Best Overproof Rum: Sunset Very Strong Rum
St Vincent Distillers is quietly one of the Caribbean’s underrated outfits, best known for Captain Bligh XO but also producers of some significant Caribbean spirits. And none more robust than the aptly-named Sunset Very Strong Rum. This is as strong a rum as you will find anywhere on earth — but it’s also remarkably smooth. Bottled at 84.5% ABV, it requires some courage. But that courage is rewarded with a remarkably smooth overproof spirit.
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