Rum

Rhum HSE Blanc This rhum comes to us from Martinique where it was distilled from crushed cane juice, distilled, and bottled with no additives at Habitation Saint Etienne. ABV: 50% Nose: Lemongrass, slight brine, cumin Palate: Medium mouthfeel, a bit of olive, brine, lemongrass, cumin Finish: Medium length finish, olive, brine, lemongrass, hay, cumin Rating: 5/10 A good and approachable […]

Riverset Rum Memphis Rum Club Selection This rum comes to us from Venezuela, though the distillery it was sourced from is not known. This is a 2-year-old Venezuelan rum that was finished in a wet Riverset rye cask for 6 months before being bottled at cask strength with no additives. ABV: 66.2% Nose: Mint, Vanilla, Black Pepper,

Thompson Brothers Trinidad (T.D.L) Rum 13yr This rum comes to us from independent bottlers Thompson Brothers. This rum was distilled in 2008 from molasses at the T.D.L. distillery located in Trinidad. It was aged for 13 years before being bottled at cask strength with no additives. ABV: 61.15% Nose: Herbaceous, Spearmint, Star Anise, Faint Industrial, vanilla chai,

Longueteau Genesis 4yr 2016 This rhum comes from the Longueteau distillery located on Guadeloupe. It was distilled in 2016 from Sugar Cane Juice on a Creole Column still and aged for 4 years in new oak barrels from the Troncais forest. All of the sugar cane is Red cane. This rum was distilled to 72.3%

Warehouse #1 Overproof (Worthy Park Cane Juice) This rum comes to us from the independent bottlers Warehouse #1 who I don’t know much about to be honest. However, this rum was distilled at Worthy Park and is made from fresh pressed cane juice that has been been bottled. Not having had any Cane Juice from

Bielle Blanc Premium This Rum comes to us from the Bielle distillery located on Marie-Galante, Guadeloupe. This cane juice based rum comes from fresh pressed cane juice that is distilled on a column still then through a pot still and bottled with no additives. ABV: 59% Nose: Vegetal, like walking in a grove of pine trees, Lemon

Probitas Rum This rum is a cool project done between two of the powerhouses in the rum world. Those powerhouses being the Foursquare distillery on Barbados and the Hampden distillery on Jamaica. This rum is a blend of unaged Pot Still rum from Hampden of the OWH Marque, unaged Coffey Column Still rum from Foursquare,

Hampden Great House 2022 This is part of the ongoing series from Hampden Estate that distillery in Jamaica. This rum is a blend of 74% HGML 2019 3yr (1000-1100 gr/hLAA) and 26% 2011 11yr LFCH (90-120 gr/hLAA) that is bottled with no additives. ABV: 55% Nose: Familiar Over-Ripe fruits, Caramelized Banana, Cement Glue, Grilled Pineapple, Allspice, Apple

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