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Kirk & Sweeney Rum

   

Kirk & Sweeney Rum

Kirk & Sweeney was a wooden schooner, best known for smuggling rum from the Caribbean to the Northeast during the early years of Prohibition. In 1924, it was seized off the coast of New York with a massive amount of rum aboard.
The schooner was subsequently renamed “Chase” and pressed into duty as a Coast Guard trainer, serving until the late 1940’s when it was retired and salvaged.
  • Aroma: The aroma presents subtle notes of dried fruits and sweet, toasted breads, along with a base toffee, fresh honey and caramelized sugar. You can also appreciate a faint hint of almonds and vanilla.
  • Taste: Having spent 23 years in the barrel, this rum is as pleasantly complex as the nose and aging would suggest, offering a rich evolution on the mouth – from fresh, sweet sensations to dried fruits.
  • Finish: Finishing off each decadent sip, you’ll find endnotes that range from a distinct caramel, to sherry, to a well-balanced blend of almond and vanilla.

Where’s that sweetness come from?
Being a traditional Caribbean rum, Kirk and Sweeney is made with sugar cane, which along with some other trade secrets, yields a distinct and subtle sweet, vanilla oak taste.

The rum line
At the beginning of Prohibition, boats could legally stow rum as long as they were three nautical miles off the U.S. coast. In popular smuggling destinations, one could typical see several boats anchored on what became known as the “Rum Line."
  • Kirk & Sweeney
    Item no.: 22227865421-304
    Kirk & Sweeney 12 Year Dominican Republic Rum 40% The seal on the Kirk and Sweeney bottles hides a little subtlety. The cork is sealed with a thin brass-colored band with the latitude and longitude coordinates 40°34' 57.62" - 73°19' 2.14". The coordinates lead to Jones Beach, which in the 1920s was used to smuggle rum into the United States. Some of the smuggled rum that came to the US from the Caribbean was carried by the boat Kirk and Sweeney. The cork proudly holds the contents of the bottle. Pull it up and reveal a visual clue. The cork reads: "Kirk and Sweeney seized January 1924." Distillery: Kirk & Sweeney Age: 12 years Sistema Solera Type: Dominican Republic Alc. strength: 40% 75 cl. Other:
    • 1pcs.
      71,25EUR
  • Kirk & Sweeney 23 years
    Item no.: 22227865421-306
    Distillery: Kirk & Sweeney
    Age: 23 years Sistema Solera
    Type: Dominican Republic
    Alc. strength: 40 %
    75 cl.
    Other:
    • 85,50
      1pcs.
      57,00EUR
  • Kirk & Sweeney Gran Reserva Superior Dominican Republic Rum 40%
    Item no.: 22227865479-1106-19728043214
    Kirk & Sweeney Gran Reserva Superior Rum The seal on the Kirk and Sweeney bottles hides a little subtlety. The cork is sealed with a thin brass-colored band with the latitude and longitude coordinates 40°34' 57.62" - 73°19' 2.14". The coordinates lead to Jones Beach, which in the 1920s was used to smuggle rum into the United States. Some of the smuggled rum that came to the US from the Caribbean was carried by the boat Kirk and Sweeney. The cork proudly holds the contents of the bottle. Pull it up and reveal a visual clue. The cork reads: "Kirk and Sweeney seized January 1924." Distillery: Kirk & Sweeney Name: Gran Reserva Superior Type: Dominican Republic Alc. strength: 40% 70 cl.
    • 1pcs.
      71,25EUR