Angostura 5 Year Old Dark Rum

Great-value Trinidadian gold rum, a blend of light and heavy molasses-based rums aged for five years in charred American oak bourbon barrels. How life changes. Angostura Bitters were originally made by a surgeon, Dr Siegert, for his medical practice back in 1824. I doubt he had any inkling that the business would go on to change so radically- not only for the obvious reasons, but also the business would move from Venezuela to Trinidad some 50 years later. They were more renowned for their aromatic bitters until roughly 1940 when a conscious decision to increase their expertise in and production of Rum was taken. Extremely smooth with a hint of molasses.