Tickles the tongue with spicy peppercorn and butterscotch notes, along with milk chocolate. 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 molasses and fresh cane juice used in most rums. They double distill their rum in small batches using a copper pot still. This dark rum is aged for one year in small used rye whiskey barrels. A touch of caramelized sugar is added before bottling. Mt. Defiance Dark Rum has a dark brown sugar, a peppercorn and tropical fruit nose, creamy butterscotch, chocolate and white pepper on the palette, with a light note of green pepper and leather on the finish. Not agressive at all, a delightful sipping rum.