Richland Single Estate Old Georgia Cask Strength

It's like everything is just right. It's a really clean sipping rum, smooth and minimum heat despite ~55%

I have a bottle from cask 226. I think the sticker said it was 111 proof alcohol, but I washed the bottle due to corona virus concerns and the sticker was damaged. In any case, it's strong stuff, with strong flavors and an equally strong aftertaste. There is something amazingly pleasant about taking a smol sip (yes, I know) from a glass of this stuff. You just can't mistake this stuff for it's weaker cousins.

About the taste of this bottle. It's not really sweet, so it does not have anything to hide the sharp alcohol characteristics and powerful rum flavor. Which is exactly what I want when purchasing "cask strength" anything. This is best described as a strong sipping rum.

A little pricey and plenty strong at 111 proof, this rum is a refreshing change of pace for a sipper. My favorite Richland is their rum aged in a milk stout barrel....sounds awful but tastes wonderful....

Very strong flavor, best straight up. I believe the little bit of water from the ice helps. I’m not a on the rocks drinker, but this rum might benefit from that also.

It’s like a soft, smooth, rich whiskey! As you add water and keep proofing it down, more and different notes open up letting you know it’s grass and not grain distillate.

Aged ~7 years in charred, virgin oak barrels in south GA with 100+ degree summers and mild 50+ winters imparts the same oakiness of a Kentucky bourbon twice that age.

Absolutely unlike any Caribbean, South or Central American rum. Opens up with some water. Not hot at 113.5pf but far too much charred oak - loses too many of the sugarcane’s vegetal character. 7 years of aging in Caribbean heat is not much in overused barrels but charred virgin oak imparts so much oakiness in the first few years (especially this far south of Kentucky) that 7 years is too long to age this rum and keep it even remotely recognizable as a rum!