Probitas Green Label Blended Dark Rum

Probitas began as a landmark moment in Caribbean rum, the first direct collaboration between distilleries on two different islands, pairing Barbados's Foursquare with Jamaica's Hampden Estate to create a blended white rum that quickly became a benchmark of its category. The Green Label is the natural follow-up question answered in full: what would the dark, more intense version of Probitas look like? The answer is more of everything, a higher proof, a greater proportion of aged rum, and a higher-ester Hampden marque that pushes the funk and complexity further than its white predecessor. The blend brings together serious components from both islands: two-year-old double-retort pot still rum and unaged Coffey column still rum from Foursquare in Barbados, joined by unaged double-retort pot still rum from Hampden Estate in Jamaica, renowned for its intensely flavoured, high-ester style. The rum's deep amber, mahogany-tinged colour comes not from sweetening but from caramel produced in-house at Foursquare using a centuries-old technique of heating sugar until it darkens, a method that adds colour without any added sweetness. The blend is bottled at a robust 57% ABV, non-chill filtered, with no added sugar and no neutral or column-still filler to cut corners. The nose is rich and layered, opening with deep caramelized sugar, fresh caramel and brown butter, moving through ripe fig and vanilla into notes of pineapple, orange peel, coconut, overripe banana and a subtle grassy edge that hints at the Hampden funk underneath. On the palate it is bold yet remarkably approachable for its proof, with brown sugar and caramelized pineapple leading the way, supported by firm, layered tannin from the aged Barbadian pot still rum. The finish is long, warming and citrus-driven, closing with lingering spice and dark fruit.