Deco Distilling

The latest issue of Portland Mercury (on newstands now!) has an interview with Deco co-founder Lenny Gotter as well as Sebastian Degens of Stone Barn Brandyworks in the weekly Lush Life column written by Patrick Alan Coleman.

An excerpt:

Better is the ginger rum, which has a great deal of zesty ginger spice made even better by the silver rum’s touch of sweetness. The flavor really works here and tastes quite natural. It’s a spirit that can easily work in a complex cocktail, but popping it into some root beer works just as well, creating a kind of hard sarsaparilla.

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The Drink Spirits website has posted their official full-legth reveiws of Deco Silver Rum and Deco Ginger Flavored Rum. We’re please to announce that both rums received great reviews and ratings — below is excerpted key portions of the full review (available here) written by Geoff Kleinman:

Deco Distilling Silver Rum has a clean and slightly sweet nose. There’s a hint of alcohol vapor which you’d expect with an 80 proof spirit, but nothing too overwhelming. Deco Silver has a very uniformly sweet taste with a little fire in the back that quickly dissipates to a sweet finish. While there isn’t a ton of complexity here, the rum has a nicely rounded sweet taste that has edges of molasses in it with brighter sugarcane-like notes. It’s an exceptionally solid mixing rum that’s soft enough around the edges that it can stand up to more subtle citrus cocktails (like a rum lemon drop) while still being priced affordably enough to use in a rum and coke. Deco Silver rum is available in Oregon and sells for $17.95.

Deco Ginger (Flavored) Rum has a very strong ginger nose – there’s no mistaking that this is a generously flavored spirit. The taste is of firey and strong ginger that reminds me a lot of the kick from Reed’s Extra Ginger Brew.  The fire does eventually subside and you’re left with a sweet ginger candy finish.  Deco’s Ginger Rum really isn’t designed to be consumed straight (unless you want to clear out your sinuses) and it’s strong enough to be used in small amounts to give drinks a nice ginger tone and aromatic. Deco Ginger Rum is available in Oregon and sells for $22.95.

Deco Distilling Silver Rum Rating:
Solidly Recommended – A solid silver rum that tastes great and is perfect for mixing; a great alternative to the large national brand rums.

Deco Distilling Ginger  Rum Rating:
Recommended - A unique mixing rum with a great bite of ginger. Extremely versatile and enjoyable.

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Geoff Kleinamn of Drink Spirits has posted a preliminary review of Deco Ginger Rum:

While I haven’t really explored very many rums, for my second drink I decided to go for the signature drink they were offering that evening: the Peggy Plamer – a combination of Deco Ginger Flavored Rum (80 Proof) and lemon.

This drink was a very nice mix of spice, sour and sweet. What impressed me about this was how balanced a drink it was. Ginger can often be an overpowering note in a drink but with the Deco Ginger Rum seemed to have just enough ginger to make it flavorful but not too much. The drink was best when it was cold and became more sour as it warmed.

I hope to have an opportunity to taste the Deco Ginger Rum on its own and see how it stand up against other rums, but I was impressed with it in this drink.

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