Saint James 1885 Archival Series A fan of long-haul travel

A fan of long-haul travel

known as the Bay Rum Tree - the national tree of Trinidad and Tobago

1998Age: 20 yearsStrength: 62

called Kinbaku-bi

Saint James 1885 Archival Series A fan of long-haul travelAmongst rum enthusiasts there are few bottles so hallowed as this, a relic of a bygone age that exists today only through the strangest quirk of fate. Distilled in 1885 at Plantation des Saint James prior to the advent of pasteurisation and stainless steel fermentation vessels the juice had to be gently heated to 40 degrees C prior to fermentation in open wooden containers. With the eruption of Mount Pelee in 1902 destroying the entirety of stock