Pelacañas Solera Aged Mexican Rum (47.7%)

N: light wood shavings and a savory, not quite meaty or smoky note. Mealy and malt-adjacent

P: full on savory: dehydrated meats, mushroom dirt, oily skillet cornbread, apple skin. Again, very malt-adjacent

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Sol Tarasco Charanda Añejo (46.5%)

N: not far off from an old school sherried malt profile: leather, pruney dried fruit, beef jerky, engine smoke

P: sweet, peppery, smoky beef jerky. Sweet, saucy umami like teriyaki or barbecue. Figs, too. And mild sweet wood. And yes, mushrooms

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Uruapan Charanda 5 Yr Añejo single cask #420, ex-Tokaji (52%)

N: more wood, and sweet, fruity wine or brandy character: apricot, fig, raisin.

P: some similar savory jerky character to the other two, but again with much more winey wood and fruit. If the other two are malt-like, this is closer to brandy

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