Saint Benevolence Rum Clairin

Unaged rum distilled in Saint Michel de l’Attalaye, Haiti, by Saint Benevolence. Distilled from a combination of sugarcane juice and sugarcane syrup. A field blend of indigenous cane varieties is hand harvested and crushed via mechanized press. The first-press juice is spontaneously fermented with native yeast for 8–10 days; a separate batch of first-press juice with bagasse is boiled and reduced to syrup and fermented with ambient yeast. The fermented juice and syrup are distilled separately in handmade, 200-liter copper pot stills. Blended and bottled in Jacksonville, Florida

• An expressive nose of fruit leather, overripe apple, green olive, sweet corn, and flint transitions to a palate of roasted corn, key lime, guava skin, and tamarind