Renegade Rhum Blanc Pre-Cask Dunfermline Pot Still

"Bought a bottle of this rum to a really good price from Catawiki. This is my first, but hopefully not my last, Renegade Pre Cask Single Farm Origin rum. Renegade bottles its Pre-Cask rums farm by farm and terroir by terroir. The Defermline is released as two different distillations, column an pot still. It would have been very interesting to taste them side by side. The cane used is Lacolme Red grown at the Mango Land on the Anderson’s field which was a part of an distillery closed down after the hurricane Ivan 2004. The finish is quite long and goes on as in mouth and palate. Overall a very good and distinct rum with some similarities with Rhum Blanc from Guadeloupe."

"Reminiscent of a very olive and cucumber-heavy Clairin that has too much alcohol."

"3rd and 4th sample of the pre-cask project. Pot Still vs Column Still.Nose: more fermented fruit here, more honey, similar to the old Bakolet. Vinegar and sloe.Palate: the fruitiness completely recedes, giving way to something very rooty and herbal. Crass, how different from the others that is."

"Exciting! The Pot Still is clearly more complex than the Column!"

"Ein sehr frischer grasiger Agricole… und sehr intensiv! Lecker!!"

"Ripe fruit nose (green apple, loquat), oregano, eucalyptus, medicinal and even some mild fermented. On the palate herbaceous/vegetal (oregano, cucumber) and balsamic at the same time, with delicate notes of medicinal, fragrant flowers and a hint of pepper. The finish also has some earthy notes, but the medicinal/balsamic ones are prevalent. In the empty fermented glass."

"Po Nursery se mi tento rum zdá dost nevýrazný. Možná nejvíc nakonec vyčnívá muškátový oříšek. Tak nevím jestli mám zahlcené smysly předešlým vzorkem, ale tento je na můj vkus moc jemný a v závěru pro mě zase docela hořký."

"Sehr gewöhnungsbedürftig."

"Die Fruchtnoten die die Nase noch wahr nimmt sind am Gaumen nicht mehr da. In der Nase gefällt der mir denn auch wirklich sehr gut, geschmacklich fehlt mir diese Fruchtnote dann eindeutig."

"Fresh, vegetal nose. We find lime, but above all fermented/medicinal notes. Olive concludes this promising nose. The attack on the palate is thick and creamy, again with vegetal notes. Quite in keeping with the nose, it's the olive that continues its momentum. The finish, on the other hand, is too short and a little disappointing on honey. I find this 1st contact with this terroir rather promising, but I'm still disappointed by the lack of length on the finish, which leaves a taste of unfinished business. Thanks Jordan for the sample!"

"I am elevating the average rating on this one. It is giving fresh (lemon) and the opposite - mustyness. Contrasts are fun. ☯️"