The Rum Factory

The Rum Factory is a Panama brand produced by Bodegas de America, here in a fifteen year expression that draws on the country's soft, mellow Spanish style. It is a column still molasses rum aged in ex-bourbon and bottled at 43%, sitting in the approachable, dessert leaning camp that Panama rum is known for.

The nose carries a caramelised, dark chocolate sweetness with a slight alcohol edge, while the palate offers caramel, mocha, roasted notes and vanilla. One reviewer praises its pleasant, agreeable sweetness in both nose and palate, with vanilla, chocolate and caramel standing out, noting it is sweet but not cloying. Added sugar is not disclosed, and it reads as a soft, comfortably sweet Panama, the kind of rounded, chocolate and caramel led sipper that suits drinkers who enjoy the smoother, more dessert like end of the style without it tipping into excess.