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Saltwater Woody Grilled Pineapple Rum
I was shopping in Atlanta and came across this rum. I have had a few grilled pineapple rums over the years and just had to give this one a try out of sheer curiosity. The label did not provide a lot of information other than the rum was bottled by Sailor Spirits LLC in Statesville, North Carolina at 35% ABV with saltwater. The company website cut through the marketing “stuff” and romanticized origin story and boiled it down to three friends getting together and through trial and error creating this rum line that includes original, grapefruit, real lemon and grilled pineapple flavors.
Saltwater Woody Grilled Pineapple Rum
Appearance
The bottle is a standard 750 ml glass bottle with a green plastic screw cap. As mentioned, the colorful labels provide a small amount of information about the product. The liquid is a bright yellow color in the bottle and looks just like pineapple juice in the glass.
Nose
No real surprise, the rum has a strong pineapple note with a nip of alcohol.
Palate
As expected, sipping the rum delivered a strong punch of pineapple with the rum drifting in behind it with the slightest hint of smoke. The saltwater used to blend the rum does not really manifest as a flavor but is detectable in the overall mouthfeel. The finish of the rum ends quickly with a nice pineapple twang.
Review
Anytime I evaluate a flavored rum product I pose the question: “does it achieve the desired flavor?” In this case they certainly created a product with a bold pineapple flavor. However, compared to other grilled pineapple rums I have had, I certainly missed the “grilled” part. The hint of the smoke in the flavor profile is the closest it gets to it. I mixed it with lemon-lime soda and together with the rum it created a pleasant high ball cocktail that was not overly sweet and really enhanced the pineapple fruit flavor of the rum. By design the products created for the flavored rum category are engineered to be mixed in cocktails and this rum fits the bill for any recipe requiring a pineapple rum.
