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Amrut Two Indies Rum
I heard about this product when attending a rum show in Florida a few years ago. This spirit is a blend of rums from Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana and pot still Indian rum made from “Jaggery” a sugar cane juice concentrate used to make confections for the India market. The four rums are blended at Amrut Distillery located in Kambipura, India and bottled at 42.8% ABV. The bottle label has B. No.38 SEP 2017 which leads me to believe it was bottled that month and year.
Amrut Indies Two Rum
Appearance
The rum bottle comes in a cardboard cylinder with tin bottom and lid. The bottle is a 750 mL long handle bottle. It has a plastic cap and diffuser that functioned well unlike many I have encountered. The container and bottle labels provide some information and the rest I learned researching it online. The liquid holds a golden amber color in the bottle and glass. Agitating the liquid creates a thin band that slowly thickens before releasing fast moving legs down the sides of the glass.
Nose
The aroma provides notes of banana flambé, lemon zest, cinnamon, cloves, mace, Madagascar vanilla with a raw ethanol/ripe mango twang at the end.
Palate
During the first sip the vanilla and cinnamon notes coat the palate immediately followed with a rush of heat and cedar notes. Additional sips revel notes of cooked Banana, char, mandarin orange, green olives and dark roasted cashews. The clove note comes in strong and lingers in a long dry mineral rich finish.
Review
I like rums that are different and Amrut Two Indies clearly has its own identity in the rum spectrum. Not particularly smooth and definitely a bit hot for general sipping, but when tested in punches and cocktails its flavor profile holds up nicely with Tiki cocktails that have strong fruit bases like the Fog Cutter and Zombie. Overall a unique and interesting rum blend that is worth exploring with your favorite cocktails.
