🥃 Angostura 5 Year Old
Golden rum from House of Angostura in Trinidad: a blend of light and heavy molasses rums, at least five years in ex-bourbon casks; 40% ABV; since 2002, first as Angostura Gold.
Angostura 5 Year Old is a golden rum from House of Angostura, the Trinidadian company. According to the producer's website, it is matured for at least five years in ex-bourbon casks. It is bottled at 40% ABV; according to Difford's Guide, the rum appeared in 2002 under the name Angostura Gold and later received its current name.
Difford's Guide describes it as a blend of light and heavy molasses-based rums. The producer calls it a combination of lightly golden rums. In 2016 the rum received a new label, and according to Difford's the blend was updated at the same time. The sources do not specify the type of still used for this version.
Why this matters to you. This version sits between the white Angostura 3 Year Old and Angostura 7 Year Old: older than the first and younger than the second. The age on the label is the minimum for the rums in the blend. Compare it with Mount Gay Eclipse, another golden rum, matured in casks from American whiskey and produced in Barbados. The WHO reminds us that there is no safe level of alcohol consumption.
Facts
| Alcohol (% vol.) | 40% ABV |
|---|---|
| Raw material | light and heavy molasses rums |
| Cask type | ex-bourbon casks |
| Minimum maturation | at least 5 years |
| Year founded | 2002 (as Angostura Gold, per Difford's Guide) |
| EU category | 1 — rum |
| Legal basis | Reg. (EU) 2019/787, Annex I, category 1 (rum) |
How it connects to Spirits
🥃 Angostura 5 Year Old → packed in → 🍷 Oak barrel ← packed in ← 🥃 Spirits
Links
- Packed in
- 🍷 Oak barrel, 🥃 Ex-bourbon barrel
- Made from
- 🥃 Sugar cane and molasses
- What it contains
- 🍷 Ethanol
- What it affects
- 🍷 Alcohol and health, 🍷 Drunk driving
- Part of
- 🥃 House of Angostura, 🥃 Rum
- Similar and different
- 🥃 Mount Gay Eclipse, 🥃 Angostura 3 Year Old, 🥃 Angostura 3 Year Old, 🥃 Angostura 7 Year Old, 🥃 Angostura 7 Year Old
Frequently asked questions
Is it true that Angostura Gold and Angostura 5 Year Old are the same rum?
According to Difford's Guide, yes: the rum launched in 2002 as Angostura Gold and later received its current name.
What casks is Angostura 5 Year Old matured in?
According to the producer, in ex-bourbon casks for at least five years.
What is the strength of Angostura 5 Year Old?
40% ABV, according to Difford's Guide.
What to read next
- 🍷 Alcohol and health — Alcohol in any drink is harmful in large amounts, and the risks grow with the quantity.
- 🍷 Ethanol — The alcohol formed during fermentation that makes you drunk.
- 🍷 Oak barrel — A wooden barrel of oak staves in which wine matures and breathes.
- 🍷 Drunk driving — Never drive after drinking wine: alcohol slows your reactions.
- 🥃 Ex-bourbon barrel — American white oak cask of 180–200 litres used for bourbon: bourbon may only be aged in new charred casks, so used ones go to Scotch, Irish whiskey and rum.
Similar
🥃 Angostura 1919 · 🥃 Angostura 1824 · 🥃 Angostura 7 Year Old · 🥃 Angostura 3 Year Old · 🥃 Mount Gay Black Barrel · 🥃 Mount Gay Silver
⚠️ Spirit drinks contain alcohol and are for adults only. Alcohol harms health. Do not drink during pregnancy or before driving; check the label for ingredients and possible allergens.
Sources
- ANGOSTURA: Premium Rums (3-year-old up to 3 years, twice charcoal-filtered; 5-Year-Old min. 5 years bourbon oak; 7-Year-Old light, medium and heavy rums; Founders Reserve 1824; Grand Reserve 1919, 1932 fire)
- Difford's Guide: Angostura 5 Year Old Trinidadian Gold Rum (40 %; launched 2002 as Angostura Gold; light and heavy molasses-based rums; new label 2016)
- Regulation (EU) 2019/787 on spirit drinks (OJ L 130, 17.5.2019), Annex I, category 1 (rum: molasses or cane juice, min. 37.5 % ABV)
- WHO/Europe: No level of alcohol consumption is safe for our health (04.01.2023)