Rum

/ Rum / By The Auditor Review #1305; Rum #610 Here in front of us we have Stade’s JAWS, a release from the West Indies Rum Distillery located on Barbados. This rum was distilled from molasses on the Vulcan pot still and was aged for 6 months before being bottled. It has an ester level between 600 and […]

Review #1303; Rum #608 Review #1304; Rum #609 Here we have a brand I’ve not had yet is know globally, Bacardi. The (in)famous giant in the rum world makes a massive amount of rum and that includes his, the Bacardi Ocho, a rum distilled from molasses on column stills that is aged for 1 years

Review #1303; Rum #608 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. Rum et al is a product from Robyn Smith, who runs This Blogs Neat and is also a chemical engineer and

Review #1302; Rum #607 This bottling here is the so called last release of Velier Caroni from Luca. This molasses based rum was distilled from molasses on a column still and aged for 23 years before being bottled at cask strength with no additives. It was fully tropically aged, in Trinidad from 1996 to 2008

Review #1301; Rum #606 Pete and Carwick are a group of independent bottlers who seek to bottle well made spirits. This is a blend of pot and column still rum from molasses distilled at the DDL distillery in Guyana. It is a blend of aged and unaged rums from DDL and thus has no age

Review #1300; Rum #605 This rum was distilled from molasses on a pot still at the Hampden distillery in Jamaica. It was placed into what was likely an ex-bourbon cask and aged for 9 years, likely mostly in Europe, before being bottled at cask strength with no additives by compagnie de indes. Distillery: Hampden Estate

Review #1299; Rum #604 This rhum comes from O Reizinho distillery located on Madeira. This rhum was distilled from fresh pressed cane juice and aged for 3 years in Madeira Wine casks before being bottled at cask strength with no additives. Distillery: O Reizinho Bottler: O Reizinho Region: Madeira Still: Column ABV: 62.6% Nose:  Figs, Nutmeg, Gigner, Touch of Brine Palate:

Review #1298; Rum #603 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. Here we have a bottling of rum from Raising Glasses, that Massachusetts based American independent bottler. Here, they have a rum

Review #1297; Rum #602 This is an aged grand arome rum from Savanna. Distilled from molasses it was fermented for 6 days and distilled in 2001 before being aged for 17 years in an ex-cognac barrel at location. It was then bottled at cask strength with no additives. Distillery: Savanna Bottler: Savanna Region: Reunion Island Still: Column ABV: 51% Nose:  Sweat,

Review #1296; Rum #601 Here we have rum bottled by La Maison Du Whisky. This rum was distilled from fresh pressed cane juice on a copper column still in Vietnam, it aged for 6 years in an ex-cognac cask before being bottled at cask strength with no additives. Distillery: Sampan Bottler: La Maison du Whisky Region: Vietnam Still: Column