Rum

Review #1092; Rum #419 This rum comes to us from Rolling Fork, an independent bottler of rum based out of Kentucky. This rum that was distilled from molasses was aged for 10 years in El Salvador. The rum was finished for 22 months in 3 Oloroso sherry casks, 5 port wine casks, 4 rye whisky […]

Review #1091; Rum #418 S.B.S stands for Single Barrel Selection and is a wing of 1423, a spirits group that goes around selecting and bottling (and finishing rums). This rum was distilled at Le Galion Distillery from Molasses on a column still, then aged in a port cask for an unknown amount of time before

Review #1090; Rum #417 This is a rum from J.Gow, a distillery located in Scotland. This rum was made with Hornindal Kveik yeast and was fermented for 7 days. This was bottled at high proof with no additives. Distillery: J. Gow Bottler: J. Gow Region: Scotland Still: Pot Still ABV: 62% Nose: Vanilla, Slight Brine, bready Palate: Medium mouthfeel, a touch acrid,

Review #1089; Rum #416 This rum comes from Petit-Bourg Guadeloupe from the Montebello distillery. This rum was made from fresh pressed cane juice and distilled on a column still. Distillery: Montebello Bottler: Montebello Region: Guadeloupe Still: Column still ABV: 60%. Nose: Soft, Floral, Green Apple, Coriander, Vanilla, Lemon PeelPalate: Thick oily mouthfeel, Floral, Coriander, Vanilla, Lemon Peel, earthy, AppleFinish: Medium length finish, Coriander,

Review #1088; Rum #415 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. This is a rum from Ecuador that produced in the city of Jipijapa, in the Manabí province, from a variety of sugar cane that is commonly called

Review #1087; Rum #414 This rum was distilled at the J Gow distillery in Scotland. This marque of molasses based rum was fermented to 9% over 5 days, distilled to 85% in a single pass, then diluted to 50 % with no additives or ageing. Distillery: J Gow Bottler: J Gow Region: Scotland ABV: 50% Nose:  Brine, touch of vanilla,

Review #1086; Rum #413 This is a 13 year aged Sugar Cane juice rum from California. They choose to call it Agricole, however, I feel that should be reserved for the French islands that produce agricole. Anyway, the fresh pressed cane juice is distilled in a copper pot still after fementation and was then aged

Review #1085; Rum #412 This rum was bottled by dependent bottler Habitation Velier from Demerara Distillers Limited, located in Guyana. This rum was distilled from molasses on the legendary Port Mourant Double Wooden Pot Still. Now most rum off this still is aged but this rum was bottled unaged with no additives at a high

Review #1084; Rum #411 Paranubes is rum made from fresh pressed cane juice from Oaxaca Mexico. This fresh pressed just is wildly fermented before being distilled. This bottling was aged for 18 months in New American Oak before being bottled at full proof Distillery: Paranubes Bottler: Paranubes Region: Oaxaca, Mexico Still: Column Still Cask: New American Oak ABV: 55.8%% Nose:  Peppery,

Review #1083; Rum #410 This is a bottling of rum done by LVMH in conjunction with Excellence Rum. This is Cuban rum, but it is different from most of the Cuban rum that is bottled. This rum, based on molasses, comes from 2 casks that were aged for 10 years and blended together. Cuban rum