Rum

Review #1040; Rum #368 Papalin 4 year Haiti (2017) Papalin is a project from Velier that is dedicated to blended rums. With this project Velier, who purports themselves as a “tropical dependent bottler” works in tandem with the distilleries to craft these blended products where the ageing takes place on their site. Previously in this […]

Reviews #1038/1039; Rums #366/367 I was sent this by Raising Glasses to try Raising Glasses Thailand 9 Year (2014) “Kinnara” & Kinnaree” Single Casks I was sent these samples by Raising Glasses. Here we have something that is a bit of rarity for me now, but happens enough I am still excited about it. A

Review #1037; Rum #365 I was sent this sample by Raising Glasses and asked to try it This rum comes to us from Beenleigh distillery located in Eagleby Queensland, Australia. This rum was fermented with the S. Pombe yeast, distilled from molasses on a Pot and Column still. It was then aged for 11 years

This rum was sent to me by the folks at Raising Glasses to try Review #1036; Rum #364 Raising Glasses Whistler 14 year (2009) Venezuela I was sent this sample by the folks at Raising Glasses to try This bottle of rum (or sample in this case) we have here is from Raising Glasses, an

Review #1034; Rum #363 Habitation Velier Monymusk EMB 8yr 2014 Cask 1 This rum was bottled by Habitation Velier a dependent bottler. This rum comes from the Clarendon distillery which is located in the Southeast part of Jamaica. This rum was distilled from molasses on the distilleries 2 pot stills, put into an ex-bourbon cask,

Review #1033; Rum #362 Hampden HLCF Classic 4yr This rum comes to us from Hampden Estate located in Trelawney in Jamaica. This rum will be replacing the old Hampden 8 year overproof that has been a mainstay for the past few years. This bottling is of the HLCF (Hampden Light Continental Flavor) mark which clocks

Review #1032; Rum #361 Pere Labat Single Cask Rhum 12yr 2009 This rhum comes to us from the Poisson Distillerie located on the island of Marie-Galante which is a part of Guadeloupe. This rum was distilled in 2009 from fresh pressed sugar cane juice. It then aged in an ex-bourbon cask for 12 years in

Review #1031; Rum #360 Velier Isautier Traditional 16yr 2006 This rum comes to us from Isautier, a distillery located on Reunion Island. This molasses rum was produced from Reunion cane and distilled on a column still. It was aged for 16 years before being bottled at cask strength with no additives. ABV: 57% Nose: Raspberry, Allspice, blackberry,

Review #1030; Rum Review #359 La Masion and Velier Flag Series Guyana 24yr 1998 Port Mourant This rum comes to us from La Masion and Velier the dependent bottler. This rum was bottled to celebrate LM&V 5 year anniversary in the USA. This single cask is from Demerara Distillers Limited which is the only rum

Velier Isautier 16yr Reunion Rum Sugarcane Juice 2006 This rum comes to us from Isautier, a little known distillery located on the Island of La Reunion. I will link Single Cask Rum’s fantastic article on the distillery. This rum we have in front of us today was aged for 16 years in Reunion after being distilled from