Review by: The Auditor
Review #1265; Rum #570
Arehucas is a rum distillery located in the village of Arcuas on Gran Canaria (Grand Canary Island). This distillery was founded in 1844 as “Fábrica San Pedro”, and originally mainly produced sugar and rum as a result of the agricultural practices. The sugar factory closed in the 1920s but was purchased by an ex-employee to make rum again.
For production methods, the rum is distilled from mostly estate grown cane that that is crushed for fresh pressed cane juice. The fresh pressed cane juice has pitched yeast where it ferments for 36 hours in large stainless steel vats. After fermentation they distill in a two-column setup, Columna destrozadora: steel and Columna concentradora: copper.
Distillate goes into the casks at 65%, 60%, and 40% abv. This distillery exclusive bottling aged for 15 years at location before being bottled with no additives or filtering.
All that out of the way, let us give it a taste.
Distillery: Arehucas
Bottler: Arehucas
Region: Canary Islands
Still: Column
ABV: 40%
Nose: Vanilla, Black Pepper, Allspice
Palate: Medium mouthfeel, Vanilla, Apple, Black Pepper, Allspice
Finish: Medium length finish, Vanilla, Apple, Black Pepper, Allspice
Conclusion: This is a very good quality rum. For the proof it hangs around and punches above with flavor. However, it is pretty barrel forward in terms of flavor profile. It doesn’t seem to have developed some of the more intense and interesting flavors of really old cane juice rums, but its still a very good rum. For a rum from a distillery I have no experience with or really didn’t know existed, this is quite good.
Final Score: 85
Scoring Legend:
- 95-100: As good as it gets. Jaw-dropping, eye-widening, unforgettable whisky.
- 90-94: Sublime, a personal favorite in its category.
- 85-89: Excellent, a standout dram.
- 80-84: Quite good. Quality stuff.
- 75-79: Decent whisky worth tasting.
- 70-74: Meh. It’s definitely drinkable, but it can do better.
- 60-69: Not so good. I might not turn down a glass if I needed a drink.
- 50-59: Save it for mixing.
- 0-49: Blech.
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