Rum

Review #1061; Rum #389 his rum comes to us from Rasta Morris the independent bottler. This rhum agricole comes from the island of Marie-Galante and the Bielle distillery. The fresh pressed cane juice was put into an ex-bourbon barrel for 8 years in the tropics before it was bottled in Europe with no additives. Distillery: Bielle

Review #1060; Rum #388 Here we have the 22nd release of Foursquare’s exceptional cask series. This particular bottling was born out of a collaboration with Camus, the Cognac producer, and their Caribbean Expedition Cognac program. Foursquare used their Camus casks to aged 12 year old ex-bourbon rum for a second maturation for another 2 years.

Review #1059; Rum #387 Here in front of us we have another rum from Ecuador, though this one may be far more interesting than the S.B.S offering. this Puro comes to us from a father and grandson team, Remigio and Ismael Cordero. Surales, a small hamlet in Ecuador, is located at 4000 feet elevation between

Review #1058; Rum #386 Single Barrel Select, a brand run by 1423 Spirits, is mainly known for their single barrel selections of rums that they release. However, in the past 2 years or so they have been doing these Single Origin rums that takes rums from different places and releases them unaged with no additives

Review #1057; Rum #385 This sample was provided to me by a producer, distributor, or some other industry source free-of-charge, La Maison and Velier in this case. No compensation, outside of the sample, was received and there were no strings attached. I have had few opportunities up to this point to try Long Pond that

Review #1056; Rum #384 This sample was provided to me by a producer, distributor, or some other industry source free-of-charge, La Maison and Velier in this case. No compensation, outside of the sample, was received and there were no strings attached. Here we have another fun sample from La Masion & Velier with their Transcontinental

Review #1055; Rum #383 A few years ago the Aficionados group had a chance for a collaboration with Fine Drams. Several casks of very old tropically aged Jamaicans were up for sale due to a broker that went out of business on the island of Jamaica. I was asked to be on the panel and

Review #1054; Rum #382 Wray and Nephew Overproof is probably the most consumed rum on the island of Jamaica, and might be the most consumed unaged Jamaica overproof rum in the world. Given it’s stature it was surprising and cool to see them release something little special and limited. This bottle is the Parish Collection

Review #1053; Rum #381 A few years ago the Aficionados group had a chance for a collaboration with Fine Drams. Several casks of very old tropically aged Jamaicans were up for sale due to a broker that went out of business on the island of Jamaica. I was asked to be on the panel and

/ Rum / By The Auditor Review #1052; Rum #380 Here we have a sample of a single cask of rum that was bottled for The Aficionados group. These folks are a collection of spirits enthusiast who have bottled Brandy, Rum, Agave, and Scotch Spirits. This was a single cask from Hampden Estate in Jamaica and I was