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Review #724; Rum #169: Chairman’s Reserve 9yr 100% Sugarcane Vendome

This single cask comes to us from St.Lucia distillers located on the island of the same name. With the advent of the Ed Hamilton St.Lucia Single casks, St.Lucia distillers formulated their own single cask program under the Chairman’s Reserve brand. These have been a combination of stills all aged in ex-bourbon and aged tropically. This

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Review #721; Bourbon #161: Starlight 4yr Oloroso finish “Cork n Bottle select”

This is a store select from Cork and Bottle. This bottling comes to us from the Starlight distillery, clocks in at 4 years and 6 months old, and was finished in an Oloroso sherry barrel. ABV: 52.1% Nose: Orange Peel, Vanilla cream, Raisins, Figs, twing of baking spices, cinnamon, Nutmeg, Clove Palate: Medium oily mouthfeel, Orange Peel, Figs,

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Review #718; Bourbon #160: Starlight 4.5yr Cigar Batch r/bourbon Single Barrel

This is a bourbon selected by the team at r/bourbon. This is from Starlight distillery in Indiana; they are kind of the mad scientists of finishes in the American whiskey scene to me. These bottling here was aged for 4.5 years and finished in Brazilian Amburana Barrels before bottling. ABV: 56.2% Nose: Toffee, nutmeg, allspice, black pepper, cream,

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