Review #1389; Brandy #74 This Calvados was bottled by Amateur Spirit from the Pays d’Auge Giard estate, headed up by 13th generation distillers Michèle and Patrice Giard. The apples used in production are 50 varieties grown in marine soils and left in the attic before being fermented sur lie and aged in oak vats. It was distilled […]
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Review #1388; Rum #690 Here we have a new American independent bottler I am not familiar with. Mainland rum is a new player in the rum IB game with the goal of finding and bottling rum distilled in the Mainland US and bringing it to people. They just started releasing casks this year in 2025.
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Review #1387; Brandy #73 Here we have a bottling of coganc bons bois from Domaine La Prenellerie. This came from 100% Ugni Blanc grapes, aged for 40 years, and bottled at cask strength via natural reduction with no additives. Distillery: Domaine la Prenellerie Bottler: Amateur Spirit Region: France Still: Column ABV: 49.5% Nose: Rich Medley of dark fruits, Blackberry, Fig Jam,
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Review #1386; Rum #689 This is a rum from New Orleans, Louisana based distillery Roulaison (I’ll link my visit to their distillery below). This rum was distilled from molasses on alembic style stills and put into ex-bourbon casks for 5 years before being bottled as a bottled in bond product, which is a legal qualification
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Review #1385; Rum #688 Here we have a bottling from Bedford Park, a relative newcomer in the Independent bottler game, but one who has released some stuff I’ve really enjoyed. This bottling is a Jamaican rum from Hampden Estate. This rum was distilled from molasses on a pot still and aged in Europe for 23
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Review #1384; Rum #687 Here we have a bottling of Viche (a Colombian cane spirit) produced by Viche Master Vicky Martínez Cuenú. This viche is produced in Sivirú, Bajo Baudó, Chocó. This viche is produced from “pateperro” sugarcane and “coibatores” varietal, with the pateperro having been planted for over 100 years. It is milled in
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Review #1383; Rum #686 Here we have rum from Bacardi, that giant multinational brand that somehow has its bottles all over the world. This is their “Anejo Cuatro” which purports per their website to have undergone a minimum of for years ageing in the tropics in American White Oask casks, and is filtered through charcoal
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Review #1382; Rum #685 This is a bottling of rum from Independent bottler Bedford Park. This rum was distilled at Long Pond on a column still from molasses and is the CRV Marque, a very low ester Marque coming in between 0-20 gr/hLAA. This rum was then aged in Jamaica for 13 years in a
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Review #1381; Rum #684 Here we have a single cask of New Yarmouth rum bottled by Gregarious Grump, an independent bottler located in the United States. This rum was distilled from molasses at the New Yarmouth distillery on a column still and probably part of that parcel of tropically aged New Yarmouths that all came
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Review #1380; Rum #683 Bounty White is a rum made at the Saint Lucia Distillers rum distillery on the island of Saint Lucia. This rum is distilled from molasses on a 100% column still, aged for 2 years in ex-bourbon casks on the island, then charcoal filtered to remove the color. Distillery: Saint Lucia Distillers Bottler:Saint
