Jamaican music industry legend and founder of Island Records, Chris Blackwell, who has spent a lifetime promoting Jamaican culture through music recently turned his attention to another aspect of our culture...rum! Thank God for that because my Sundays have never been the same. It started one Sunday evening at a friend’s beautiful townhouse on the seafront in Montego Bay. My friend asked a group of us if we would like to try the new Blackwell Rum, named after the icon himself. Being an Appleton or Bacardi man I wasn’t really interested but I reluctantly gave it a try along with the others.
Our first taste of Blackwell created a great first impression. On opening the bottle the first thing that strikes you is a strong aroma of caramel. In my opinion, the taste is unique, sweet and super-charged rum. Personally, even though I hear it is great for mixed drinks I like to sip it neat like a cognac. It does feel a lot like enjoying a good brandy. No ice, please!
Such was our impression of Blackwell Rum on that evening that it led to the birth of what we now call Blackwell Rum Sundays, a weekly Sunday dinner with friends accompanied by a bottle of Blackwell, or two, depending on how festive the mood. Try it next Sunday. If you are not anywhere on the Jamaican north coast with the moon reflected in the water and a balmy breeze coming from the sea then with this uniquely flavoured Jamaican rum you can at least pretend.
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