Mt. Defiance rums are made using panela from Columbia. Panela is an unrefined whole cane sugar made by the boiling and evaporation of sugarcane juice. It combines the best features of the molasses and fresh cane juice used in most rums. Double distilled in small batches using a copper pot still, their amber rum is aged for one year in small used rye whiskey barrels. Mt. Defiance Amber Rum has a nose feturing cinamon, apple, tuzu, raisins, and nutmeg. On the palate we get tropical notes like coconut and cataloupe melon. It finishes with nutmeg and clove. It is a truly well-distilled rum that is smooth and gentle. The aging in Virginia Rye barrels is quite unusual.