Rest & Be Thankful XO is a permanent Caribbean blend from the house’s rum range, built to sit between an easy neat pour and a reliable cocktail base. It brings together Jamaican weight and Guyanese roundness in a style that is clear, generous and deliberately accessible, bottled at 40% volume. DISTILLATION: the blend marries rums from Jamaica and Guyana, each aged for at least six years. The Jamaican component supplies pot-still structure; the Guyanese side comes from Savalle column distillation, adding breadth and a smoother line through the middle palate. SUGGESTIONS: serve neat at room temperature when you want an unfussy after-dinner glass, or build a short Rum Old Fashioned with cane syrup, a dash or two of The Bitter Truth Old Time Aromatic Bitters and orange zest. Keep the serve direct; this is not a rum that needs heavy dressing.
Tasting notes
Golden amber.
Ripe banana, fresh pineapple, toffee, coffee, light molasses and soft vanilla.
Brown sugar, caramel, light molasses, toasted oak, soft spice and rounded sweetness.
Medium finish with banana, toasted sugar, coffee and mild oak spice.
Rest & Be Thankful is the whisky and rum label of Fox Fitzgerald Brands, created after the team had represented Bruichladdich before its 2012 sale. The name comes from the Glen Croe pass in Scotland, where an 18th-century roadside stone marked relief after a hard climb. It also echoes a Jamaican hill, a neat link for a house that bottles both Scotch whisky and Caribbean rum.
RumX: 7.5/10 from 15 reviews.
