This blend, released in 2012, is the first rum blend from Velier, the Italian Independent bottler. It’s a blend of a 3 year rum from one of Cuba’s oldest distilleries, Old Solera rom the Capruano Distillery in Venezuela, and a Caroni distilled in 1994. These rums were aged an additional year in Demerara and Caroni […]
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This is a no age stated export bourbon, sold mainly in duty free shops, from Wild Turkey, with the Tradition bottlings running from 1993 to 1998. This particular bottle was bottled on 9/16/93. ABV: 50.5% Nose: Toffee, Cherry, Apple Skin, Butterscotch, Mustiness, sweet oak spice Palate: , Medium oily mouthfeel, Butterscotch, Must, Cherry, Apple Skin, Dark Chocolate, Orange
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This rum comes to us by way of Dependent bottler Velier. This rum came from Seychelles and is from sugar cane grown on the island of Mahe. The distillation is carried out in Pot Still still by the Trois Frères distillery in La Plaine Saint-André. This edition of Pure Single Rum has a congeners content
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This is a bottling of Ezra Brooks with a glass stamp of 90 implying 1990. It states Luxco, but could be Heaven Hill sourced as it was bottled during the bourbon glut. However, according to Michael Veach, this Ezra Brooks was distilled by the Medley Distillery which is now shuttered. On the back label the
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This is a spirit distilled in the Armagnac region of France from Folle Blanche and Baco grape varietals that is bottled at full strength. ABV: 51.9% Nose: Red Grapes, Brine, Vanilla, Plum, Dried Figs, Allspice, Wildflower. Palate: Medium mouthfeel, Fig, Brine, Allspice, Wildflower, Vanilla, Plum Finish: Longerish finish, Red Grape, Allspice, Fig, Brine, Vanilla, Wildflower, Plum Rating: 6/10 Really weird,
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This is an interesting one as I don’t have much knowledge or experience with bourbon of the “dusty” variety. Seagrams owned this brand prior to being sold in the early 1980’s to Heaven Hill. JTS distilled by Seagrams came from the Old Prentice distillery (Four Roses). This bottled was aged state 6 years (so stilled
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This Cognac comes to us via the Aficionados, who selected this cask in 2020. A single cask of Cognac, aged for quite a few years, and bottled at cask strength with no additives. ABV: 56.1% Nose: Figs, Dates, Allspice, Nutmeg, Black Pepper, New Leather Wallet, Dark Chocolate, Oak Spice, Candied Orange Peel Palate: Thick oily mouthfeel, Candied Orange
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This comes to us from Castle and Key distillery, a Kentucky distillery formerly known as The Old Taylor Distillery that was abandoned and reclaimed with operations starting up in 2018. Now we have here in 2022 their first Bourbon release, a 4 year old bourbon with a mashbill of 73% White Corn, 10% Rye, and
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This bottling comes to us via TTG, and was selected by a group of selectors. Led by t8ke of the Aficionados Group it included Bourbon Pursuit, Rare Bird 101, Seelbachs, and Mash & Drum. This Cognac from the Petite Champagne region of France is a single cask that was bottled at cask strength with no
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This is the infamous single barrel selected for r/bourbon for crossing the 200k member threshold. Only 42 bottles came out and it never reached the 12 year mark, coming in at 11 years and 11 months. It was aged at Camp Nelson A and was bottled non-chill filtered. ABV: 55% Nose: Vanilla Chai, Black Pepper, Milk Chocolate, toffee, medium
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