Denizen Aged White Rum

Denizen Aged White scored 95 points at Tastings.com — for a white rum priced for the bar well. Citizen Spirits launched it in 2010 to give bartenders a white rum with character, and the recipe is precise: column-distilled rum from the Angostura distillery in Trinidad, aged in small American oak barrels, blended in Amsterdam with what the brand calls trace amounts of Jamaican pot-still rum for funk, charcoal-filtered to clear, and bottled at 40% ABV with a three-year age statement. The name comes from the Latin deintus, "from within," a 17th- to 19th-century word for free spirits who roamed the world. Wine Enthusiast found maple and ripe tropical fruit with a mildly funky edge on the nose, then a complex, rounded palate of lychee and coconut sweetness fading to nutmeg. Rum Ratings' drinkers: a really nice balance, Trinidad bringing the round and sweet character and Jamaica the funk, especially on the nose — a good well rum and an honest sipper for a young white, versatile like Banks and Plantation 3 Stars but not overly sweet, mix it or sip it, highly recommended. Honest note: it's a light, balanced white rum with a hint of funk rather than a Jamaican overproof — one taster wouldn't mind a little more. For a Daiquiri, a Mojito, a Mai Tai split, a Piña Colada, or the house white rum of a serious home bar, it's the bartender's white rum at a bartender's price.

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