English Harbour Port Cask Finish Antigua Rum

English Harbour Port Cask Finish is Antigua Distillery's most exciting and fruit-forward expression — a small-batch limited release that takes their beloved 5 Year Old and transforms it through one of the most storied port cask finishing programs in rum. Starting with the standard English Harbour 5 Year Old aged in ex-bourbon American oak casks, the rum is then transferred for up to six months into 200-year-old Royal Oporto port barrels from Porto, Portugal — the birthplace of the Portuguese founders of Antigua Distillery Limited — for a finishing period that fundamentally changes the character of what's inside. The connection between port and this distillery is deeply personal, not just stylistic. The result compared favorably to Foursquare Port Cask Finish — high praise indeed. The nose is immediately inviting with white peach, floral honey, oaky vanilla, dark fruits, and blackcurrant jam, while the palate delivers rich dark fruits, thick caramel, sweet peaches, plums, berries, light tobacco, and a spicy kick of black peppercorn — finishing medium-long and warm with spice, light caramel, plum, and faint florals. Bottled at 46% ABV, non-chill filtered, numbered bottles. Reviewers at the Antigua Distillery called it the best of their three cask-finish expressions. Buy English Harbour Port Cask Finish Rum online with fast shipping right to your door.