Hamilton False Idol 151 Full Strength Rum

False Idol 151 is a San Diego rum — blended by Ed Hamilton for False Idol, the Little Italy tiki bar that became one of the most celebrated in America, and it scores 9.0 on Rum Ratings. Hamilton is the Ministry of Rum: the sailor, author, and importer who spent decades documenting Caribbean distilleries and then began bottling their rums unsweetened and honestly labeled; his overproof Demerara 151 is a tiki-bar standard. False Idol 151 is his full-strength blend built to the bar's specifications — a marriage of high-proof Caribbean rums, led by Guyana Demerara from the wooden stills at DDL, bottled at 75.5% ABV (151 proof) with no sugar or additives, under a label that nods to the bar's tiki-idol iconography. It's the rum that floats the bar's Zombies and fires its flaming garnishes, and it's built to hold flavor at proof: expect a nose of molasses, dark dried fruit, licorice, and wood smoke, opening into a dense, hot, but surprisingly flavorful palate of brown sugar, tropical fruit, and oak, finishing long and warming — and it holds up beautifully when cut with water or juice, which is the point of a good 151. Honest note: it's an overproof, built as a cocktail component and a float, not a sipper. For a Zombie, a Navy Grog, a Hurricane, a flaming Scorpion Bowl, or a Jet Pilot, it's the 151 blended for a bar three miles from this one. San Diego tiki, in a bottle.

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