The Auditor

Review #1133; Rum #452 This bottling here is Aguardiente de anis, Colombia’s national drink. This bottling is from a craft distillery, that was distilled from estate grown cane syrup. This was distilled to 80% on a hybrid still, infused with anise seeds, rested in stainless, and bottled with at 38% Distillery: Licores Artesanales Bottler: Licores Artesanales Region: San […]

Review #1132; Rum #451 Viche is a sugar cane spirit distilled in the county of Colombia. Until very recently the production of this sugar cane spirit was illegal, but thanks to changes in legislation it no longer is. Viche can only be produced by those of Afro-Colombian descent who live in the Colombian Pacific as

Review #1131; Rum #450 This sample was provided to me free-of-charge. No compensation, outside of the sample, was received and there were no strings attached. Great House is a bottling of rum from famed producer Hampden Estate. Starting life as a distillery exclusive this bottle is a yearly blend of various marques of differing ages

Review #1130; Rum #449 This is a 5 year old rum from Saint Nicholas Abbey on Barbados. This rum was distilled from Cane Syrup that was made from the cane grown at the Abbey. This was then aged for 5  years in ex-bourbon casks before it was bottled at cask strength. Distillery: Saint Nicholas Abbey Bottler: Saint

Review #1129; Rum #448 This sample was provided to me free-of-charge. No compensation, outside of the sample, was received and there were no strings attached. This rum was distilled at the Hampden Estate distillery. It comes from a collaboration with Bodegas Lustau in Jerez. After being distilled, the rum was put into Pedro Ximenez &

Review #1128; Rum #447 This bottle from Renegade is fresh pressed cane juice, the cane being B89447 or “Yellow Lady” as it is called on the island. This rum was pressed, fermented, and distilled on a pot still before being bottled at 50% with no additives. The Cane Code for this bottling is PC01H21-P1. Distillery: Renegade

Review #1127; Rum #446 This rum was bottled by Holmes Cay, the American Independent bottler, for the Austin Rum Society in Texas. This molasses based rum from DDL in Guyana was distilled from molasses on the Port Mourant Double Wooden Pot Still. This rum was aged for 8 years in the UK and 1 year

Review #1126; Rum #445 This rum was bottled by Dead Reckoning, an Australian independent bottler that has finally made its way to the US. Here we have rum from Killik, a distillery that uses muck and dunder in their rum production process. This molasses based rum in run through a single retort in bottled unaged

Review #1125; Rum #444 Renegade is a new rum distillery from Mark Reynier, known more for his work at Bruichladdich and Waterford. In Grenada, he built a brand new state of the art distillery. There, Renegade grows all the cane that goes into its rum. These first bottlings are known as “pre-cask’ and are made