{"title":"Rum Explorer","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eRum Explorer is an independent French bottler with a simple premise: take rums from across the world's rum-producing regions, bottle them honestly, and let the origin do the talking. The blends and selections are handled by Philippe Etignard, cellar master of Château du Breuil, the respected Calvados house — and every bottle is labeled by country rather than hidden behind a brand name, which makes the whole range function as a working tour of global rum. The map is genuinely wide: Barbados, Guyana, Trinidad, Belize, and the Dominican Republic from the Caribbean; Marie-Galante for agricole made from fresh cane juice; Australia, Thailand, Mauritius, and even the Canary Islands from further afield. Bottlings typically land between 41% and 44.6% ABV, with age statements ranging from two to six years and some single-cask selections from named distilleries like Beenleigh in Queensland and Bielle on Marie-Galante. Each bottle carries production, aging, and tasting detail on the label, which is the point — this is a range built for people who want to taste how climate, cane, and still type actually differ from one country to the next. An affordable, genuinely educational way to explore rum's full range without committing to a shelf of expensive single bottles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBrowse our full Rum Explorer collection with fast nationwide shipping delivered straight to your door.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"rum-explorer-austrailia","title":"Rum Explorer - Austrailia","description":"\u003cp\u003eRum Explorer is a series from Château du Breuil, the Calvados house in Normandy's Pays d'Auge, which selects rums from distilleries around the world and brings them home to its own cellars for a final period of maturation before bottling, and this edition comes from Beenleigh Artisan Distillers in Queensland. The rum chosen for this release was matured in ex-bourbon casks before travelling to Normandy, where it was finished in the ex-Calvados casks that are the signature of the series. It is bottled at 43% ABV, and the Australia edition took a bronze medal at the 2022 IWSC. The published tasting notes describe a nose of wood, vanilla and cedar that opens up to iris-like florals, licorice, honey, cocoa and cinnamon, with a wide palate, good length and silky tannins from the apple-brandy casks. Australian rum is almost never seen on US shelves, and the Calvados finish makes this one doubly unusual: it drinks like a cross between a molasses rum and a Normandy digestif, and it is best appreciated neat or with a single cube.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuy Rum Explorer - Austrailia online with fast shipping right to your door.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chips Liquor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45175638163712,"sku":"C0008825L","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0057\/8089\/7892\/files\/RumExploreerAust.jpg?v=1715999869"},{"product_id":"rum-explorer-guyana","title":"Rum Explorer - Guyana","description":"\u003cp\u003eRum Explorer is a series from Château du Breuil, the Calvados house in Normandy's Pays d'Auge that selects rums from distilleries around the world and brings them to its own cellars for a final period of maturation before bottling, and the Guyana edition comes from Demerara Distillers Limited, the only rum distillery left in Guyana and the keeper of the last wooden stills in the world. DDL's Diamond plant on the east bank of the Demerara River houses the Port Mourant double wooden pot still, the Versailles single wooden pot still and the Enmore wooden Coffey still alongside modern column stills, and each produces a distinct marque. This is a molasses-based pot still rum, aged for five years and bottled at 43% ABV. Tasters on RumX describe red fruits, blackberry and cherry, caramelized and candied notes and dried fruit on the nose, with the palate adding smoky and barrel notes, and one reviewer noted that it tastes like the Port Mourant still. For anyone who has priced Velier or independent Demerara bottlings lately, this is a far more accessible way into the deep, dark, heavy style that made Guyanese rum famous, and it is excellent in a rum old fashioned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuy Rum Explorer - Guyana online with fast shipping right to your door.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chips Liquor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45175641932032,"sku":"C0008827L","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0057\/8089\/7892\/files\/RumExplorerGuyana.jpg?v=1716000229"},{"product_id":"rum-explorer-thailand","title":"Rum Explorer - Thailand","description":"\u003cp\u003eRum Explorer is a series from Château du Breuil, the Calvados house in Normandy's Pays d'Auge, which selects rums from distilleries around the world and brings them home to its own cellars for a final period of maturation before bottling, and the Thailand edition is one of the very few Thai rums sold in the United States. It comes from a modern distillery in Pathum Thani province, just north of Bangkok, where it is distilled from molasses on a column still. The rum was aged for five years before being shipped to Normandy, where it spent several months in cask in the Château du Breuil cellars before bottling at 42% ABV. Tasters on RumX describe tropical vanilla, honey and coconut husk on the nose with candied fruit, and a woody, peppery palate with vanilla and caramel and a short finish, and several compare it loosely to the lighter rums of the French Antilles. Thailand has distilled cane spirit for generations, mostly for a domestic market, so this is a rare chance to taste the country's rum style, and the coconut-and-vanilla profile makes it a natural fit for tiki drinks and anything built with pineapple or lime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuy Rum Explorer - Thailand online with fast shipping right to your door.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chips Liquor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45175644979456,"sku":"C0008828L","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0057\/8089\/7892\/files\/RumExplorerThailand.jpg?v=1716000387"}],"url":"https:\/\/chipsliquor.com\/collections\/rum-explorer.oembed","provider":"Chips Liquor","version":"1.0","type":"link"}