{"id":1515,"date":"2012-04-01T15:18:16","date_gmt":"2012-04-01T14:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.charlosa.com\/blog\/?p=1515"},"modified":"2012-04-01T15:18:16","modified_gmt":"2012-04-01T14:18:16","slug":"the-rum-club-mezan-rum-sneak-peak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rum.charlosa.com\/blog\/rum\/the-rum-club-mezan-rum-sneak-peak","title":{"rendered":"The Rum Club &#8211; Mezan Rum (Sneak Peak)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.charlosa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/notting-hill-rum-club.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-519\" title=\"Notting Hill Rum Club\" src=\"http:\/\/www.charlosa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/notting-hill-rum-club.jpeg\" alt=\"Notting Hill Rum Club\" width=\"100\" height=\"148\" \/><\/a>Another month and another great rum brand is heading to the <a title=\"London Rum Club\" href=\"http:\/\/www.therumclub.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">London Rum Club<\/a> at <a title=\"Trailer Happiness\" href=\"http:\/\/www.trailerhappiness.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Trailer Happiness<\/a>. This time it&#8217;s the turn of <a title=\"Eaux de Vie\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eauxdevie.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">Eaux de Vie<\/a> and Mezan Rum. To quote their own fact sheet, &#8220;Mezan vintage rums are unblended rums from individual islands or countries in the West Indies and South or Central America, produced from a single vintage year&#8217;s distillation, aged in oak Barrique and bottled one cask at a time, when mature, under the supervision of our cellar master.&#8221;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1516\" title=\"Mezan Rum\" src=\"http:\/\/www.charlosa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/mezan-rum.jpg\" alt=\"Mezan Rum\" width=\"500\" height=\"345\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With a current selection of 7 rums, some of which are from distilleries that are no long in production, this unique range of bottlings are considered to be a true expression of the distillery and country in which they originate. Mezan achieves this with their promise that all of their vintage rums are; unblended, unsweetened, uncoloured and filtered through only a light gauze with no chill-filtration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The range currently consists of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Vintage Barrique Aged Jamaica Rum<\/strong> &#8211; Pot-distilled at the Hampden Distillery before being aged for 10 years.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vintage Barrique Aged Grenada Rum<\/strong> &#8211; Column-distilled at the Westerhall Distillery before being aged for 12 years.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vintage Barrique Aged Trinidad Rum<\/strong> &#8211; Column-distilled at the now closed Caroni Distillery before being aged for 19 years.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vintage Barrique Aged Guyana Rum<\/strong> &#8211; Column-distilled at the now closed Uitvlugt Distillery before being aged for 13 years.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vintage Barrique Aged Guyana Rum<\/strong> &#8211; Pot-distilled at the now closed Enmore Distillery before being aged for 20 years.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vintage Barrique Aged Panama Rum<\/strong> &#8211; Column-distilled at the Don Jose Distillery before being aged for 15 years.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Extra Old Barrique Aged Jamaica Rum<\/strong> \u00a0&#8211; Is a blend of Jamaican rums dating back to 1983, which were re-casked further develop before bottling.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So head down to Portobello Road&#8217;s Trailer Happiness on Monday 2nd April 2012 from 7pm onwards and all being well, you&#8217;ll get a chance to try the entire range and learn more about this fantastic range of rums. Further details can be found on the <a title=\"Mezan Rum @ The Rum Club\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/289702867768305\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mezan Rum @ The Rum Club Facebook page<\/a>. For those interested in learning more about the <a title=\"London Rum Club\" href=\"http:\/\/www.therumclub.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">London Rum Club<\/a>, please either visit the Rum Club website or pop into <a title=\"Trailer Happiness\" href=\"http:\/\/www.trailerhappiness.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Trailer Happiness<\/a> and speak to the bar staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another month and another great rum brand is heading to the London Rum Club at Trailer Happiness. This time it&#8217;s the turn of Eaux de Vie and Mezan Rum. 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