This bottling comes to us by way of Savanna that distillery located on La Reunion Island. This rum, being of the Grand Arome marque was aged for 14 years in 2 separate casks, ex-port and ex-cognac. They were then blended together into once cognac cask and aged for an extra year before being bottled. ABV: 49.2% […]
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This Rhum comes to us by way of Barbancourt, a distillery located in Haiti that uses cane juice for its rum instead of molasses. I don’t really have much info on this bottling except its Cane Juice, was bottled sometime in the 90’s, and was aged for an unknown period of time before bottling. ABV: 43%
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This rum comes to us by way of Smooth Amber, a craft distillery located in West Virginia. This is a blend of two well aged rums, 26 and 28 years old Source from two Jamaican distilleries. (Appleton and Monymusk more than likely). Smooth Ambler aged this release for an additional year in Rye Whisky casks
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This single cask from the Edradour distillery was selected or “Pillaged” as they put it, for the Edradourian Knights a collection of folks who are super fans of Edradour whisky. This single malt was aged for 11 years in a 2nd fill Hogshead Bordeaux cask before being bottled at cask strength with no additives or
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This bottling comes to us by way of the Scotch Malt Whiskey Society from Caperdonich, the closed speyside distillery. This Single malt was aged for 25 years in a 2nd fill ex-bourbon barrel before being bottled at cask strength with no additives and was non-chill filtered. ABV: 53.6% Nose: Green Apple, Pineapple, Orange Zest, Lavender, Slight Hay,
This rum comes to us from Richland Estate, a rum distillery located in Georgia. This single estate rum was selected by Seelbachs for their website. This particular cask was aged for 8 years and 5 months, with 11 months of that timeframe being finished in Terrapin Beer Company Tiramisu-Hoo Milk Stout casks that had previously
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This bottling comes to us by way of Lady of the Glen. This Glen Elgin was aged for 16 years in a Hogshead before being finished in a Ruby Port Barrique cask. It was then bottled at cask strength with no additives or filtering. ABV: 55.7% Nose: Nutmeg, Cinnamon, Strawberry Jam, Dark Chocolate, Raisins, Figs. Palate: Medium Mouthfeel,
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This bottling comes to us by way of Single Cask Nation, an American Independent bottler. This cask spent 8 years ageing in a first fill bourbon barrel before it was selected by SCN and bottled at cask strength with no additives or chill filtering. ABV: 60.7% Nose: Sourdough east, Floralness, Cereals, Sandalwood, Chocolate Milk Duds, Honeydew, Vanilla.
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This Chariman’s Reserve Master Selection is a barrel pick done by K&L Wines out in California. This St. Lucia Distillers rum was aged for 8 years in ex-bourbon before being bottled for K&L with no chill filtering or additives. This is a blend of 50% John Dore 1 pot still distillate and 50% Coffey Column
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This is an American single malt that comes to us from Brickway, a brewery and distillery located in Omaha, Nebraska. This has been aged for a non-disclosed amount of time in New Charred Oak casks. ABV: 43% Nose: Orange Zest, Pear Skin, Black Tea, Cinnamon, Floral. Palate: Light mouthfeel, Orange Zest, Black Tea, Cinnmon, Floral. Finish: Short finish, Floral,
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