Matusalem Gran Reserva 18 Rum
  • Category Rum
  • Country Barbados
  • Distillery Matusalem
  • Age 18 Year Old
  • Style Dark Rum
  • Maturation ex-Bourbon American oak barrels
  • Alcohol 40%*
*please note that the ABV of this bottle may vary California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 WARNING.
  • fruit
  • sugar
  • sweet
  • caramel
  • vanilla
  • nutty
  • floral
  • molasses
  • spicy

Matusalem

Gran Reserva 18 Rum (0.75l, 40%*) *please note that the ABV of this bottle may vary
Price $39.99

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An honorable Gran Reserva Rum, aged Solera style for up to 18 years.

When you hear the name Matusalem, you can probably guess we ain’t talking about no new kid on the block. In the Old Testament, Matusalem would live up to be a 969-year-old and while Matusalem Rum hasn’t been around for 969 years as it was founded in 1872 in Santiago de Cuba by Benjamin and Eduardo Camp, the idea behind the name was – timelessness. The most sought-after Rum during Cuba’s Golden Age – you know, when all the artists wanted to be there, including Hemingway who even ended up living there – Matusalem never followed trends, but instead opted for the classics. Named the Cognac of Rums for using Solera ageing, today, Matusalem is bottled in the Dominican Republic as the family initially producing it went into exile after Castro gained control of the country.

Matusalem Gran Reserva 18 is made from Caribbean molasses. The process begins with an exclusive blend of Rums aged Solera style. This means some of the Rums in this concoction are aged up to 18 years. Solera ageing is usually reserved for Cognacs and how it goes is that basically, you've got a series of casks with Rums of different ages. The casks with the older Rums are emptied (But never fully!) and re-filled with younger ones – and so on, until the youngest cask is filled with new Rum. This helps the youth to mature faster. Anyway, Gran Reserva 18 is aged in ex-Bourbon American oak barrels, which means a dazzling coppery color and a sophisticated, woody palate. Bottled at 80 proof, this is one stunning example of what Solera ageing can do.

  • Category Rum
  • Country Barbados
  • Distillery Matusalem
  • Age 18 Year Old
  • Style Dark Rum
  • Maturation ex-Bourbon American oak barrels
  • Alcohol 40%*
*please note that the ABV of this bottle may vary California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 WARNING.

Appearance / Color
Copper

Nose / Aroma / Smell
Caramel, vanilla, oak, baking spices, nuts and tobacco.

Flavor / Taste / Palate
Sweet with notes of vanilla, nutmeg. Baking spices, walnuts, and chocolate.

Finish
Long

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  • fruit
  • sugar
  • sweet
  • caramel
  • vanilla
  • nutty
  • floral
  • molasses
  • spicy
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Character Dogson
Next time you have a tipple of Rum you can say that you're tapping the Admiral. This intriguing phrase comes from the great Admiral Nelson who was killed in the battle of Trafalgar off of Spain. The story is that his body was preserved in Rum to be shipped back to England but, when the barrel arrived, some of the Rum was missing and said to have been siphoned off by some desperate or unknowing sailors. It's a great story but most likely false.
Rum used to be accepted as a form of currency in Europe and Australia, a practice we should probably bring back into fashion.
Rum is a sugar cane based spirit, primarily made in the Caribbean and Latin America, but you can really find Rum in many corners of the world.
Rum used to be accepted as a form of currency in Europe and Australia, a practice we should probably bring back into fashion.
Mount Gay Rum is the oldest existing Rum company in the World dating back to 1705. This is also the year Guy Fawkes tried to blow up Britain’s Parliament.
Rum (usually) comes from molasses, the sweet and syrupy residue of refining sugarcane into sugar. Molasses is over 50% sugar, but it also contains significant amounts of minerals and other trace elements, contributing to the final flavor.
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Dog Dogson's Smartass corner
Character Dogson
Next time you have a tipple of Rum you can say that you're tapping the Admiral. This intriguing phrase comes from the great Admiral Nelson who was killed in the battle of Trafalgar off of Spain. The story is that his body was preserved in Rum to be shipped back to England but, when the barrel arrived, some of the Rum was missing and said to have been siphoned off by some desperate or unknowing sailors. It's a great story but most likely false.
Rum used to be accepted as a form of currency in Europe and Australia, a practice we should probably bring back into fashion.
Rum is a sugar cane based spirit, primarily made in the Caribbean and Latin America, but you can really find Rum in many corners of the world.
Rum used to be accepted as a form of currency in Europe and Australia, a practice we should probably bring back into fashion.
Mount Gay Rum is the oldest existing Rum company in the World dating back to 1705. This is also the year Guy Fawkes tried to blow up Britain’s Parliament.
Rum (usually) comes from molasses, the sweet and syrupy residue of refining sugarcane into sugar. Molasses is over 50% sugar, but it also contains significant amounts of minerals and other trace elements, contributing to the final flavor.
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