Havmanden Skibsrom - Fanø Spirits
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Jeanette Tasting
Purchased this at Ulrik-P while on the island of Rømø in Denmark. This is one in the set of three Fanø-sourced rums (Havmanden Skibsrom - Fanø Spirits, Kaptajnen Skibsrom - Fanø Spirits, Havfruen Skibsrom - Fanø Spirits).
The store had a variety of interesting things; not just alcohol, but April ended up getting this because of it seeming local (even though she didn't visit Fanø, though it was somewhat nearby), and rum is always helpful to have around for putting into pie dough.
And this was put into a strawberry-rhubarb pie on Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie Day (June 9th), along with Kaptajnen Skibsrom - Fanø Spirits, when April tasted it. April left a sip in each of them for Jeanette's tasting, a few days later. The pie was made in a glass bread pan, as April made do with the tools she had at the AirBnB. It still turned out well, likely in part due to the rum.
Tasting notes:
April - Smells a little bit medicinal. Taste was spicy into immediate alcohol shivers. Aftertaste was mostly okay, but still involved a larger amount of burning of the lips and in the throat. All in all, not _terrible_, but I wasn't a big fan. But it should work well enough when made into a strawberry rhubarb pie.
Jeanette - Geruch: holzig, leicht nach Karamell mit typischem Rumaroma. Geschmack: intensives Rumaroma, ein bisschen nach Plastik, Holz und Vanille. Der Rum schmeckt stark nach Alkohol aber brennt erstaunlich wenig im Mund. Zum Pur-Trinken schmeckt er mir zu stark nach dem klassischen Rum, zum Mixen eine solide Wahl.
(Translated) Aroma: woody, with a hint of caramel and a typical rum aroma. Taste: intense rum aroma, with a slight hint of plastic, wood, and vanilla. The rum has a strong alcoholic taste but is surprisingly mild on the palate. For sipping neat, it tastes too much like classic rum for my taste, but it’s a solid choice for mixing.