Cadenhead's Classic Rum

Dai · Post by **Dai** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 3:09 pm

Ordered some rum and decided to try out Cadenhead's classic Rum very nice it is and pretty strong @50% had to use a little water with it.

AK9 · Post by **AK9** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 3:49 pm

did you order any from the live cask of rum? They refreshed it recently.
They als have few bottles that are not in the website. PM if you want to find out which.

Dai · Post by **Dai** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 5:13 pm

AK9 wrote:did you order any from the live cask of rum? They refreshed it recently.
They als have few bottles that are not in the website. PM if you want to find out which.

Nah ordered it from masterofmalt I didn't know they even did a live cask.

AK9 · Post by **AK9** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 5:20 pm

i think fatrum had mentioned that they had put an.old rum in the cask in the past. when i was there they told me they refresh the cask when it gets to the middle.

Post by **Capn Jimbo** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 7:55 pm

Neat stuff, nice!

Dai · Post by **Dai** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 8:27 am

I'll have to look into the live cask it sounds interesting.

Hassouni · Post by **Hassouni** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 11:07 am

Yeah it's cool, you walk into their shop, and right there in the front room, hanging out with all the whisky, is an honest to god oak cask of rum.

The Fat Rum Pirate · Post by **The Fat Rum Pirate** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 5:04 pm

AK9 wrote:i think fatrum had mentioned that they had put an.old rum in the cask in the past. when i was there they told me they refresh the cask when it gets to the middle.

The lad from the Cadenhead's store in London told me (via email) that they had put some 25 year old Demerara in the cask when I asked what was in the bottle I had received.

From what I understand the Classic Rum and the Live Cask are the "odds and ends" of casks etc just mixed together - I don't think there is much consistency but the reality is you are getting a lot of very nice Demerara rum mixed in a bottle that will either cost you £30 or £50. Whilst it's not single cask stuff I have to say I doubt any serious rum lover would turn their nose up at it. It's seriously good stuff.

Since publishing my reviews I have had comments from a dozen people or more all saying what a good buy the Classic Rum was (and a fair few bought the Live Cask before it went out of circulation again!)

It's funny but sometimes I do know what I'm talking about

Dai · Post by **Dai** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 6:18 pm

The Fat Rum Pirate wrote:
AK9 wrote:i think fatrum had mentioned that they had put an.old rum in the cask in the past. when i was there they told me they refresh the cask when it gets to the middle.
The lad from the Cadenhead's store in London told me (via email) that they had put some 25 year old Demerara in the cask when I asked what was in the bottle I had received.

From what I understand the Classic Rum and the Live Cask are the "odds and ends" of casks etc just mixed together - I don't think there is much consistency but the reality is you are getting a lot of very nice Demerara rum mixed in a bottle that will either cost you £30 or £50. Whilst it's not single cask stuff I have to say I doubt any serious rum lover would turn their nose up at it. It's seriously good stuff.

Since publishing my reviews I have had comments from a dozen people or more all saying what a good buy the Classic Rum was (and a fair few bought the Live Cask before it went out of circulation again!)

It's funny but sometimes I do know what I'm talking about

If the classic is the dregs from old rum cask then I want to buried in one when I go. This stuff is good one of the best £33 I've spent on rum it's up there with the likes of Mount Gay XO or Seale's 10, Appleton 12. If you can get a bottle in your neck of the woods and it's reasonable then go for it.