Lemon Hart Original Overproof 151 Rum

A Zombie without Lemon Hart 151 is truly the walking dead — that's the brand's own line, and the tiki world agrees. Lemon Hart 151 is the legendary gold standard of overproof rum, called for by name in Trader Vic's and Don the Beachcomber's original recipes for the Zombie, the Jet Pilot, and the Navy Grog, and for years it was the bottle bartenders hoarded when supply ran dry. Lehman "Lemon" Hart began supplying rum to the Royal Navy in 1804, and the brand still draws only on Demerara rum from Guyana, made at Demerara Distillers Limited — the country's last distillery, home to the oldest wooden stills on earth — fermented, distilled, aged, and blended on the east bank of the Demerara River, and bottled at 75.5% ABV (151 proof), so dark it tints the glass. Drinkhacker found an impressive balance where most 151s deliver blasts of ethanol: toffee, dark-roast coffee, and molasses on the nose, then Demerara syrup, dark berry, sticky vanilla, cocoa, burnt sugar, and woody smoke unfurling in a silky wave, finishing with baking spice, dried apple, and black tea — elegant, even. The Lone Caner: a dark brown rum hurricane, among the meanest, strongest rums anywhere, and as a mixer and base it truly shines. Honest note: some tiki drinkers now prefer Hamilton 151 for extra smoke and oak; either makes a proper Jet Pilot. For a Zombie, a Jet Pilot, a Navy Grog, a Mai Tai float, or a flaming garnish, it's the one the recipes name.

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