Review #1525; Rum #824 This is a Cachaca from Novo Fogo. This cane spirits was distilled from fresh pressed cane juice, aged for a period of time in ex-bourbon and zebrawood before being bottled. Distillery: Novo Fogo Bottler: Novo Fogo Region: Brazil Still: Pot ABV: 42% Nose: Cinnamon, Sanadlwood, Vanilla, Brine, Clove, Cardamom, Green Wood

Review #1524; Rum #823 This is a single cask rum bottled by Great Shearwater, a new American independent bottler based out of Louisville, Kentucky. This rum was distilled from molasses on a column still in 2012. It is a heavier Trinidadian marque from Trinidad Distiller’s Limited. The rum aged for 12 years in ex-bourbon before

Review #1523; Rum #822 This single cask of rum comes to us from Renaissance Distillery located in Taiwan. This rum was distilled on a Charentais pot still twice from molasses in 2018 after fermenting for 17 days in 300 liter vats with dunder using the French West Indies strain of yeast. It was put into

Review #1522; Rum #821 This rum comes to us from Saint Lucia Distillers, which is of course located on Saint Lucia. This rum pays homage to the HMS Princessa which was a British Naval vessel that patrolled the Caribbean during the 1700s. This rum is a blend of Coffey column still distillate and aged in

Review #1521; Rum #820 This is a single cask of rum from Alambique Serrano, the very well regarded (by me) Meixcan rum brand. SKARCH stands for Super Kool Alambique Rum Chicago Homies and was selected for its unique tastes. This fresh pressed cane juice rum was distilled on a column still. It then aged at

Review #1520; Rum #819 This is a single cask of rum selected for Otto’s High Dive a neighborhood Cuban style bar located in Orlando Florida. This rum was was distilled by Francisco “Don Pancho” Fernandez at the Las Cabras distillery located in Herrera, Panama. The rum was distilled from molasses on a column still and

Review #1519; Rum #818 This 19 year old Fiji was bottled by Isla del Ron was distilled from molasses, aged 19 years, and bottled with no additives. Distillery: South Pacific Bottler: Isla del Ron Region: Fiji Still: Pot? ABV: 57.2% Nose: Lemon Pledge, Vanilla, Graham Cracker, Iodine, Black Pepper, Pineapple Palate: Medium oily mouthfeel, Vanilla,

Rum #1518; Rum #817 This is a single cask of rum from Mississippi distillery Circle Hook. This rum was distilled from molasses, aged for a period of time at origin, and bottled at cask strength with no additives for Lincoln Road Package store. Distillery: Circle Hook Bottler:  Circle Hook Region: Mississippi Still: Pot ABV: 59% Nose: Lemon, Vanilla,

Review #1517; Rum #816 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 is the 4th bottling of rums from the newer American Independent bottler Parhelia spirits. This rum comes from the Tahitian

Review #1516; Rum #815 This is rum from Circle Hook, a distillery located in Mississippi, United States. This rum was made from Mississippi grown sugarcane on site at the distillery that was crushed for juice, fermented, distilled in a pot still, then aged for 2 years in new American oak casks before bottling with no