Rum

Review #1209; Rum #523 This is a bottling of rum done by Signor Fori via Intertrade imports. This rum comes from the West Indies Rum Distillery located in Barbados and was distilled in the year 2000 and is thought to have been distilled on the Vulcan still there. It aged for 15  years before being […]

Review #1208; Rum #522 Here we have a bottling of rum produced for The Whisky Exchange. This small batch of rum was created by Havana Club’s maestro del ron Cubano Asbel Morales. This is a molasses based rum that was created from Cuban crown sugar cane and distilled on a column still. It then aged

Review #1207; Rum #521 Here we have a single cask of rum from Hampden Estate bottled by the independent bottlers over at Rolling Fork for the r/bourbon single cask program. This rum was distilled from molasses as a blend of marques and was aged for 11 years before being bottled at cask strength with no

This bottle was provided to me by a producer, distributor, or some other industry source free-of-charge. No compensation, outside of the sample, was received and there were no strings attached. Review #1206; Rum #520 Here we have a bottling of rum under the Alambique Serrano brand distilled by the Krassel family in Santa Maria Tlalixtac,

Review #1205; Rum #519 Here we a bottling of rum from independent bottlers Compagnie Des Indes. This is a molasses based rum from Trinidad Distillers limited that was aged for 20 years in ex-bourbon before being bottled at cask strength with no additives. Distillery: Trinidad Distillers Limited Bottler: Compagnie Des Indes Region: Trinidad Still: Column Cask: Ex-Bourbon ABV: 61.7% Nose: Cherry Cough

Review #1204; Rum #518 This release is a bottling done as a collaboration between Velier and National Rums of Jamaica, the umbrella company for Clarendon and Long Pond. This is a molasses based rum that was distilled in a pot still in 2007 using dunder and muck at Long Pond to make a high ester

Review #1203; Rum #517 Here we have yet another bottling from the Krassel brothers, 3rd generation distillers located in Santa Maria Tlalixtac in the mountainous Cañada region of Oaxaca, Mexico. This rum is a 50/50 blend of distillate from their custom Krassel still and a copper pot still. After being distilled the Krassel still spirit

Review #1202; Rum #516 Here we have a botting of rum from the closed Courcelles distillery. This bottling came from the last year of production, which occurred in 1972 not at the original distillery but at the Sainte-Marthe distillery where the stills were moved. It aged for 49 years in French Oak before being bottled

Review #1201; Rum #515 Here we have a bottling done by the Velier brand in partnership with a distiller on the island of Reunion (I would guess Savanna but it could be multiple). This molasses based rum is a blend of 3 traditional rums, a 10, 12, and 15 year rum. The other component is

Review #1200; Rum #514 Here we have a special release, the first in the Mount Gay Single Estate series. This rum was made from 100% molasses grown at the Mount Gay Estate in St Lucy Barbados. This rum was made from cane harvested in 2016 and 2017. The rum was made into molasses that was