Rum

Kohana Kea This is a bottling from the Kohana distillery, located on Oahu, of their fresh pressed cane juice rum. I did not get the cane varietal that this is made from. Let us see how it is. ABV: 40% Nose: Lemongrass, Bell Pepper Palate: Thin mouthfeel, Lemongrass, bit of chalk, bell pepper Finish: Short, Lemongrass, chalk. Slight minerality […]

Kohana Koa This rum comes to us from the Kohana distillery located on the island of Oahu in the Pacific. This rum is made from fresh pressed cane juice. The Koa bottlings have been finished in Koa Casks, a wood endemic to Hawaii and bottled at a robust 50%. ABV: 50% Nose: Raspberry, slight olive, vegetal, milk

SBS Antigua 2015 This bottling is a single barrel of rum from 1423 a Danish independent bottler. Of note this is my first rum from Antigua I have tried. This is a column distilled molasses rum that was aged for 6-7 years in ex-bourbon before being bottled at cask strength with no additives. ABV: 64.9% Nose: A

Down Island Barbados 20yr 2002 (Foursquare) DISCLAIMER: I received this sample from Down Island Spirits. This is a bottling from new independent rum bottler Down Island who is based in Florida. This rum is a single cask of Foursquare rum that, unlike almost all other releases, is 100% pot still. This rum from molasses was distilled

Atelier Vie Calio Rum This rum comes from Atelier Vie located in New Orleans. This rum was made from Louisiana molasses, was distilled on a pot still, and bottled with no additives or coloring. ABV: 45% Nose: Lemony, passionfruit, Palate: Thin, slight lemon. Finish: Short finish, lemon, slight passionfruit. Rating: 3/10 Overall not good, there just is almost nothing here

Raising Glasses Moongazer Guyana 9yr This is a rum from the independent bottlers at Raising Glasses. Branching out from their scotch origins, they have brought a selection of rums to market. This molasses based rum was distilled in 2012 on DDL’s Versailles Pot Still and aged in the UK for 9 years before being bottled

Savanna High Ester Reunion Rum 2017 vs 2022 releases So, Savanna is that magical distillery located on La Reunion that makes quite a few different styles of rum. This offering here is their High Ester Reunion Rum (HERR) which quite different from the distilleries other offerings. This kind of experimental rum that is made from

Kohana Koho Rum This rum comes to us from a distillery located on the Island of Oahu in the Pacific. This rum comes from fresh pressed cane juice. Kohana is very passionate about their sugar cane varietals that they cultivate. This varietal is the Ko Kea sugarcane. After distillation, it is aged in American Oak

Trinidad Raising Glasses Guardians 8yr This is a single cask of rum that comes to us from Trinidad distillery Trinidad Distillers Limited. This is from an independent bottlers based out of Boston known as Raising Glasses. This cask was distilled in 2014 and matured in Trinidad for 6 years before being matured a further 2

Neisson Organic This rhum comes from that favorite distillery on Martinique, Neisson. This rhum agricole is certified organic, made from estate grown, fresh pressed cane juice, and natural home grown yeast. This follows a similar process to other agricoles except fermentation is allowed to carry on for 3 days. ABV: 52.5% Nose: Bright and citrusy, Lemongrass, Peppercorn,