the spirit is the canvas.

The tonka bean carries its signature aroma of vanilla, almond and sweet hay, and that runs through the whole bottling, the nose sweet with vanilla, tonka and marzipan, the palate adding cinnamon spice, and a finish of tonka and vanilla with a drier, sandalwood edge. It is sweet and aromatic by design, made for those who love the tonka note, and best understood as a flavoured sipper or a cocktail and dessert ingredient rather than a dry aged rum. Judged honestly on those terms it delivers exactly what it promises, a warm, almond and vanilla rum for tonka enthusiasts.