Post #349417 by johnman on Thu, Dec 13, 2007 6:37 PM

Well after a ton of shoveling snow it is now time for a nice reward. Let's crack out the Tew!

First off, here's a shot of the bottle. As you can see it has a nice black wax seal at the top. It is also totally clear giving us a nice view of the dark rum that awaits inside.

This is undoubtedly a new rum seeing I'm holding a bottle from barrel 3.

I'll be back shortly with an edit. It is now time to crack the seal and see what this stuff tastes like. I'll be doing a straight tasting and then testing it out in a Mai Tai along with some St. James Royal Ambre. Stay tuned...

Ok - this stuff is good. First it has a very pleasant smell. I'm getting the molasses and I guess the oak (haven't sniffed much oak lately so can't tell!). For taste the description the distiller gave is dead on, "Sweet caramel and molasses up front followed by vanilla and oak flavors". Again can't vouch for the oak so much but the caramel, molasses and vanilla are all there. Believe it or not, there is very little burn with this rum. You can actually sip this one. I'm almost wondering if I should forgo the Mai Tai. Nah, gotta do it!

Well New England Ohana - we have a local winner here. Scottes (or anyone for that matter) if you're in the West Warwick area anytime in the near future stop in for a sample. I'd be curious as to what your take is on the Tew.

Now it is time to test out this stuff in a cocktail. One Mai Tai coming up! I'll also be using the Ferara Orgeat syrup for the first time as well. I'll post the results of that tasting later...

[ Edited by: johnman 2007-12-13 18:55 ]