Goslings Family Reserve Old Rum 40%

Description

Goslings Family Reserve Old Rum is a premium Bermudan rum and the oldest expression in the Goslings range. It is made only in small batches and uses the same blend as the iconic Goslings Black Seal Rum, but is aged for between 16 and 19 years.

The result is a rich and complex rum, with notes of chocolate, leather, vanilla and a long, warming spicy finish. Best enjoyed as a sipping rum, neat or over ice. It is notable for being the only rum bottled in a Champagne bottle.

Goslings Family Reserve Old Rum Production

• Production process: Goslings Family Reserve Old Rum is made by fermenting naturally sweet molasses, a by-product of processing sugar cane.
• Recipe origin: Goslings Rum is made to a secret family recipe dating back nearly two hundred years.
• Ageing: The final blend consists of independently aged distillates, aged in once-used, charred American oak bourbon casks for between 16 and 19 years.
• Distillation method: Features a careful blend of aged pot still and continuous still distillates.
  • Pot still distillates impart rich flavour.
  • Continuous still distillates contribute subtle elegance.
• Strength: Bottled at 40% ABV.

About Goslings Rum: A Bermudan Icon

Goslings Rum was founded in Bermuda by James Gosling in December 1806. He had set sail for America to sell the ship’s £10,000 cargo, but, as the ship’s charter expired during the voyage, he ended up at the nearest port, which happened to be Bermuda. Gosling set up shop and moved into the company’s iconic Front Street premises in 1824, a store that they maintained for the next 127 years.

Why is Gosling’s Family Reserve Old Rum Presented in a Champagne Bottle?

What was to become Goslings rum was first formulated and sold from the Front Street premises in 1857. It was sold from the barrel, and customers would bring in bottles to be filled up with some of the smooth “Old Rum”. Eventually, Goslings found a ready supply of empty Champagne bottles, reclaimed from the local British Officers’ Mess. The bottles were sealed with cork and dipped in black wax.

The Goslings Black Seal

The “Old Rum” came to be known as Black Seal Rum due to the black wax used to seal the bottle and not the barrel-juggling black seal on the label. This came much later. In fact, the Black Seal logo, a play on words, was designed by family member, and Olympic diver, Francis “Goose” Gosling in 1949.