Roaming Road 12 Year Old Jamaica Rum
Roaming Road 12 Year Old Jamaica Rum is a single-cask Jamaican rum from Roaming Road Spirits, the independent bottling project of founder Mike Gilmore, distilled from molasses on a pot still and bottled at cask strength, 64.1% ABV (128.2 proof), in a 750mL bottle. It aged twelve years in a single first-fill bourbon cask in American oak, with no added sugars and no additives, and it is a medium-ester marque — the Jamaican classification that balances fruity complexity with approachability. Like every Roaming Road release, it is a one-off cask of 250 bottles or fewer, bottled at Bardstown Bourbon Company in Kentucky and never repeated; Roaming Road does not name the distillery on the label, which is common with Jamaican casks sold to independent bottlers. It is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor.
- Proof / ABV: 128.2 proof (64.1% ABV), cask strength
- Size: 750mL
- Age: 12 years
- Distillation: Pot still, 100% pure sugar cane molasses — medium ester marque
- Cask: Single first-fill bourbon cask, American oak
- Outturn: 250 bottles or fewer, single cask
- Origin: Jamaica
Twelve Years of Tropical Funk, Folded Into Oak
Jamaica is the home of the heaviest, most aromatic rum style in the world, built on long fermentations that generate the esters drinkers call funk — overripe banana, pineapple and a savory, almost industrial edge. A dozen years in wood is enough to fold that intensity into something rounder without losing it, and the bottler describes this cask as a perfectly balanced medium-ester expression: a vivid symphony of rich tropical fruits and classic banana notes, all beautifully integrated by the cask's influence. Jamaican rum at this age and proof is normally the territory of European bottlers, which makes a US-bottled example worth attention. Explore more in our rum collection and the wider spirits shelves.
Tasting Notes
Rich tropical fruit and classic banana over authentic Jamaican funk, with the first-fill bourbon cask adding vanilla and oak weight beneath the esters — soulful, vivid and fully integrated after twelve tropical years.
How to Enjoy
Serve it neat and add water slowly — at 128.2 proof it opens in stages, and a single bottle carries roughly the spirit of two and a half standard-proof rums. For more small-outturn bottles, see the rare and top shelf collection.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does medium ester mean?
Jamaican distilleries classify their pot-still marques by ester level. A medium-ester marque sits between the clean, light styles and the wildest high-ester funk — fruity and characterful, but balanced enough to sip.
Which distillery made this rum?
Roaming Road does not name the distillery on the label, which is common with Jamaican casks sold to independent bottlers. What is certain is the format: one pot-still cask, twelve years in a first-fill bourbon barrel, no blending and no sweetening.
How strong is it and what size is the bottle?
Cask strength at 64.1% ABV (128.2 proof), in a 750mL bottle, with no added sugars or additives.
Pick up Roaming Road Jamaica 12 Year at Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA — Jamaican funk at full cask strength.