This bottling comes to us from St. Lucia Distillers located on St. Lucia. This was distilled in 2000 on the John Dore pot still and matured entirely in St.Lucia in ex-bourbon before being bottled with no additives for the U.S. market. This is the longest matured St.Lucia I have tried to date. ABV: 53.1% Nose: Star Anise, […]
This is a bottling from Barbados rum producer Foursquare in their Exceptional Cask Selection series. This one was aged for 14 years in a mix of Ex-bourbon and Ex-Madeira casks in Barbados before being bottled with no additives. Let’s see how this one holds up. ABV: 61% Nose: Black Pepper, Cherry, toasted coconut, Oak Spice, Cinnamon, Vanilla
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This is a release from Foursquare in the Exceptional cask series. This one, like all Foursquare, is a blend of pot and column distillate that is aged for 11 years in Barbados in ex-bourbon and ex-Zinfandel casks before being bottled with no additives. ABV: 48% Nose: Dark Chocolate, Cherry, Vanilla Bean, Figs, Cola, toasted coconut, toasted brown
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This is a barrel picked by a restaurant in Dublin Ohio. This Elijah Craig was aged for 10 years before being bottled at cask strength with no additives and selected for this restaurant. I have not had a chance to try one of these new offering from Heaven Hill until now, so let us see
This is the 17th release in the Exceptional Cask Series from Foursquare. This bottling is a blend of pot and column distillate, aged for 12 years in ex-bourbon barrels before being bottled with no additives. ABV: 60% Nose: Mango, Vanilla, Black Pepper, Cinnamon, Oak Spice, toasted Brown Sugar, Raspberry Palate: Thick oily mouthfeel, Raspberry, Cinnamon, Toasted Brown Sugar,
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This is a single cask of 19-year rum that comes to us by way of the IB Golden Devil. Selected by K&L this Hampden rum is of the <>H Marque which implies an ester level of 900-1000 gr/hLAA. It was aged in the UK before being bottled at cask strength with no additives. Hampden is
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This offering from IB Compagnie des Indes comes to us from the 10 Cane distillery based in Trinidad that operated from 2003-2015. This bottling is a blend of sugar cane juice rum and traditional molasses based rum that was aged from March of 2012 to April of 2021. This rum was distilled on a French
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This is another botting from South African Rum producer Mhoba. This bottling is made from Single Estate Sugar Cane that has been fresh pressed for its juice which is then distilled on a pot still. Strangd151 is a blend of Mhoba Select Reserve Glass Cask Rum and Mhoba Pot Still High Ester Rum. Bottled at
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This is a bottling selected by our very own panel for r/bourbon. Starlight is a distillery is based out of Indiana and is distilling their own bourbon. This bottling is 5 years old, was aged in ISC Char #4 Barrels, and bottled at cask strength. ABV: 59.9% Nose: Cocoa, Vanilla Cream, Black Pepper, Palate: Medium mouthfeel, Cocoa, Vanilla, Confectionary
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This is a batch of Mhoba High Ester, an unaged agricole rum from the South African based distillery Mhoba. This pot still agricole is made from fresh pressed sugar cane juice and bottled at a high proof with no additives. This is the 3rd batch of Mhoba HE I have reviewed so lets see how
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