Probitas Dark brings together two names that should get rum fans’ attention: Foursquare and Hampden Estate. This collaboration combines rum from Barbados and Jamaica, with a greater share of aged rum and a more aromatic Hampden component than the original white Probitas. The Green Label is bottled at 57% ABV, with color from natural caramel made at Foursquare from the sugar around their estate. It should also go without saying that this rum has zero added sugar or sweetener!
Fig, caramel, brown butter and vanilla meet pineapple, overripe banana, orange peel and a little grassy freshness. There’s plenty of richness and it is backed by the lively Hampden character that makes the blend so useful in cocktails. We’d make a Mai Tai with this as the only rum, then try it neat. This is the type of “mixing rum” that drinks well on its own and is a testament to the craft put into the rums of Hampden and Foursquare.
Tasting Notes: Probitas has a light straw color and a rich fragrance of vanilla. At 94 proof, it packs a nuanced punch of citrus peel, molasses, and banana. This beautiful blend of three rums harkens back to the rums used during the golden age of Cuban cocktails in the post-Prohibition era of the 1930s.
Wine Enthusiast 98 Points
Fig, caramel, brown butter and vanilla meet pineapple, overripe banana, orange peel and a little grassy freshness. There’s plenty of richness and it is backed by the lively Hampden character that makes the blend so useful in cocktails. We’d make a Mai Tai with this as the only rum, then try it neat. This is the type of “mixing rum” that drinks well on its own and is a testament to the craft put into the rums of Hampden and Foursquare.
Tasting Notes: Probitas has a light straw color and a rich fragrance of vanilla. At 94 proof, it packs a nuanced punch of citrus peel, molasses, and banana. This beautiful blend of three rums harkens back to the rums used during the golden age of Cuban cocktails in the post-Prohibition era of the 1930s.
Wine Enthusiast 98 Points
