Wray and Nephew The best-selling high proof rum in the world. 90% of rum sales in Jamaica are of Wray and Nephew. Overproof is a very potent spirit indeed!
The nose is fruity. Notes of molasses and spice. The palate is fruity and a little spirity. There are notes of banana and Demerara as well as spice and a little oak. The finish is long and spiced.
Wray & Nephew albeit it is no longer owned locally in Jamacia, the taste of this rum has not lost any of it authenticity, yes it is still strong, and as said below, excellent mixed with fruit cocktails, a TING, and or Lime. This rum is the essence of white rum, without added malasses. Drink responsibly, and enjoy the ride ...
If I had to pick one rum to take to my desert island, it would be this. Crabbies, Green's Ginger Wine, ice, lime and a healthy slug of this = heaven.
Aroma of slight orange and strong spirit oddly! Spice but cannot tell what as overall just hot on the tongue. No sense of fruit. Rocket/fuel. Eased with Coke. Maybe best as a kicker into a cocktail tho? 6.5
This white rum from Wray and Nephew is my first choice for rum-based cocktails. From a summer time/ anytime rum punch, long and sweet with fruit juices, sour with a good hit of freshly squeezed limes and strong with W&N Overproof. perfect for 'liming' (Jamaican for chilling out with friends, playing dominoes, catching a breeze and joke with good friends and new. It is deceptively, smooth and easy but when you rise to leave, your legs might not be as they were when you first sat down! My mother has been known to add a bit to a baby's bathwater too, if suffering with a cold, teething or struggling to sleep! Very much a staple in Jamaican families drinks' cabinet.
It depends on what you want. Mix this 50/50 with a blanc agricole or an aged rum in a cocktail, and it will give it real oomph and sparkle. For me, those combos lift everyone from 5 or 6 out of 10 to a 7. Personally, I like mixing this with Copalli. It's not as awesome as a Clairin in a Hurricane, but it's not a lion miles away and it's much cheaper! Smell is citrus-y and slightly vegetal. Taste is very dry, savoury to start with a creeping chemical sweetness followed by a long finish of gentle burn, citrus, sugar, solvent and lip smacking dryness. Surprisingly drinkable neat. Much more approachable, and less tasty, than Hampden Rum Fire. Funk up your cocktails, folk! It only gets a 3 star because Clairin kicks it into next week.
