Post #534278 by swizzle on Fri, Jun 4, 2010 5:28 PM

Last night after reading the Ed Hamilton post mentioned by aquarj, I tried a couple of rums I've had on the shelf for well over 12 months and I "believe" that they did taste different to when I first bought them.
Ed quotes, "Oxidation is manifest in a diminishing of the body of a spirit like turning down the volume on the spirit body and finish". I have to say that, that seemed correct. Whilst the rums certainly didn't taste bad, or off, they definitely seemed to lack that strong character that I remember and enjoyed them for.

Now that we're on this topic, does anyone know about this rum and how old it might be? Besides what you can read in english everything else is in german. Just above the gold and red symbol on the left it says 1880, though I cant imagine it's that old.

I found this at a market a while ago and it's just been sitting in my bar. I've never though about drinking whats left in it, as you can see by the photo there's not much, I just like it as what Randy said, an old unopened mini to look at.