Barbary Coast Agricole
Whereas Raff Distillerie, now in San Francisco’s Bayview, did originate on an island, it was the very un-tropical Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay. The distillery’s rhum agricole, made out of evaporated cane juice from Colombia, delivers a gentle, nuanced inexperienced taste that pairs effectively with tropical fruit. On the Kon-Tiki bar in Oakland, proprietor Christ Aivaliotis has discovered success pairing it with guava juice.
Barbary Coast Agricole Rhum, $92 for 2 bottles, obtainable from raffdistillerie.com
Wright & Brown Barrel Aged Rum
W&B Barrel Aged Rum has a wealthy, heavy character, with notes of leather-based, clove, pineapple, tobacco and lemon. For an much more intense expertise, search for the Oakland distillery’s Hogo Rum, aged in port casks.
Wright & Brown Barrel Aged Rum, $52 per bottle, obtainable from wbdistilling.com/
Seven Caves Roasted Peanut Rum
At San Diego’s Seven Caves Spirits, distiller Geoff Longenecker makes conventionally aged rums, however the Roasted Peanut Rum is without doubt one of the odder passions he indulges. The odor of the rum, all concrete and peanut shells, evokes a baseball stadium, whereas the candy, creamy taste conjures Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups with out devolving into saccharine sweet.
Seven Caves Roasted Peanut Rum, $40 per bottle, obtainable from the7caves.com
Mosswood Ume Rum
Husband-and-wife blenders Jake Chevedden and Therese Agnew aren’t distillers. At San Francisco’s Mosswood Spirits, they supply rum from Puerto Rico and Florida earlier than getting older, mixing and bottling in-house. They’ve designed blends for Bay Space bars together with Final Rites, Sobre Mesa, White Cap and The Treasury and promote bottles to the general public. Their Day Rum is prepared for year-round cocktailing, however every fall they launch a seasonal Ume Rum macerated with California-grown ume fruit. The tart, nutty spirit performs effectively with bubbly mixers.
Mosswood Ume Rum, $35 per bottle, obtainable every fall from umamimart.com amongst different websites
Greenbar Crusoe Spiced Rum
At L.A.’s Greenbar Distillery, distillers Melkon Khosrovian and Litty Mathew mimic flavors of uncooked sugar cane to provide their molasses-based rums recent, nuanced tastes. With notes of banana bread, allspice, candy peppers and cinnamon, the Crusoe Spiced Rum makes for a flavorful daiquiri (although you would possibly need to dial again the easy syrup to account for added sweetness within the rum).
Greenbar Crusoe Spiced Rum, about $34 per bottle, obtainable from Eataly Vino amongst different retailers
This story initially appeared in Los Angeles Times.
