Papa's Pilar Blonde Rum 7 Solera Profile

Blonde 7 scores 8.4 on Rum Ratings — tied for the highest in the Papa's Pilar range — and All At Sea says it stands on its own as a sipper. Papa's Pilar was launched in 2013 by the Hemingway Rum Company in Key West, named for the writer's fishing boat, with his estate as partner and a share of profits going to conservation. Blonde is the light rum, and it's aged rather than young: a solera blend of six column-distilled rums aged one to seven years in Kentucky bourbon barrels and sherry casks, bottled at 42% ABV (84 proof) with no sugar, color, or flavoring, in the canteen-shaped bottle modeled on Hemingway's own. The distillery starts from fresh Florida sugarcane molasses and, All At Sea notes, its distillers use their nose rather than instruments to judge the cut, leaving a sweet-nosed high wine most producers strip out. All At Sea found a wonderful vanilla note engulfing the senses, becoming buttery butterscotch hard candy on the palate, with orange and almond on further sips, smooth and satisfying. Drinkhacker: instant butterscotch and cotton candy, coconut, a little funk, and coffee-like sherry on a husky finish. Honest note: it's an aged white rather than a neutral one, and the sherry component gives it personality some find busy. For a Hemingway Daiquiri, a Mojito, a Piña Colada, or neat as the rare sippable blonde, it's Papa's lighter side.

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