Rumfest Recap – Part 1 – Ron Barceló
We came, we saw, we drank some rum. This was our first visit to this yearly rum institution and it was fantastic! So this is part one in a series of posts devoted to the drinks and other happenings, well, the bits we can remember anyway, of Rumfest.
Within five minutes of entering the Royal Horticultural Halls we had landed at the Ron Barceló stand. Kirsty from Love Drinks talked us through the history of these Dominican Republic rums and treated us to a sample.
This brand of rum has been distributed by Love Drinks in the UK since July of this year I believe, and until Rumfest we hadn’t had the opportunity to try it.
Let’s talk about Ron Barceló Imperial. The aroma of this rum sent my head swimming with wonderful 
thoughts, citrus and chocolate, late nights at the beach, jumpers for goal posts. Maybe not, but something about it reminds me of childhood anyway.
On to the taste and it actually does live up to the aroma, no burn on the throat with this rum at all and a very syrupy and smooth taste. The Ron Barceló Imperial oozes quality and the bottle (lets face it, the bottle IS important) is fantastic and would look good on anyone’s rum shelf.
We can heartily recommend this rum. Get a bottle, you will not be disappointed!
A tremendous start to Rumfest for us, and shortly after this stand we realised we would have to slow down or things might get messy…
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