New rum from Hamilton!

Hamilton Rum
The Caribbean

The Breezeway Blend Rum
42.5% abv

The latest Hamilton blend crafted and bottled specifically for Spike's Breezeway Cocktail Hour, a highly regarded YouTube show with a passionate audience of tiki and home bartender enthusiasts.
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Building on his successful career as a commercial photographer, designer and musician with an interest in tiki culture, Spike began his Breezeway Cocktail Hour on YouTube during the pandemic to put his video production talents to work exploring the world of tiki culture while offering some entertainment relief at a time when many people were trying to perfect their own home bartending skills. With more than a hundred and fifty shows online, Spike built a loyal following for the Breezeway Cocktail Hour highlighting better rum cocktails and establishing himself as a trusted voice in the industry.

After several appearances on the show, Ed agreed to work with Spike and his audience to blend a rum that would add another dimension to daiquiris, long drinks and the home bar. Blending his Jamaican Pot Still Blonde and White Stache, at 42.5% ABV, the Breezeway Blend has a slight straw color and notes of ripe banana and tropical fruit on the palate leading to a clean smooth finish, the signature of Hamilton rums.

Beachbum Berry's Zombie Blend Rum
59% abv

In 2005, Beachbum Berry unearthed the original 'lost' Zombie recipe which called for three Caribbean rums. Fourteen years later, Ed Hamilton was drinking with the Bum at his New Orleans bar when the conversation turned to the challenge of recreating the lost cocktails of the last century. Over the next two years they blended scores of rum samples with the goal of creating a blend that will reanimate your Zombie, fuel your Jet Pilot and punch up your favorite Tiki Classic.

This blend had to be more than an overproof slug of rum but rather bring balance to the final drink. More important than the amount of alcohol, though that is important, is the intensity of the flavors in the bottled rum.

Demerara River 86 Rum
43% abv

A unique blend of aged rums distilled and aged at the Diamond Distillery and bottled at 86 proof. This rum was imported in bulk containers then bottled at Five & 20 Distillery, Westfield, NY.

This full-flavor blend of pot and continuous still rums was blended to add flavor to your favorite rum cocktail.

Notes of dark fruit, roasted nuts, tobacco, smoky oak and spice in the aroma carry through the body to the lingering oak and spice in the finish.

Demerara River Overproof 151 Rum
75.5% abv

Hamilton Demerara Overproof is a unique blend of aged rums distilled and aged at the Diamond Distillery in Guyana and bottled at 151 proof. This rum was imported in bulk containers, then bottled at Five & 20 Distillery, Westfield, NY.

This full-flavor blend of pot and continuous still rums was blended to complement tiki drinks as an ingredient and as a float on your favorite rum cocktail.

Pimento Dram
30% abv

A blend of pot still rums distilled from fermented molasses from the Worthy Park Estate sugar mill, sugar and Jamaican Pimento, also known as allspice.

Fresh Jamaican pimento is ground and blended into a tank of light Jamaican rum from Worthy Park. After seven days, the mixture is filtered, then sugar and water are slowly added until the ABV has been lowered to 30% ABV. There is no color added to this product.

After checking the flavor, ABV and color of each batch, the liqueur is bottled.

Hamilton Pimento Dram adds a complex spice note to cocktails or can be sipped over ice.

Jamaican Pot Still Gold Rum
46.5% abv

A blend of extra light, light and heavy pot still rums distilled from fermented molasses from the Worthy Park Estate sugar mill.

Jamaican Pot Still Black Rum

46.5% abv

A blend of extra light, light and heavy pot still rums distilled from fermented molasses from the Worthy Park Estate sugar mill.

West Indies 1670 Blend Rum
42% abv

After blending Hamilton Navy Strength Rum, a New York bar group asked me to blend a rum to be mixed in their daiquiris. Simple, right? The starting point was the 60/40 blend of Guyana and Jamaican rums that are the basis of the 57% ABV Hamilton Navy Strength. The goal was a lower proof rum that would be more consumer friendly. As much as bartenders and many consumers love higher proof spirits, when you're dealing with blends higher than 100 proof it can be difficult to maintain consistency and approachability in the glass. Simply diluting the Navy Strength Rum down to 84 proof yielded a product that was a bit heavy with the Jamaican rum on the palate. After more tests at varying proportions at 80 , 82 and 84 proof the blend was finalized. High proof Jamaican and Guyana aged rums are blended together and slowly stirred for 48 hours before dilution to 84 proof with filtered well water at the Five & 20 Distillery in Westfield, NY. So what changed in the blend? A bit more Guyana rum and a bit less Jamaican rum improved the balance. The lower proof lets the aromas in the rum come through. Look for honeyed stone fruit in the nose followed by smoky hints of caramelized fruit. The first taste reveals smoky cedar, dark fruit, spice and more smoky fruit flavors leading into a long finish with a brine note underlying the smoky wood finish.