The Auditor

/ Rum / By The Auditor Review #1052; Rum #380 Here we have a sample of a single cask of rum that was bottled for The Aficionados group. These folks are a collection of spirits enthusiast who have bottled Brandy, Rum, Agave, and Scotch Spirits. This was a single cask from Hampden Estate in Jamaica and I was

Review #1051; Rum #379 A few years ago the Aficionados group had a chance for a collaboration with Fine Drams. Several casks of very old tropically aged Jamaicans were up for sale due to a broker that went out of business on the island of Jamaica. I was asked to be on the panel and

Review #1050; Rum #378 A few years ago the Aficionados group had a chance for a collaboration with Fine Drams. Several casks of very old tropically aged Jamaicans were up for sale due to a broker that went out of business on the island of Jamaica. I was asked to be on the panel and

Review #1049; Rum #377 This sample was provided to me by a producer, distributor, or some other industry source free-of-charge, La Maison and Velier in this case. No compensation, outside of the sample, was received and there were no strings attached. Here we have the kind of sugar cane spirit that really gets me excited.

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