{"title":"Bayou Rum","description":"\u003cp\u003eBayou Rum is made in Lacassine, Louisiana, in the heart of the state's sugarcane country. The distillery opened in 2013 with a simple idea: Louisiana has grown sugarcane for more than two centuries, so it should have a rum of its own. Every bottle starts with locally grown Louisiana sugarcane, using both molasses and raw unrefined sugar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe rum is fermented on site and distilled in traditional copper pot stills, which give it more body and flavor than column-distilled rum. Bayou Silver is the clean, unaged expression with a soft sweetness and a hint of banana and vanilla. Bayou Select is rested in American oak barrels for a rounder, richer profile, and the Mardi Gras XO is the distillery's extra old release, aged in bourbon barrels and finished in sherry casks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse the Silver in a daiquiri, mojito or Hurricane, pour the Select in a rum Old Fashioned, and save the XO for sipping neat. Bayou is an easy recommendation for anyone who wants American craft rum with a real sense of place. Browse our full Bayou Rum collection with fast nationwide shipping delivered straight to your door.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"bayou-select-gold-rum","title":"Bayou Select Gold Rum","description":"\u003cp\u003eBayou calls this the rum for bourbon drinkers, and it earns the line. Louisiana Spirits in Lacassine — a town of about 150 people in the sugarcane country west of Lake Charles, and easily the state's largest rum distiller — makes every batch by hand from single-estate Louisiana cane and molasses from the oldest family-owned sugar mill in the United States, distilled in copper pot stills. The Select is the distillery's amber flagship (now sold as Bayou Reserve): matured in wet ex-bourbon barrels for up to four years to pull extra bourbon character, and aged using the solera method so every bottle carries a thread of older stock for consistency, bottled at 40% ABV. Drinkhacker was smitten — a delightfully sweet, raisiny nose backed by a healthy slug of modestly aged wood, then an unexpected sherry-like citrus lift before caramel, molasses, cola, and baking spice, finishing on fresh berries, fig jam, nutmeg, and ginger; sweet throughout but incredibly well balanced and hard to put down. The distillery's own notes run rich oak, figs, red berries, and spice. It's a Louisiana-style pot still rum that genuinely rides the line between rum and bourbon, which makes it a natural in an Old Fashioned, a Rum Manhattan, or simply over ice — and a great bottle to hand a whiskey drinker who says they don't like rum. The Bayou range has collected more than 100 awards; this is where most of them started.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuy Bayou Select Gold Rum online with fast shipping right to your door.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bayou","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43857885430016,"sku":"C0007275L","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0057\/8089\/7892\/files\/BayouGold.jpg?v=1691274607"},{"product_id":"bayou-mardi-gras-extra-old-rum","title":"Bayou Mardi Gras Extra Old Rum","description":"\u003cp\u003eXO Mardi Gras is the top of the range from Louisiana's largest rum distillery — and the state's most celebrated holiday in a bottle. Bayou Rum is made by Louisiana Spirits in Lacassine, a town of about 150 people in the sugarcane country west of Lake Charles, from single-estate Louisiana cane and molasses from the oldest family-owned sugar mill in the United States, distilled by hand in copper pot stills. Introduced in 2019, XO Mardi Gras is the distillery's oldest and heaviest stock: aged up to five years in ex-bourbon barrels using the solera method, then finished a further year in Spanish Pedro Ximénez sherry casks, blended by Master Blender Reiniel Vicente and bottled at 40% ABV. It took Gold at the 2019 San Francisco World Spirits Competition, and the bottle itself is a decanter sealed with a cork topped by one-of-a-kind kaleidoscope tiles. Expect a dark mahogany pour with purple flowers, grape must, dried fruit, cedar, and thick baking spice on the nose, opening into orange marmalade, stone fruit, golden raisin, chocolate, vanilla, and tupelo honey, finishing long on black pepper, smoke, and the sherry itself. Paste found a lovely interplay of fruit and spicy oak; Drinkhacker noted the PX runs opulent, almost brandy-like, and dense enough that some will find it rich. RumRatings tasters call it a treacly masterpiece for a cigar and a slow evening. It's also the official rum of the New Orleans Saints. Neat, or in a serious Rum Old Fashioned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuy Bayou Mardi Gras Extra Old Rum online with fast shipping right to your door.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bayou","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44079495348480,"sku":"C0007839L","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0057\/8089\/7892\/files\/BayuXO.jpg?v=1700276971"},{"product_id":"bayou-silver-rum","title":"Bayou Silver Rum","description":"\u003cp\u003eBayou Silver Rum is made by Louisiana Spirits at its distillery in Lacassine, Louisiana, a few miles east of Lake Charles, the largest privately owned rum distillery in the United States. The rum is made from 100 percent Louisiana cane sugar and molasses, distilled in a traditional copper pot still, and reduced to 80 proof (40% ABV) with triple-filtered water before bottling in 750ml. Bayou Silver is an unaged style built for mixing. Expect a nose of tropical fruit with a gentle layer of cane sugar and little astringency, then a palate with sugar-syrup sweetness and strong tropical fruit, and a smooth finish where the fruit and sweetness linger. It is well suited to daiquiris and mojitos. That makes it a natural pick for classic shaken drinks, a rum and soda with lime, or a Southern-style punch. Chill it down and use it where you want a clean, fruit-forward Louisiana rum with a touch of sweetness, whether for a summer cookout, a game-day cooler or a casual night at home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuy Bayou Silver Rum online with fast shipping right to your door.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bayou","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51023043690752,"sku":"C0011083L","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0057\/8089\/7892\/files\/bayou-white-rum_d047adbf-8a65-41c5-a244-a6ac08b30251.jpg?v=1794679948"}],"url":"https:\/\/chipsliquor.com\/collections\/bayou-rum.oembed","provider":"Chips Liquor","version":"1.0","type":"link"}