Rum

Review #783; Rum #208: Rom DeLuxe La Reunion (Savanna) 8yr Single Cask

This is a single cask rum bottled by Rom Deluxe. This rum comes to us from La Reunion Island (likely Savanna distillery), purported to be the Grand Arome recipe, distilled on a column still, and aged for 8 years in ex-red wine casks in Europe before being bottled at cask strength. ABV: 55.6% Nose: Raspberry, Vanilla Cream,

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Review #780; Rum #207: El Dorado Rare Cask Collection Albion 14yr (2004)

This rum comes to us from legendary producers out of Guyana Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL). This rum was distilled in 2004, aged in the tropics in ex-bourbon barrels, then bottled at cask strength with no additives in 2018. Let’s see how it holds up. ABV: 60.1% Nose: Burnt Caramel, Crème brûlée, Blackberry compote, espresso, Dark Chocolate, Caramelized

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Review #776/777; Rum #204/205: Velier/ E&A Scheer Monmyusk 14yr Tropical vs Continental

This is a cool rum collaboration between Velier (that great Italian IB) and E&A Scheer those rum sourcing folks. They took some rum from Monymusk and bottled it. However, these are the same rum with the same Marque that have been aged an identical set of time. The major difference was the climate as one

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Review #767; Rum #199: Clairin Ansyen Vaval 38 month ex-rhum cask “Aficionados / Seelbachs select”

This rum comes to us from the Vaval Clairin producer located in Haiti. This is part of a small segment of Clairin that has been aged in a small Warehouse located in Port-au-Prince. Before this warehouse being built in 2015, Clairin had never been aged before. This particular cask was barreled into an ex-rum cask

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