Kirk & Sweeney Rum

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  Kirk & Sweeney Gran Reserva Dominican Republic Rum 70 cl 40%

  Item no.: 059763-615-1031

  The schooner Kirk and Sweeney once sailed rum into the USA during prohibition - today the name lives on in a bottle where even the cork has a story to tell.

  Expert Description

  Kirk & Sweeney Gran Reserva is a Rum from the Dominican Republic, a blend of rums aged in American and French oak casks and bottled at 40%.

  Gran Reserva is the more mature expression in the Kirk & Sweeney range, produced like its siblings by J. Armando Bermudez & Co. in Santiago de los Caballeros. The name comes from a famous smuggling schooner that carried rum from the Caribbean into dry USA in the 1920s - a chapter of rum history the brand carries in both its name and its details.

  Around the cork sits a thin brass band with coordinates pointing back to the American east coast, where the smuggling ship was once discovered - a small, tangible reminder of where the rum's story truly begins.

  Tasting Notes

  Nose

  Dark caramel, dried fruit and a warm, spiced wood note.

  Palate

  Full-bodied with cane sugar, raisin and toasted oak, rounded off by a soft vanilla sweetness.

  Finish

  Long and warm with lingering wood and spice.

  Specifications

  Name: Kirk & Sweeney Gran Reserva
  Bottler: J. Armando Bermudez & Co.
  Region/Country: Dominican Republic
  Type: Rum
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: American and French oak casks
  EAN no.: 856442005086
  Serving suggestion: Neat, on the rocks or in a rum old fashioned
  

  Flavour Profile

  Spiced · Caramel · Oak · Full-Bodied

  Did You Know?

  The schooner Kirk and Sweeney was eventually tracked down and seized by American authorities - but the name found new life decades later as a tribute brand to the era when rum was contraband.

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  • 46,75
    1pcs.
    42,00EUR
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  Kirk & Sweeney Gran Reserva Superior Dominican Republic Rum 40%

  Item no.: 22227865479-1106-19728043214

  Named after a smuggling schooner from Prohibition-era history that carried rum from the Caribbean to the northeastern United States, this Dominican rum is built on a solera-inspired blend of multiple ages.

  Expert Description

  Kirk & Sweeney Gran Reserva Superior is a Dominican Republic Rum, a solera-inspired blend of multiple ages, bottled at 40%.

  The Kirk & Sweeney brand is named after a famous wooden-rigged smuggling schooner that, during the early years of American Prohibition, carried rum from the Caribbean to the northeastern United States. The rum is distilled in Santiago de los Caballeros in the Dominican Republic and builds on a classic Dominican style, where several ages are blended to achieve a gentle, round character with deep mahogany colour and golden reflections.

  The result is a full-bodied, complex rum that moves from fresh, sweet sensations to dried fruit and a well-balanced finish.

  Tasting Notes

  Nose

  Caramel, vanilla and roasted nuts with a fine oak note, accompanied by light fruit sweetness.

  Palate

  Full-bodied and smooth with roasted fruit, caramel, honey and a light, spiced woodiness.

  Finish

  Long, smooth and harmonious with a pleasant fruit sweetness and a hint of sherry.

  Specifications

  Name: Kirk & Sweeney Gran Reserva Superior
  Bottler: Kirk & Sweeney
  Region/Country: Dominican Republic
  Type: Blended Rum
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 70 CL

  Flavour Profile

  Caramel-forward · Nutty · Gentle · Full-bodied · Sweet

  Did You Know?

  The ship Kirk & Sweeney was one of the most notorious smuggling schooners during American Prohibition, known for carrying large quantities of rum from the Caribbean to the US east coast.

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  • 53,50
    1pcs.
    48,25EUR
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  Kirk & Sweeney Reserva Dominican Republic Rum 70 cl 40%

  Item no.: 059555-4123

  Pull the cork on a bottle of Kirk & Sweeney and you get more than a dram - you get a piece of prohibition-era rum-running history, hidden in the cork itself.

  Expert Description

  Kirk & Sweeney Reserva is a Rum from the Dominican Republic, a blend of rums aged 3 to 14 years in American and French oak casks and bottled at 40%.

  The rum is produced by J. Armando Bermudez & Co. in Santiago de los Caballeros and named after the famous schooner Kirk and Sweeney, used in the 1920s to smuggle rum from the Caribbean into the USA during prohibition. The blend of younger and older rums from 3 to 14 years gives the bottle its mahogany colour and full, layered character.

  Kirk & Sweeney Reserva is made from traditional sugarcane molasses and carefully aged in American and French oak casks, which help give the rum its characteristic depth of dried fruit and toasted wood.

  Tasting Notes

  Nose

  Cane sugar, dried fruit and soft vanilla.

  Palate

  Full and round with dried figs and raisins, toasted oak and a light nutty tone.

  Finish

  Soft and warm with lingering vanilla and wood.

  Specifications

  Name: Kirk & Sweeney Reserva
  Bottler: J. Armando Bermudez & Co.
  Region/Country: Dominican Republic
  Type: Rum
  Age: 3-14 years
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: American and French oak casks
  EAN no.: 856442005086
  Serving suggestion: Neat, on the rocks or in a rum old fashioned
  

  Flavour Profile

  Dried Fruit · Vanilla · Oak · Round

  Did You Know?

  Around the cork sits a thin brass band engraved with the coordinates 40°34'57.62"-73°19'2.14", leading to Jones Beach - the site where the smuggling ship Kirk and Sweeney was once seized. The cork itself reads: "Kirk and Sweeney seized January 1924."

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  • 40,00
    1pcs.
    36,00EUR