Review #1501; Rum #800 This is a bottle from independent bottlers “The Last Drop” who work in the space of very old expressions that command a high dollar due to age and scarcity. This bottling is similar to the Holmes Cay Infinity from a few years ago in that it is a blend of rums […]

Review #1500; Rum #799 This is a bottling of rum done by the Savanna distillery for RumX. This is a single cask of Grand Arôme marque rum from Savanna, which is one of their higher ester production styles. This rum is distilled from molasses and aged for 17 years at Savanna in tropical conditions first

Review #1499; Rum #798 This is unaged cane juice aguardiente from the Krassel brothers distillery. This aguardiente came from cane harvested in their fields on their Palenque several thousand feet in the air. The cane is crushed by trapiche before fermenting in steel tanks with wild yeast for 6-10 days. It is then distilled on […]

Review #1498; Rum #797 This is an independent bottling of rum from Decadent Drinks bottled under their Rum Sponge labels. This is a multi-vintage bottling created from two different barrels of Clarendon. A 2013 1st fill barrel of EMB Clarendon which was matured in Jamaica before being landed in the UK in 2019, combined with

Review #1497; Rum #796 Probitas Green is a new version of the blend of Hampden and Foursquare rums bottled by Velier. This rum is a blend of rums from Hampden Estate and Foursquare aged entirely in the Caribbean, but this new version has caramel coloring added that was made at Foursquare. The blend of rums

This sample was provided to me by a producer, distributor, or some other industry source free-of-charge. No compensation, outside of the sample, was received and there were no strings attached. Review #1496; Rum #795 This is a bottling of rum from Independent bottler Bedford Park. This comes from the Distillerie Bellevue on Capesterre, Marie-Galante, Guadeloupe.

Review #1495; Rum #794 Here we have another bottling from the Rums of Mexico brand. This rum comes from producer Orlando Vásquez, a 2nd generation cane farmer and first generation aguardiente producer. This was made by milling the juice of freshly cut cane sugar, boiling it, and then passes the syrup into cone shaped wooden

Review #1494; Rum #793 Sampan is rum that comes from the Indochine distillery located in Vietnam. This rum was made from fresh pressed sugar cane that has been crown without pesticides. The cane is crushed and distilled on a French column still after fermenting for 3-4 days. The rum then rests in steel tanks for

Review #1493; Rum #792 This is a bottling of rum selected for The Tonga Hut to celebrate their 75th anniversary with collaboration from  the Florida Rum Society and the Rum Curious Club.  This rum was distilled and put into New American Oak casks for 4 years and 9 months before being bottled at cask strength […]

Review #1492; Rum #791 This is a bottle of rum from dependent bottlers Velier. This was part of the Khong series, a set of bottles with special art of Warren Khong to celebrate Velier’s 70th anniversary. This rum was distilled from molasses on a pot still at Mount Gilboa (Mount Gay), put into 3 ex-brandy