Beenleigh Rum 2013 Tropical Ageing Fine Australian Rum

Beenleigh is Australia's oldest registered distillery — born in 1884 from a copper still that washed ashore from the steamboat S.S. Walrus — and this 2013 Tropical Ageing release, bottled with La Maison & Velier, shows exactly what a decade of Queensland climate does to rum. It's a single vintage: molasses entirely produced and processed in Queensland, fermented three to four days, distilled first in a single column and then re-distilled in pot still in August and September 2013, then rested ten full years in ex-bourbon casks at the distillery in Eagleby. Tropical aging is brutal and fast — the angel's share exceeded 25% — concentrating what remained. Bottled at 59% ABV, additive-free. The Auditor called it a great release, praising the fruit-heavy Beenleigh profile with a big wallop of grapefruit up top, star anise, and spice; Memphis Rum Club found it as floral as any Beenleigh, with orange marmalade, honeysuckle, vanilla, and drying cinnamon, noting the column-and-pot configuration reads differently from the distillery's pure pot expressions. RumRatings tasters describe banana, chewing gum, acetone, chocolate, and stone fruit, several remarking it drinks far smoother than 59% suggests. A genuinely distinctive Australian sipper — pair it with a full-bodied cigar, as one fan recommends.

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