This is a tequila from NOM 1579. It was be extracted with a Tahona, using well water and rain water and is 2x distilled on a copper pot and aged in ex-bourbon barrels with no additives. I had this blind, so keep that in mind while reading this. ABV: 40% Nose: Green Vegetalness, vanilla, green apple, campfire […]
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This bottle of rum comes to us from Nashville Barrel Company. This single cask of rum is sourced from Venezuela (no source on which distillery). It was aged for 6 years, 4.5 in the Caribbean then finished for 2 years in ex-bourbon in Nashville before being bottled. ABV: 66.68% Nose: Crème Brulee, toasted brown sugar, charred mango.
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This rum comes from the Foursquare distillery located on Barbados. This expression has been aged for 12 years as a combination of pot and column distillate and a blend of ex-bourbon and ex-madeira casks. This was released with no additives. Sagacity is a French term meaning “The Quality of being discerning, sound of judgement.” ABV: 48%
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This Tequila comes to us from NOM 1414. It was cooked in an Autoclave, extracted with a roller mill, distilled 3 times before being aged for in ex-American oak barrels for at least 3 years. I had this blind, and this is the first Tequila I have reviewed, so keep that in mind while reading
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This is a gin from the Privateer distillery in Ipswich Massachusetts, this is a molasses based spirit that is infused with herbs, spices, and freshly zested citrus. The ingredients are steeped for 2 nights and a day before being redistilled and rested in a stainless steel tank for 3 months. This is from Batch 6.
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This is an unaged Aguardiente from the hills of Uruapan, Michoacan. It is made from 100% cane sugar and is a blend of fermented cane juice distilled in a pot and first press molasses distilled on a column still. ABV: 43% Nose: Briney, slight grassiness, vanilla, herbalness, light floral. Palate: Light mouthfeel. Vanilla, slight brine, slight vegetalness, cumin.
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This is the yearly limited edition blend from Four Roses. This bottle is non chill filtered and has the following recipe and ages in its blend, which is released at barrel strength: • 12 Year OBSV • 12 Year OESV • 19 Year OBSK • 16 Year OESK ABV: 55.7% Nose: Vanilla Cream, Butterscotch, tobacco leaf, green
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This is a 2020 release from Habitation Velier, who worked with Hampden distillery in Jamaica to select this rum. This unaged high ester release features the LROK mark from Hampden, which has an ester count between 300-400 esters gr/hL. Let see how it stacks up. ABV: 57.8% Nose: Over-ripe fruits, banana, grilled pineapple rind, guava, salted meat
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This is from the Maltster series from New Riff, who decided to play around with malted grains as an experiment with their bourbon. This bottling has a mash bill of 65% corn, 30% malted rye, and 5% malted barley. It was aged for at least 5 years before being bottled at 50% with no chill
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This is an unaged rum from Jamaica rum distillery Worthy Park. It was distilled on their double retort pot still after being fermented for 3 months before being bottled with no additives. Bottled in “In the old classic style of Jamaica Overproof rums”, this rum states on the back label “Don’t drink neat, only use
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