The Auditor

This comes to us from La Favorite, and comes from Cane Red, which is grown for its sugar content. Long fermentation, and being AOC protected agricole, let’s see how it tastes. ABV: 53% Nose: Brine, Cheese funk, Black Pepper, floralness. Palate: Medium mouthfeel, brine, lemon zest, cheese funk, floralness Finish: Medium length finish, lemon and lime zest, briney, black […]

This 22 year old Caroni comes to us from K&L. From the closed distiller, this was bottled at cask strength with no additives, distilled from local cane, and aged in ex-bourbon barrels. Let’s see how it holds up. ABV: 62.1% Nose: Industrial funk, burnt plastic, diesel fuel, Vanilla, Cream, industrial smoke, Palate: Thick oily mouthfeel, diesel fuel, vanilla

This comes to us from K&L once again, part of their Golden Devil line. This particular offering is a 27 year aged Hampden. This offering was aged continentally, comes from a pot still, and is one of the oldest rums I have tried to this date from my favorite distillery, just to get my bias

This rum comes to us via the Golden Devil line and picked for K&L. Through many hints dropped in the product description, we know this comes to us (assumedly) from an Unnamed Cuban Distillery. This was presumably distilled on a Column still, aged for 21 years in an ex-whiskey cask in a combination of tropical

This blend comes to us from Black Tot, and was created for the 50th anniversary of the end of the British Navy Rum Ration. It is a blend of quite of number of rums, with varying ages and sources, which I will list below. Guyana: 28% 12 Year old Demerara Distillers Savalle Column 27% 9

This rum, selected by K&L Wines and bottled under Golden Devil, comes to us from Demerara Distiller Inc. This rum was distilled on the Versailles wooden pot still, aged for 16 years in a presumed Ex-Whiskey cask, and aged in what I presume in Europe. ABV: 61.4% Nose: Vanilla, honey, slight pepper, mango, Palate: Medium mouthfeel, a bit

This rum comes to us by way of Hampden distillery (secret) and is their C<>H mark (1300-1400 ester count) selected by K&L wines in California. Let’s see how it turned out. ABV: 64.1% Nose: Heavy Funk, over-ripe fruits. Heavy banana, mango, guava, nutmeg, lime zest, slight vanilla. Palate: Thick mouthfeel. Heavy over ripe / rotting tropical fruits. Heavy

This rum comes to us from LM&V, rum from Haiti from the Vaval producer that has been aged for 34 months in ex-bourbon casks from Buffalo Trace. This cask was selected be retailer Astor Wines and Spirits based out of New York. ABV: 50.4% Nose: Oak Spice, Vanilla, Grassy, peppery, Palate: Medium mouthfeel. Vanilla, Grassy, Black Pepper, nutmeg,