Real Minero Largo Espadin Bicuixe This batch of Real Minero comes to us from the Madre Resturant. An exclusive batch this one is 41% Largo-Karwinskii, 34% Espadin – Angutifolia, and 25% Cuishe – Rhodacantha. With a batch size of just 82 liters let’s see how it turned out. Mezcalero: Edgar Angeles Batch: DRMM3-01 ABV: 49.59% Nose: Brine, fresh green […]
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This rum comes to us from the Transcontinental Rum Line. It was aged for 3 years in ex-bourbon in Jamaica before being sent to Europe to age for an additional 2 years. Bottled with no additives and at “Navy Strength” (waits for the navy strength police to come get me), let’s see how it turned
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This rum comes to us from Hampden rum distillery located in Trelawny Jamaica. This rum was distilled, bottled, and aged entirely within Jamaica. It is a blend of 80% 7 year old OWH and 20% 3 Year Old <>H. Distilled with molasses on a pot still, fermented with wild yeast, let’s see how it stands
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This rum comes to us from TCRL. This was aged for 17 years in Trinidad & Tobago in an ex-bourbon barrel before being sent to Europe to age two more year in Europe. This is a blend of two casks from fermented molasses distilled on a column still from Angostura distillery. This was bottled at
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This bottling from TCRL, was distilled on column stills from fermented molasses before being aged for 7 years in Panama and 2 additional year in Europe. This was bottled with no additives. ABV: 43% Nose: Vanilla, dark chocolate, dried apricot. Palate: Thin mouthfeel. Vanilla bean, dark chocolate, oak spice. Finish: Short, Vanilla, oak spice, black pepper. Rating: 4/10 Very pleasant.
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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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