What is Jamaican rum?
Jamaican rum: Rum from Jamaica, often pot-distilled with long fermentations. "Hogo" or "funk" is its signature.
- Category
- Spirit
- Taste
- Overripe banana, pineapple, a bold funky fruitiness.
- Strength
- About 40-63% ABV
- Similar to
- other dark rums, but louder
- Also called
- jamaican, hogo, funky rum, pot still rum
The story
Jamaican distillers ferment for days and use "dunder" (leftovers from earlier distillations) to build big fruity esters. That funk is called hogo, from the French haut goût, "high taste."