Rum

Review #1165 Rum #480 Here we have a bottling of cane juice rum from Mexico. Alambique Serrano is a brand that was started by the same folks behind the Cinco Sentidos mezcal brand. This rum is distilled by third generation distillers with a history that goes back to the 1930s.  This particular bottling comes from […]

Review #1164; Rum #479 This sample 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. Shakara is a rum that is born out of a collaboration with La Maison & Velier. This rum was produced from

Review #1163; Rum #478 Here we have a cane juice based rum from Colombia. This was produced by Destilería Agrícola de Córdoba located in Montería, Córdoba, Colombia. This was made from cane sourced from a local co-op. The cane was crushed into a juice with a mechanical trapiche, fermented for 7 days with brewer’s yeast

Review #1162; Rum #477 Here we have an offering from the Mount Gay distillery located in Barbados. Per my  internet sleuthing this is the old label of Black Barrel, at least compared to the new bottles I see in my local liquor stores. This rum is a molasses based blend of aged boule pot distillates

Review #1161; Rum #476 Here we have a bottling of rum by the independent bottler Nectary of the Daily Drams. This is a column still molasses based rum from the Le Galion distillery that has been distilled in the Grand Arome style and matured in a virgin Oak cask for 2 years before being bottled.

Review #1160; Rum #475 Here we have a rum that I have often ignored but felt the calling to try. The Lone Caner calls its one of the key rums of the world and it was one of the best selling rums at times in its history. But The Lone Caner did a great write

Review #1159; Rum #474 This sample 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. Bira is a Zimbabwean word word that means an all night ritual of celebration. This is an independent rum bottler that

Review #1158; Rum #473 Beenleigh is the oldest rum distillery in Australia and is located in Queensland on the northern coast of the country. In addition to being in an area known for its sugarcane cultivation, the distillery supplied rum to the British Royal Navy. Here we have a bottling of Beenleigh done in partnership

Review #1157; Rum #472 Alambique Serrano is a brand of rum from the same distillery that produces Canada. This distillery is on it’s third generation of distilling, with brothers Isidoro, Rommel, William, and Axel Peralata distilling. This single barrel of rum was made from cane harvested from 2500-3800 feet above sea level. That cane was

Review #1156; Rum #471 Here we have a bottling of Rhum Jm aged agricole for the Boston Rum Social Club.  This rhum was distilled from fresh pressed cane Juice on a Column Still before being put into an ex-bourbon cask. The rhum spent 4 years in that cask in Martinique before being transferred to French