This rum comes to us from Fiji based South Pacific distillers. It was fermented from traditional molasses and distilled on a pot still. Aged for 2 years in Fiji before being sent to Europe for an additional 3 years of ageing before being bottled at cask strength with no additives. All of the ageing took […]
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This rum brands comes to us from La Masion and Velier who import it to the US, while the brand is the brainchild of La Masion du Whisky. This was aged for 4 years in Australia before being shipped to Europe for an additional 2 years in ex-cognac barrel’s before being bottled with no additives.
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This rum comes to us from the Barbados base distiller Foursquare. These barrels were laid down in 2008 and bottled in 2020, giving us a rum that is 12 years of age. A blend of pot and column still, this was bottled with no additives to it and aged entirely in ex-bourbon barrels. Let’s see
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This comes to us from Duncan Taylor’s battlehill line. This young distillate was aged for 5 years in “Oak Casks and was lightly peated at 35ppm. I had this blind so keep that in mind while reading my notes. ABV: 54% Nose: Bready, cereals, vanilla, honey, graham cracker Palate: Medium mouthfeel. Warm, Vanilla, bready, honey, milk chocolate, cereals,
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This comes to us from craft distiller New Riff. This is part of their “experimental line” and is made from Balboa rye, an heirloom grain that dates back to the 1940’s. They distilled it as part of experimenting with the rye mashbill . The mashbill for this is 95% Balboa Rye and 5% malted rye
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This rum was bottled by Velier, and produced by that famous distillery Hampden located in Jamaica. Distilled in 2010, aged for 10 years tropically in Jamaica, this was then bottled at cask strength in 2020 with no additives. Clocking in at 350-450 gr/hlpa for ester content, this doesn’t duke it out with some of the
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This comes to us from Campeltown and is a 14 year old Kilkerran. This was aged entirely in a refill bourbon casks, triple distilled, and bottled at cask strength with no additives and was non-chill filtered. This was bottled and sold for the Virtual Campbeltown Festival. ABV: 57.8% Nose: Honey, Graham cracker, Vanilla, faint banana, lemon zest,
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This custom batch, a whole 12 bottles which was selected by the Restaurant Madre, comes to us from Durango Mexico under the La Mata brand and was produced by Familia Lerma. Batch: 50T-L 25/06/19 ABV: 49.8% Nose: Fresh cut grass, vanilla cream, slight rubber, faint wood smoke Palate: Thick oily mouthfeel. Rubbery, heavy earthiness, minerality, faint oak spice, black
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Chairman’s Reserve Master Select “Lincoln Road” 8 Year This bottling comes to us from St. Lucia distillers and was selected by the Lincoln Road package store. Aged tropically for 8 years, this is a blend of 2 different stills and was bottled with no additives. This is the last of this mini-series so let’s see
100% Vendome This comes to us from St. Lucia Distillers. This was selected by Bitters and Bottles in California and bottled under the Chairman’s reserve line. This rum was aged tropically for 13 years, and is 100% from their Vendome Pot Still. This was bottled with no additives to it, so let’s see how it
