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I love this one for mixed drinks. Love it in an old fashioned, dark & stormy, rum & coke, Hemingway daquari, mai thai... I've purchased and finished several bottles of this the past few years.
Let's get this straight up front - this is not flavored artificially with pineapple flavoring. It is a blend of two rum expressions as follows: #1. Pineapple bark is added to their white 3-star rum then distilled together #2. Pineapple fruit is infused into dark rum #3. These two are blended together for the final product.
I think a fair amount of people would get good hints of a fragrant smell/taste, but most likely wouldn't peg it as pineapple. It is perfectly balanced with a light touch of sweetness, and interesting flavor notes, but not at all pineapple like you might expect.
I'm really, really loving the Plantation Rums these past two years.
Tasted at Laka Lono on June 27, 2021 as my 50th rum in the Kill Devil Rum Club, woot!
Served by TommyDux.
Kind of hot, and I'm not sure I actually taste pineapple, but this is a solid rum. Original notes give it a 4+ out of 5.
Edit: tasted at Mitch e Amaro in North KC during Lei Away September 1 2023
Appearance: kind of a weird amber
Aroma: butter rum and pineapple
Flavor: so delicious, pineapple goodness
Rhum très agréable beaucoup moins doux que l'on pourrait le penser. On est loin des rhums arrangés.
Tasted good I don’t taste the pineapple so much but I’m not a rum professional but still like it have to do a edit drank some tonight and got me f up damn I’m starting to like this more
Pretty good in general. Very nice tropical notes, would love to try a stronger version above 40%
Easy to consume with pineapple or orange juice. Plantation is one of the better brands I’ve tried
The nose is sweet but not overly so.
"Smells very much of fresh pineapple as opposed to sweetened tinned pineapple."
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Okay...for those of you who do not know there actually was no "Rev. Stiggins". Stiggins was a fictional character from Charles Dickens' "Pickwick Papers" who was a hypocritical character in of itself. However pineapple rum apparently was a popular drink of the time especially for those fortunate enough to visit the West Indies in the 19th century. All of that, and more, is explained on the label (which has a style that harkens back to the 19th century) of this rum from C. Ferrand's Plantation brand.
Now my observations, thoughts, and opinions...
The aroma in my snifter is outstanding. A good dark rum aroma mixed with a mild pineapple. The color is a rather dark amber with a reddish tinge. The flavor is flat-out awesome. A very real pineapple flavor with a nice bit of sweetness (somewhat sugared from what I found from online sources but taste-wise it doesn't seem overly done). Nothing overpowering in the pineapple and definitely doesn't taste artificial nor cloyingly sweet like the cheap flavored rums. Even has some butteriness to it. This is the real deal. At 80 proof (40% ABV) this is clearly a real rum infused with pineapple and not a rum liqueur. It does have somewhat of a burn. I could see this being acceptable for some as a sipping rum if one is desiring a good pineapple rum. Personally I would not prefer this as a sipping rum. It does have a slight bite in the finish...perhaps just a little bitterness perhaps from any oak used to age the dark rum.
One online source imparts this information:
"After trying several varieties of pineapples, they fittingly settled on the Queen Victoria. Macerating the pineapple in Plantation Dark rum for three months imparted the flavors fully, but they did not stop there. The pineapple rinds were also macerated for three months to extract the oils. This rind-infused macerate was then re-distilled and added back to the pineapple-infused rum to add brightness and complexity."
Now that's interesting! It appears they went the extra mile to create a unique rum and they have.
This rum's greatest strengths are in mixed drinks especially fruit-based ones (pineapple daiquiri anyone???). This also works quite well, surprisingly, in Coke Zero as well. In my humble opinion, no Tiki bar worth its salt should be without a supply of this rum. If you frequent any such bar lacking Plantation's Stiggin's Fancy Pineapple infused rum, I suggest you request...no DEMAND they obtain it as soon as possible.
I really recommend this rum if you can find it.