O.F.T.D Overproof Dark Rum (700 ml)

O.F.T.D. — Old Fashioned Traditional Dark — was built as a deliberate provocation: a 69% ABV overproof blend designed to restore the raw, high-proof character that 18th-century naval and plantation rums carried before commercial dilution became standard. The

blend draws on three distinct distillate characters: Barbados column still rum from Stade's West Indies Rum Distillery (WIRD) at Blackrock, St. Michael — a coral-limestone coastal site whose seafront warehouses impart a saline maritime edge — paired with

Jamaican high-ester pot still rum from Long Pond and/or Clarendon (both co-owned via National Rums of Jamaica), and a Guyanese pot still component for deep molasses backbone.

Each origin undergoes 1–2 years of tropical ageing in ex-bourbon American oak, where the Caribbean angel's share runs 6–7% annually, concentrating the distillate rapidly. The blend then receives a 3–6 month finish in French oak vats at Château de Bonbonnet, Charentes, Maison Ferrand's continental cellar, adding a faint tannin frame without softening the proof.

What no peer does: OFTD is bottled at 69% ABV without chill filtration, preserving the full ester load of the Jamaican marks — a proof level that makes it simultaneously a sipping overproof and a cocktail-grade powerhouse. Drink now or hold; the high ABV ensures stability indefinitely.