South Florida
Distillers, makers of Fwaygo white rum, has marked its one-year anniversary
with a special bottling. Starting this
week, founding partners Joe Durkin and Avi Eisenberg will begin selling their
first batch of aged Fwayo, an award-winning white rum aged in virgin white
American oak barrels. Aging since
February 22, 2015, the limited-edition rum, dubbed simply "single barrel
Fwaygo," is twice-distilled, producing a deep, toffee-hued liquor.
"The flavor
we've arrived at is very unique and almost fools you into thinking you're
drinking a bourbon," says Durkin. "It's got a really strong, smoky
front end that moves into rum-like notes of sweet toffee, caramel, and vanilla
on the back end. We like to think of it as getting the best of both
worlds."
True rum enthusiasts
can geek it up by visiting the South Florida Distillers website, where they can
find the distiller's notes for each bottle; in other words, you can look up how
your rum was aged, including what barrel it was aged in, the char level of the
barrel, when it was filled, when it was emptied, and at what proof it was aged.
If you're interested
in getting your hands on a bottle of single-barrel Fwaygo, act fast. The
distillery's first special-edition bottle, a Grilled Pineapple Fwaygo made from
locally harvested fruit that went on sale last October, sold out in record
time. Bottles will go on sale at the
distillery at noon Thursday, March 24. Priced at $60 each, bottles of
single-barrel Fwaygo will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis. Burlock
Coast's Rum Shop (inside the Fort
Lauderdale Ritz-Carlton, 1 N. Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd.) is the only retail
market carrying the specialty release.
South Florida Distillers is located at 1110 NE Eighth Ave., Unit
3C, Fort Lauderdale. Visit southfloridadistillers.com.
