Hamilton Jamaican Pot Still Black Rum
Hamilton Jamaican Pot Still Black Rum is a 750mL Jamaican rum at 46.5% ABV — 93 proof — a blend of extra light, light and heavy pot still rums, all distilled from fermented molasses at Worthy Park Estate in Jamaica's Vale of Lluidas. It is an unaged pot still rum: its black colour comes from double-strength black cane-sugar caramel, not from a cask, and it is shipped at 85% ABV to Five & 20 Spirits in Westfield, New York, where it is diluted and coloured for bottling. It is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor.
- ABV: 46.5% (93 proof)
- Size: 750mL
- Origin: Worthy Park Estate, Vale of Lluidas, Jamaica — single distillery
- Style: Unaged pot still rum (extra light, light and heavy marques); colour from black cane-sugar caramel
- Bottling: Diluted and coloured at Five & 20 Spirits, Westfield, NY
Black From Caramel, Funk From the Pot Still
Ed Hamilton has confirmed directly that this rum never saw the inside of a cask — the darkness is Sethness black caramel, and everything else in the glass is Worthy Park: estate molasses, pot stills, and the overripe-banana funk the estate is famous for, at a working 93 proof. That honesty is the point of the Ministry of Rum range. See the range on the Hamilton vendor page or browse more rum and spirits.
Tasting Notes
From Hamilton's product sheet: over-ripe bananas dominate the aroma, yielding to spice, sugar cane and ripe fruit in the body; the finish echoes the aroma, with ripe bananas and vegetal notes.
How to Enjoy
A dark-rum float with real funk for Mai Tais and Jungles Birds, a Corn 'n' Oil with backbone, or the dark half of a split-base Daiquiri.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is it aged for five years? No — despite an old product-sheet line repeated by many retailers, Hamilton has confirmed the rum is unaged; its colour is black cane-sugar caramel.
Where does the colour come from? Double-strength black cane-sugar caramel (Sethness, non-GMO, no corn syrup), added at bottling in New York.
How strong is it? 46.5% ABV — 93 proof.
Unaged, unapologetic Worthy Park funk — buy Hamilton Pot Still Black online from Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.