Lemon Hart Blackpool Spiced Rum

Blackpool is a spiced rum built on a real base — which is rarer than it should be. Lemon Hart, the brand that began supplying rum to the Royal Navy in 1804 and still draws only on Demerara rum from Guyana, created Blackpool because, in the brand's words, the consumer deserved a sophisticated, honest spiced rum that could be sipped like any fine aged rum. It starts with the 86-proof Original 1804 — a blend of single-estate Demerara rums distilled and aged in ex-bourbon barrels at Demerara Distillers Limited, the country's last distillery — and adds a concentrated extract of clove, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, black pepper, and vanilla bean, bottled at 40% ABV. Because the base is dark, navy-style Demerara rather than a young neutral column spirit, the rum still shows: expect a nose of molasses, dark brown sugar, and cocoa under a warm cabinet of clove, cinnamon, and nutmeg with a ginger-and-black-pepper bite, opening into a rich, spiced, moderately sweet palate where the Demerara's smoky depth carries the spice rather than drowning in it, finishing long with pepper and vanilla. Named for the English seaside town famous for its tower and its rock candy. Honest note: it's sweeter and softer than the unspiced bottlings, and it's the spiced rum for people who find Kraken and Captain Morgan too candied. For a spiced Rum and Coke, a Dark 'n' Stormy, a hot buttered rum, or a spiced Old Fashioned, it's the navy spiced.

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