I absolutely love Flor de Caña, especially the 7 year, although sometimes I will splurge on the 12 or 18 year. REALLY REALLY appreciate you focusing on this one. I have made up my own blurb for them: "Taste the Revolution!" Thank you!
According to the regional brand ambassador of Flor de Caña in South America, Karen Álvarez Seinja: - All FDC rums have 0% sugar added and distilled 5 times in column stills. - Nicaraguan law establishes a minimum of 4yrs aging for all rums, anything below can't be called rum. - The number in the bottle represents de age of 80% of the content and the remaining 20% are rums around that age +- and are key to the blending. That said, FDC 4 has for sure 4+ yrs and the rest are on the average.
Just bought a bottle of 18yr old and it actually states 18 years old on the bottle, but not on the box for some reason. Haven’t tried it yet but love the 12. Great content as always.
Thanks for sharing Steve! QUESTION: Have been trying to join your discord community but it appears to be closed for new members??? Is that meant to be the case? Keep up the great work! Love the channel!
Yeah I closed it a few months ago…I wanted to create a place for Beginners and talking about UK Scratch Rum. But it basically got a bit too focused on expensive Rum and no real tolerance to what I’m all about unfortunately.
@@StevetheBarmanUK That’s a shame I could really use a place like that to speak to others who are just starting their journey like me. But thanks for letting me know.
I bought a bottle of Flor De Caña gold rum a few months ago and it definitely wasn't the worst rum I've tried but definitely the most lacking in flavor. That said, I am open to trying their other rums since I know they make several. I usually don't dismiss an entire brand based purely off one variety.
Flor de Cana 18 is £40 for a liter on Stena Lines Duty Free between Dublin and Holyhead, if anyone can take advantage of that. It might be on their France routes too.
Ha... yeah, cos it's Gold. BUT, to really go back to basics with White, Gold and Dark is really doing it all a disservice. I get why we all still use the terms. I do. But, anything that has spent 6 months in a Barrel is going to be a Gold Rum...same as a 25yo Rum. Yet they will be wildy different in taste. So we try where possible to use the terms like Lightly Aged Column Still, or heavy aged Blended which is Pot and Column. I know it sounds complicated, But even in Cocktails an 8yo Jamaican will be very different to a 8yo Cuban. Like totally different Cocktails. And to flip that to White Rum for example... Havana 3yo many people class as a White Rum...cos it's kinda White. But it's been aged 2 years longer than say Bacardi Oro which is a Gold Rum thats been aged for about 6-12 months.
@@StevetheBarmanUK I appreciate the thoughtful answer Steve. To follow up I've seen a lot of Cocktail Recipes call for "Gold" Column Still/Blend Rum as well as "Aged" Column Still/Blend Rum and unfortunately that has caused confusion.. As a rule of thumb would you use age & color to differentiate? (I remember in your gold rum video you used upto 5 years to separate between "Aged" vs "Gold" rum - feel free to correct me if I misinterpreted that)
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Great video great information. Thank you for sharing with us this beautiful rum.
I absolutely love Flor de Caña, especially the 7 year, although sometimes I will splurge on the 12 or 18 year. REALLY REALLY appreciate you focusing on this one. I have made up my own blurb for them: "Taste the Revolution!" Thank you!
According to the regional brand ambassador of Flor de Caña in South America, Karen Álvarez Seinja:
- All FDC rums have 0% sugar added and distilled 5 times in column stills.
- Nicaraguan law establishes a minimum of 4yrs aging for all rums, anything below can't be called rum.
- The number in the bottle represents de age of 80% of the content and the remaining 20% are rums around that age +- and are key to the blending.
That said, FDC 4 has for sure 4+ yrs and the rest are on the average.
Wow. There’s more knowledge there than I think anyone has managed to get out of FDC. Cheers Jorge 👍
Excellent intel. Thanks for sharing.
Great mini series Steve, looking forward to the suger cane juice as i know even less about that😂
I am looking forward to your deep dive into sugar cane juice rum
Just bought a bottle of 18yr old and it actually states 18 years old on the bottle, but not on the box for some reason. Haven’t tried it yet but love the 12. Great content as always.
FC4 is always at my bar and the 7 sometimes takes over the HC7. Great brand, but I do hope we get some clarity on the aging soon.
Thanks for sharing Steve! QUESTION: Have been trying to join your discord community but it appears to be closed for new members??? Is that meant to be the case? Keep up the great work! Love the channel!
Yeah I closed it a few months ago…I wanted to create a place for Beginners and talking about UK Scratch Rum. But it basically got a bit too focused on expensive Rum and no real tolerance to what I’m all about unfortunately.
@@StevetheBarmanUK That’s a shame I could really use a place like that to speak to others who are just starting their journey like me. But thanks for letting me know.
@@myatix1 there is i joined one a few weeks ago ;]
I bought a bottle of Flor De Caña gold rum a few months ago and it definitely wasn't the worst rum I've tried but definitely the most lacking in flavor. That said, I am open to trying their other rums since I know they make several. I usually don't dismiss an entire brand based purely off one variety.
Flor de Cana 18 is £40 for a liter on Stena Lines Duty Free between Dublin and Holyhead, if anyone can take advantage of that. It might be on their France routes too.
I have a Flor De Cana 12 that has “12 years” on the label
Also had a Flor de Cana 5 that had “5 anos”
Hey Steve would you consider the 7 or 12 a “gold rum”)
Ha... yeah, cos it's Gold. BUT, to really go back to basics with White, Gold and Dark is really doing it all a disservice. I get why we all still use the terms. I do. But, anything that has spent 6 months in a Barrel is going to be a Gold Rum...same as a 25yo Rum. Yet they will be wildy different in taste. So we try where possible to use the terms like Lightly Aged Column Still, or heavy aged Blended which is Pot and Column. I know it sounds complicated, But even in Cocktails an 8yo Jamaican will be very different to a 8yo Cuban. Like totally different Cocktails. And to flip that to White Rum for example... Havana 3yo many people class as a White Rum...cos it's kinda White. But it's been aged 2 years longer than say Bacardi Oro which is a Gold Rum thats been aged for about 6-12 months.
@@StevetheBarmanUK I appreciate the thoughtful answer Steve. To follow up I've seen a lot of Cocktail Recipes call for "Gold" Column Still/Blend Rum as well as "Aged" Column Still/Blend Rum and unfortunately that has caused confusion.. As a rule of thumb would you use age & color to differentiate? (I remember in your gold rum video you used upto 5 years to separate between "Aged" vs "Gold" rum - feel free to correct me if I misinterpreted that)
So..... The FDC 12 year is $40 in my area and the el dorado 12 is $50 Which one is best for the price
FdC is much better. El Dorado is pumped with added sugar (perhaps to your liking, but not mine)
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Why the words on the screen? It is very annoying Steve.