{"product_id":"roaming-road-18-year-old-belize-rum","title":"Roaming Road 18 Year Old Belize Rum","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoaming Road 18 Year Old Belize Rum\u003c\/strong\u003e is a single-cask Belizean rum from Roaming Road Spirits, the independent bottling project of Mike Gilmore — a former Wyoming liquor store owner and respected barrel picker who launched the brand in September 2024 to bottle one-off casks of 250 or fewer bottles at Bardstown Bourbon Company in Kentucky, never to be repeated. This cask was distilled in Belize from 100% pure sugar cane molasses on a column still, aged and matured eighteen years in American oak — an ex-bourbon cask — and bottled at cask strength, 62.7% ABV (125.4 proof), in a 750mL bottle, with no added sugars and no additives. Belize has one rum distillery of note, Travellers Liquors in Belize City, a family operation that has been distilling molasses rum on column stills since the 1950s, and Belizean rum at this age is almost never bottled at full strength. It is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProof \/ ABV:\u003c\/strong\u003e 125.4 proof (62.7% ABV), cask strength\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 750mL\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAge:\u003c\/strong\u003e 18 years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDistillation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Column still, 100% pure sugar cane molasses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCask:\u003c\/strong\u003e American oak ex-bourbon cask — single cask\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e Belize, bottled by Roaming Road Spirits at Bardstown, Kentucky\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eEighteen Tropical Years in a Single Ex-Bourbon Cask\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoaming Road's Belize casks have quietly become favorites among independent-bottler collectors, and this one is the oldest yet: eighteen years of tropical maturation concentrated the Travellers molasses character into something dessert-like without ever turning cloying. Bottled straight from the one cask at 62.7% ABV with nothing added, it is a piece of Belizean distilling that will never be repeated. Collectors of ultra-aged rum should also browse our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/rum\"\u003erum\u003c\/a\u003e collection and the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/rare-top-shelf\"\u003erare and top shelf\u003c\/a\u003e shelves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTasting Notes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDried fruit, raisin, cola, brioche and baking spices — the pastry-and-dried-fruit profile drinkers prize in Travellers casks — over dark caramel, vanilla and seasoned oak, with the cask strength giving the finish real length.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHow to Enjoy\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eServe it neat in a proper glass and let the proof settle; a few drops of water open the raisin and brioche notes. More single-cask bottlings live across our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/spirits\"\u003espirits\u003c\/a\u003e range.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFrequently Asked Questions\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere was this rum distilled?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Belize — Roaming Road's Belize casks come from Travellers Liquors in Belize City, the family distillery that has made column-still molasses rum since the 1950s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow strong is it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBottled at cask strength, 62.7% ABV (125.4 proof), in a 750mL bottle, with no added sugars and no additives — a single cask of 250 or fewer bottles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs this the same as Roaming Road's 17 Year Belize?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo. The brand's first-wave Belize cask was a different barrel (17 years, 62.2% ABV). This bottle is its own cask: 18 years old at 62.7% ABV, per its label.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSecure Roaming Road Belize 18 Year at Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA — eighteen years, one cask, no second chance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roaming Road","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68095144263723,"sku":"DM17655L","price":199.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1277\/3667\/files\/roaming-road-18-year-old-belize-rum-600x800.jpg?v=1793472524","url":"https:\/\/www.delmesaliquor.com\/products\/roaming-road-18-year-old-belize-rum","provider":"Del Mesa Liquor","version":"1.0","type":"link"}