The Auditor

Review #1048; Rum #376 Amongst the rums I have reviewed there is a country that is globally renown for their rum that I haven’t tried much from. That country of course is Cuba. Now there are a couple of reasons for that, a pesky embargo from the United States on Cuba makes their rum a […]

Review #1047; Rum #375 Once again I find myself reviewing and tasting more rum from Hampden Estate. I never tire of taking a mini trip back to Trelawny when I sip on this rum and so I will always have some fun stuff on hand. In keeping with my usual biases this will be another

Review #1046; Rum #374 Here we have a bottling from the most famous and premier independent bottler of rums Velier. Based out of Italy they prefer to be called dependent bottlers as they work closely with the distillery source their bottles and unlike most independent bottlers their rums are aged at origin (tropical). Their rums

Review #1045; Rum #373 I was sent this sample by La Maison & Velier. Here we go again with me reviewing yet more Hampden. I consider it the best rum distillery in the world so expect to see it pop up fairly often. This is something somewhat new though, as this is only the 2nd

Review: #1044; Rum #372 This spirit here is Viche, a sugar cane spirit from the Colombian Pacific. Being that it is a Viche, it can only be crafted by those of Afro-Colombian decent in the Colombian Pacific as it is part of their culture and heritage. This falls in the departments (states) of Narino, Cauca,

Review #1043; Rum #371 We have something very unique here in my glass thanks to a local friend. This is a Destilado Artesanal De Cana Amarilla from Colombia. This bottling is done by a very small but organized entrepreneur that has several bottlings from across the Colombian Pacific. This particular bottling was distilled by the

Review #1042; Rum #370 Holmes Cay Monymusk 8yr 2014 EMB Over the past week I have had the good fortune to try a couple of tropically aged rums from Habitation Velier from this distillery, why not try a similar bottlings from Holmes Cay. This rum, also from Monymusk / Clarendon, was distilled in 2014, aged

Review #1041, Rum #369 Habitaton Velier Monymusk 7 Year 2015 MMW This rum comes to us from the dependent bottler Habitation Velier. This molasses based rum was distilled on a pot still, aged for 7 years entirely in Jamaica in an ex-bourbon cask, then bottled strength with no additives. This rum is one of the

Review #1040; Rum #368 Papalin 4 year Haiti (2017) Papalin is a project from Velier that is dedicated to blended rums. With this project Velier, who purports themselves as a “tropical dependent bottler” works in tandem with the distilleries to craft these blended products where the ageing takes place on their site. Previously in this

Reviews #1038/1039; Rums #366/367 I was sent this by Raising Glasses to try Raising Glasses Thailand 9 Year (2014) “Kinnara” & Kinnaree” Single Casks I was sent these samples by Raising Glasses. Here we have something that is a bit of rarity for me now, but happens enough I am still excited about it. A