This bottlings comes to us by way of European independent bottler The Duchess. This is a 20 year old rum from the Long Pond Distillery located in Jamaica. It was aged for 20 years in ex-bourbon casks before being bottled at cask strength with no color added and was non chill filtered. This is the […]
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This is a series of blends of Armagnac, selected and bottled by PM Spirits. This is the 2nd release in the series and is a blend of 5 casks ranging in age from 22-35 years old. Domaine Lassalle 1990 Domaine Lassalle 1984 Domaine Del Cassou 1985 Domaine Amblat 1988 Domaine Bellair 1997 After blending, it
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This is a bottling for the Three Dots and Dash, a bar located in Chicago, Illinois. This rum was aged for 10 years in Guyana before being bottled. I can make no comment on additives, so we will just see how it fares. ABV: 56.5% Nose: Toasted Brown Sugar (slightly burnt), Black Pepper, Vanilla Bean Palate: Medium oily
This is the annual limited release blend from Kentucky distillery Four Roses. A blend of recipes this years release features: • 16 year OBSV • 14 year OBSQ • 12 year OESK • 16 year OESV This was bottled at barrel strength with no additives. ABV: 57.1% Nose: Cherry, Green Apple, Tobacco Leaf, Vanilla Cream, Slight Pear,
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This is a bottling from Dependent bottler Velier, sourced from the South African rum distillery Mhoba. This fresh pressed cane juice rum was distilled on a pot still before being aged in ex-red wine casks for 4 years. This rum was then bottled at cask strength with no additives. It is clearly some kind of
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This is a single cask of Armagnac selected by PM spirits for their 10-year anniversary. It was distilled from 100% Folle Blanche at Domaine Lous Pibous in 1994 and bottled at cask strength with no additives. ABV: 55.3% Nose: Black Pepper, Raspberry Jam, Blackberry, Orange Marmalade, Nutmeg. Palate: Medium oily mouthfeel, Peppery, Orange Marmalade, Raspberry jam, Blackberry, Leather.
This is a special release from National Rums of Jamacia distillery Long Pong. This rum is special as it is a single marque, the ITP Marque which comes in at 90-120 Ester count. It is also special as it continues the trend of producers finally directly releasing their own products instead of going through a
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Nulu Toasted Rye 5 year Shared Pour SiB This is a 5 year old rye bottled by Nulu. This rye has been finished in toasted oak barrels before being bottled. This particular bottling was sold as a set with another Nulu Toasted Rye SiB that we will get to after this one. These were selected
This is a rum distilled on the Island of Grenada at the Rivers Antoine estate distillery. This is one of the oldest rum producing distilleries in the Caribbean, having produced rum almost unchanged since 1785. The newest piece of technology at the distillery is a water wheel used for crushing cane installed in 1840. The
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This rum comes to us from the Renegade rum distillery located in Grenada. These “pre-cask” rums are unaged, fresh pressed sugarcane juice rums that have been distilled on a pot still or column still. Each bottling comes from a different farm and cane varietal on Grenada in order to explore the terroir of the spirit
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