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 […]

Review #1491; Rum #790 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. This was the leftover bottle from a tasting I was unable to attend, and a friend held this for me to

Review #1490; Rum #789 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 #1489; Rum #788 This rum was bottled by American independent bottler Rolling Fork. This is a molasses based rum that was distilled on a copper pot still after fermenting wildly for a long time with muck, dunder, and cane vinegar at Hampden Estate in Jamaica. The rum aged for 15 months in Indiana at

Review #1488; Rum #787 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. This was the leftover bottle from a tasting I was unable to attend, and a friend held this for me to

Review #1487; Rum #786 This rum was bottled by American independent bottler Down Island. This rum was distilled at the T.I.E. distillery in Punaruu, Tahiti. Molasses was distilled in a column still and put into a French oak cask where it aged for 3 years at origin. It then aged for another 2 years in

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 #1486; Rum #785 Here we have something very new to me from Raising Glasses, that American independent bottler. This is a single cask of

Review #1484; Rum #784 I know I am very late to trying this rum and that as of this writing, Ian Burrell is no longer involved due to a trademark dispute so don’t go out and buy it. But, this is a blend of rums with molasses rums from Gray’s distillery on Mauritius and Foursquare

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 #1484; Rum #783 This is something I didn’t think I’d see from the US or bottled by Mainland rum. This is an unaged molasses

Review #1483; Rum #782 This is an 8 year old blend of molasses rums from Demerara Distillers Limited as a blend of various distillates. There has been sugar added to this, 6-16 grams per liter from what Ive seen tested and depending on which batch it is. The color comes from El Dorados own caramel.