Single Cask Nation Epris 10 Year Old Brazilian Rum 2011
Single Cask Nation Epris 10 Year Old Brazilian Rum 2011 is a 52.6% ABV (105.2 proof) cask-strength rum in a 750mL bottle — distilled in May 2011 at the Epris Distillery in São Roque, Brazil, aged 10 years in a single first-fill bourbon hogshead (Cask #113), and bottled uncut in September 2021 with no added sugar or coloring, just 260 bottles, available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.
- ABV: 52.6% (105.2 proof) — bottled at natural cask strength
- Size: 750mL
- Distilled: May 2011, Epris Distillery, São Roque, Brazil (column still, molasses)
- Aging: 10 years in first-fill bourbon hogshead, Cask #113; bottled September 2021
- Bottles: only 260 — no added sugar, no coloring
- Bottler: Single Cask Nation, founded by Joshua Hatton & Jason Johnstone-Yellin (One Nation Under Whisky podcast)
One Cask, 260 Bottles
Single Cask Nation began as a membership society of whisky and spirits obsessives and grew into one of the most transparent independent bottlers in the business. This release is a single cask of Brazilian rum — distilled in May 2011 at the Epris Distillery in São Roque, aged a full decade in one first-fill bourbon hogshead, and bottled uncut at 52.6% with nothing added and nothing taken away. (One source lists 57.2% ABV — retailer consensus and the bottle point to 52.6%.) See more from Single Cask Nation, browse our rum collection, or compare another long-aged cane spirit like Joel Richard.
Tasting Notes
Bright copper in the glass. The nose is warm and complex — pineapple upside-down cake, vanilla ice cream, pine sap, salted black licorice, and pipe tobacco. The palate is oily and mouth-coating: salted black licorice, cherry pipe tobacco, pineapple core, and tamarind paste, with licorice and pipe tobacco lingering into an espresso-like finish.
How to Enjoy
At cask strength this is a taster's rum — pour neat and add water a few drops at a time to open it up. Built for a rum tasting flight, not a mixer; treat it the way you would a single-barrel bourbon.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Epris Brazilian rum the same as cachaça?
Epris makes sugarcane spirits in São Roque, Brazil; this Single Cask Nation release is labeled and bottled as rum — one cask, uncut, from a first-fill bourbon hogshead.
What does cask strength mean?
The rum was bottled at its natural barrel strength of 52.6% ABV with no dilution, no added sugar, and no coloring.
Who is Single Cask Nation?
An independent bottler founded by Joshua Hatton and Jason Johnstone-Yellin, hosts of the One Nation Under Whisky podcast — specializing in transparent, full-flavor single casks.
When it's gone, it's gone — secure your bottle of this 260-bottle single cask online at Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.