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Especia
Pilipina’s Spiced Rum

Category: Spiced Rum

Date Tasted:
Country: Philippines
Alcohol: 40%
87 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended
$19

Especia
Pilipina’s Spiced Rum

Category: Spiced Rum

Date Tasted:
Country: Philippines
Alcohol: 40%
Gold color. Aromas and flavors of oatmeal raisin cookies, raisins, all the baking spices but heavy nutmeg dashed with cinnamon, and caramel and vanilla frosted gingerbread with a round, crisp, dryish medium body and a tingling, refreshing, medium-length finish that shows elements of cinnamon toast, nutmeg and cinnamon doughnut with vanilla frosting, gingersnap cookies, and banana bread. Not too sweet and loaded with layer upon layer of decadent baking spices; Rum and Coke all day.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Crisp & Lively
Aroma Aroma: oatmeal raisin cookies, raisins, all the baking spices but heavy nutmeg dashed with cinnamon, and caramel and vanilla frosted gingerbread
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with elements of cinnamon toast, nutmeg and cinnamon doughnut with vanilla frosting, gingersnap cookies, and banana bread
Smoothness Smoothness: Tingling
Enjoy Enjoy: shots, on the rocks and in cocktails
Cocktail Cocktails: Cuba Libre, Daiquiri Natural, Dark & Stormy
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Not too sweet and loaded with layer upon layer of decadent baking spices; Rum and Coke all day.

The Producer

Tanduay Distillers Inc.

The Producer
348 J. Nepomuceno St.
Manila, 1005
Philippines
63 -28184311

Their Portfolio

87 Especia Pilipina’s Spiced Rum 40% (Philippines) $19.00.
87 Especia Pilipina’s Spiced Rum 40% (Philippines) $19.00.
87 Especia Pilipina’s Spiced Rum 40% (Philippines) $19.00.

Spiced Rum

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Serve in a Shot Glass
Spiced rum is a type of flavored rum that incorporates a variety of spice flavors. In the past, major industrial examples of spiced rum utilized a myriad of added flavor compounds, sugar and coloring. Today, many craft and high-quality examples are using more natural production methods, whole spice maceration, and a base of high-quality aged rum. Spices used may include ginger, nutmeg, allspice, cinnamon, cardamom, orange peel, bay, vanilla and more. This style of rum is typically best in mixed drinks, as a flavorful shooter or used as a versatile cocktail ingredient.

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