Ron Pelacañas Llamarada Still Strength Rum

Ron Pelacañas is rum made in tequila country: a small estate in Jalisco in the shadow of the Volcán de Tequila, where the same volcanic soil that grows blue agave grows sugarcane. Instead of molasses, Pelacañas presses its own estate-grown cane and ferments the fresh juice in wooden vats, then runs it through copper pot stills, which puts it in the agricole family alongside the rhums of Martinique and Guadeloupe and the clairins of Haiti, and a long way from the smooth, sweet rums most people associate with Mexico. Llamarada, named for a flame-colored flower that grows on the hacienda, is the still-strength bottling: no water added after distillation, so it lands around 108 to 110 proof depending on the batch, and the label carries the exact number. Despite the name, which also means fire burst, it isn't a brute. It's intensely fresh and forward, packed with tropical fruit and green sugarcane, with enough body and balance to sip neat with a splash of water. In a daiquiri or Ti' Punch it's a revelation.

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