This is a cool rum collaboration between Velier (that great Italian IB) and E&A Scheer those rum sourcing folks. They took some rum from Monymusk and bottled it. However, these are the same rum with the same Marque that have been aged an identical set of time. The major difference was the climate as one […]
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This is a single barrel selected by a group (Kingsman). This MGP bourbon was finished in a Cab Sav barrel before being bottled at cask strength. I had this blind then was revealed the notes, so keep that in mind while you read my review. ABV: 58.1% Nose: Crème brûlée, Orange Peel, Black Pepper, Tobacco Leaf, Slight
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Samaroli is an independent bottler based out of Italy that usually selects Scotch. This bottling is a blend of rums from various distilleries and countries. The rums were vatted in 2009, and then aged in new American oak barrels until bottling in 2011. They are as follows • Barbados 1996 • Barbados 2002 • Demerara
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This is a 5-year-old single barrel of Rye from Kentucky based distillers Wilderness Trail. The Cincinnati Bourbon Club selected this single barrel. This rye has a mash bill of 56% rye, 33% corn, and 11% malted barley. After distillation, these are aged in 4 char 53 gallon barrels before being bottled at cask strength. Let
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This is a sourced Rye from Blue Run, an NDP who put out this rye. This was a small release of 92 barrels from a non-disclosed Kentucky distillery with no age statement and no mashbill given. With the wealth of information, let’s see how it is. ABV: 47.5% Nose: Graham Cracker, Vanilla Cream, Faint Green Apple, Palate: Light
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This Rhum comes to us from the Bielle distillery located on Guadeloupe. Made from fresh pressed sugar cane juice and then distilled on a column still, let’s see how this high proof Rhum delivers. ABV: 59% Nose: Lemon Zest, a bit of moss, orange slice, raspberries, slight olive oil, Sea Salt, Minerality Palate: Medium oily mouthfeel, Lemon Zest,
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This bottling from 5 Sentidos, is the first time the company has bottled and shipped Puntas into the United States. This 200 liter batch was made from harvesting ripe Espadin and roasting them in a conical oven with Mesquite firewood for 5 days. After being cooked, the agave were chopped with machete, smashed with hammers,
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This rum comes to us from Smooth Ambler, a distillery located in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. While they did not distill this rum, they did bottle and source a very interesting bottling. This rum, with a 1990 vintage year on it, is actually the youngest rum in the bottle! This is a blend of rums,
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This rum comes to us by way on European Independent bottler Rum Nation. Sourced from the Savanna distillery, this traditional rum (molasses) from savanna was aged for 12 years (ex-cognac barrels?) in the tropics before being moved to Europe for an additional 5 years of ageing in ex-whisky casks. Also rum review 200 whew, what
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This rum comes to us from the Vaval Clairin producer located in Haiti. This is part of a small segment of Clairin that has been aged in a small Warehouse located in Port-au-Prince. Before this warehouse being built in 2015, Clairin had never been aged before. This particular cask was barreled into an ex-rum cask
