TBRC Mt Uncle Distillery NCS

This Mt Uncle bottling comes from That Boutique-y Rum Company, an honest, no additive single cask of Australian rum at a formidable 64.9%. Distilled on a pot still from sugar cane honey and aged twelve years in ex bourbon, it captures the idiosyncratic character of one of Australia's more characterful distilleries.

The nose is rich and concentrated, dried fruit, pastry and floral notes mingling with eucalyptus throat sweets, raisins and melon, alongside a strange but distinctive rubber edge and a touch of barnyard funk. The palate brings fruit, vanilla and oak with a sharp, soapy note, the high alcohol quickly making itself known, before a fruity, oaky, nutty finish. The nose promises more than the powerful palate quite delivers, but this remains a bold, unusual single cask for drinkers who enjoy a high proof rum with quirks and want to explore Australian cane honey spirit.