Spirits of Old Man Rum Project Three Dark Expression

Spirits of Old Man Project Three Dark Expression is a Caribbean blend from the German house Oldman Spirits, built largely on Guatemalan style molasses rum and aged in ex bourbon oak with a twelve year statement marking its youngest component. It is firmly a sweet, dessert leaning rum rather than a dry sipper, and its calling card is coffee.

Strong mocha leads, with chocolate, vanilla and caramel filling out a soft, rounded palate and a sweet, roasted, coffee driven finish. Very smooth at 40%, it drinks easily and is honest to describe as an after dinner treat, the sugar and roast notes doing the heavy lifting rather than oak complexity or funk. It sits naturally beside other soft, sweet sippers in the Spanish leaning school, a gentle, coffee and chocolate forward pour for drinkers who enjoy that style and want something easygoing, while those chasing drier or more intense rums will find it deliberately mellow.