Palm Beach Banana & Butterscotch Rum Liqueur 50cl, 20% abv

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Achieving balance is a taxing, but imperative, part of producing spirits. The tipping point between being well balanced and overly sweet becomes all the harder to perfect when your product is required by law to contain at least 100g of sugar per litre of alcohol. We’ve seen great success across our gin liqueur ranges and saw the opportunity to create a product that would cater to consumers looking for a similar “bridge” in the rum category. With a lower ABV of 20%, they offer consumers the chance to try something new and exciting which has a sweeter profile and is more easy drinking than a full strength rum.”

Cabin Pressure Spirits landed a Silver medal in the Coffee flight, the judges enjoying the “chocolatey Americano” palate with “slight dark chocolate bitter finish” characteristics of its Cold Brew Coffee Liqueur. Nuage de Menthe continued the Master run as the tasting moved onto the Mint flight, impressing with its “calming, cooling and refreshing” combination of “spearmint and spicy peppermint”. When we look at fruit liqueurs, I believe what needs to be achieved is the most natural transfer of fruit flavours as possible,” Gorn said. “The Master winners in this flight had a nice balance between sweetness, the primary flavour and secondary flavours, like spiciness or citrus or greenness. Liqueurs have seen a massive upswing in engagement thanks to the vast selection of expressive products now available. This all makes for an exciting taste test.I don’t like many spirits neat, as I don’t actually like the strong taste of alcohol (as mentioned) but this tasted nice just with ice as the flavours are sweet and strong without that overpowering alcohol taste. However, because of the flavouring I expect this won’t be for everyone. It’s also probably not for you if you’re expecting a strong taste of rum, as the overpowering flavours are the banana and the butterscotch with a sweet base that’s not overly rum like. I’d put it as more akin to my flavoured gin liqueurs and amaretto as sweet alcohol options than rum, which I think of as a rougher, stronger drink.

Mozart Dark Chocolate was one of two Gold medallists in the Chocolate round, with its “rich chocolate nose” and likeness to “Askeys chocolate sauce” on the palate. Mozart Chocolate Cream also won a Gold due to its “rich texture” and for being “not overly sweet”. Two Silvers completed the flight. The bottle advises that it is good paired with cola, so I’m mentioning that as an option even though I haven’t tried it with that as I don’t like cola. We’ve seen great success across our gin liqueur ranges and saw the opportunity to create a product that would cater to consumers looking for a similar “bridge” in the rum category. With a lower ABV of 20%, they offer consumers the chance to try something new and exciting which has a sweeter profile and is more easy drinking than a full strength rum. A smaller selection of Irish Cream entrants were tasted as the closing flight of the day. O’Donnells Chocolate Cherry Flavoured Irish Country Cream Liqueur took home a Gold medal, liked for its “bakewell tart” aroma and “mild creaminess and sweetness”. O’Donnells Irish Country Cream Liqueur and O’Donnells Tiramisu Flavoured Irish Country Cream Liqueur both received Silver medals.

Now available from Tesco, the Palm Beach ‘Banana & Butterscotch’ and ‘Mango & Passionfruit’ flavours meet customer desire for rum-based drinks