Chalong Bay Double Barrel Aged Rum
Chalong Bay · Chalong Bay Distillery
A quietly compelling rum that rewrites expectations of where fine cane spirits can come from. It sits between French Caribbean agricole and softer aged sipping rums, and does so with genuine identity.
Nose
Fresh sugarcane stalk lifts first, followed by candied ginger, lemongrass, and a whisper of coconut water. Toasted oak and a light vanilla custard note settle in with time in the glass.
Palate
Silky and gently oily, with grassy cane sweetness braided into orange peel, green banana, and warm baking spice. Mid-palate reveals soft toffee and a faint peppery agricole tingle that keeps the sweetness in check.
Finish
Medium-length and clean, with lingering vanilla, dried pineapple, and a cooling herbal echo — chamomile meets sugarcane fiber.
- Base Ingredient
- 100% fresh-pressed Thai sugarcane juice
- Distillation
- Single distillation in a copper Armagnac-style Charentais pot still, then aged in ex-bourbon American oak casks with a secondary finish in a second oak cask under tropical maturation.
- Country
- Phuket, Thailand
Cocktail Suggestion
Andaman Shift — 2 oz Chalong Bay Double Barrel Aged Rum, 0.75 oz fresh lime juice, 0.5 oz lemongrass-ginger syrup, 2 dashes Angostura bitters. Shake with ice, strain into a chilled coupe, garnish with a lime wheel and a bruised lemongrass stalk.
Food Pairing
Grilled prawns with green mango salad, or a coconut-milk-braised pork belly with palm sugar caramel.
Founded in 2012 by a French-Thai team on Thailand's southwestern coast, Chalong Bay ferments and distills fresh-pressed local sugarcane in a hand-hammered Armagnac-style Charentais still, aging the spirit in tropical warehouses where a single year equates to several in Europe.
Be the first to comment.
Leave a comment
Chalong Bay Sherry Cask Finish Rum
Chalong Bay
A quietly virtuosic rum that proves terroir-driven cane spirit is thriving well beyond the Caribbean. The sherry finish is deft rather than dominant, letting Phuket's fresh cane character sing.
Chalong Bay Pure Series Original
Chalong Bay
A quietly confident white rum that trades the funk of Caribbean pot stills for a serene, aromatic clarity — an ideal introduction to non-Antillean cane-juice distillation and a versatile cocktail base with genuine terroir.
Hamilton Jamaican Pot Still Black Rum
Hamilton
Hamilton Jamaican Pot Still Black is a masterclass in how charring and heavy pot still distillation leave indelible marks on a spirit. It punches far above its price point, delivering complexity and depth that rival rums at three times the cost. A workhorse that is equally compelling sipped neat or as the backbone of a serious cocktail.
Cihuatán Sahumerio Limited Edition Rum
Cihuatán
Sahumerio is Cihuatán's most ambitious expression—a rum that captures the meditative warmth of incense and firelight in liquid form. Its layered complexity and higher proof make it a contemplative sipper that rewards patience and speaks volumes before words do. A genuinely distinctive Central American aged rum that deserves wider recognition.
St. George California Agricole Rum
St. George Spirits
St. George California Agricole is a masterclass in restraint — a rum that finds its voice by stripping away everything unnecessary and letting fresh California sugarcane speak for itself. It demonstrates that constraint in production yields extraordinary clarity of flavor. A singular American expression that stands proudly alongside the finest rhum agricole blancs of the Caribbean.
El Amparo Rum
El Amparo
El Amparo is a quiet revelation — a Venezuelan rum that rewards patience and the simple act of letting the glass breathe. Its interplay of sweet and dry, tropical and earthy, makes it an ideal contemplative sipper that perfectly embodies how air shapes everything between barrel and glass.