Nose: The aroma is rich with notes of tropical fruits from the Caribbean, passion fruit, vanilla & butter toffee. Taste: Notes of Sweet rum, vanilla, ginger & lime with back notes of apple mango & orange in the background. Finish: Rich & Spicy with a buttery vanilla finish. At Hyde they use two different casks to age their Rum cask single malt. Stage 1: For the First 10 years Hyde single malt is aged in flame-charred, first-fill, 200 litre oak bourbon casks, from the USA. Stage 2: For an additional 8 months they transfer Hyde into 200 litre charred dark Caribbean rum casks. The flamed bourbon cask initially adds a sweeter vanilla & caramel flavour, followed by the charred dark rum cask which add a sweet spicy rum character to the final expression.