Spirit Specs
- Small Batch Distiller’s Choice Aged Rum
- Base: Hard Truth White Rum, aged in new barrels
- Bottled at 90 proof (45% ABV)
- Currently unavailable
Hard Truth
White Oak Reserve Rum
Silver medal, 2019 American Distilling Institute Craft Spirits Awards
Hard Truth White Oak Reserve Rum Small Batch No. 2 is unique unto itself — a pleasant variation on Hard Truth’s previous aged rum releases. Expect a level of familiarity while also experiencing a spirit that’s all its own, shaping the familiar into new and offering unique subtleties exclusive to this new batch.
This Hard Truth is best served: in an old fashioned with sugar and orange bitters; in eggnog or cream with with orange and nutmeg.
Explore:
Though it’s produced in Indiana, this single-barrel rum was made by fermenting the molasses and cane sugar base with a Caribbean yeast strain. It’s an interesting concept, intended to add subtle fruitiness. Look for a honey hue and a mild aroma that suggests allspice and oak. The first sips lead with drying oak but finish with mellower caramel, brown sugar and spice, plus a toasty hint of pecan.
Kara Newman, Liquor.com
Appearance
Clear cedarNose
Clove, rye,oak, and brown sugarTaste
Rich oak, smooth caramel, and rye spicinessFinish
Dry with hints of butterscotch and charred oak
