Rum

This is an annual release from Balcones, a Texas Distillery of their rum. It is made from molasses and double distilled in pot stills, then aged for 18 months in new charred oak. Let’s see how it holds up. ABV: 65.3% Nose: Vanilla Bomb, Heavy Oak Spice, Black Pepper, sawdust Palate: Medium mouthfeel, Vanilla, pepper, oak spice, , […]

This is an offering from Privateer of their rum. The spirit must be distilled by a single distiller, in a single season, at a single distillery and aged no less than 4 years at a federally bonded warehouse and bottled at 100 proof at the same distillery. We usually see this from American bourbon producers,

This is a 7 year old Cask Strength rum bottled by Rum Nation, distilled at the Savanna Distillery. The distillery is located on Reunion Island, which is in the Indian Ocean. It was bottled with no dilution, no color added, and was not chill filtered. ABV: 60.5% Nose: Slight rotting fruits, floral, Black Pepper, motor oil, lemon

This is a single cask offering from Privateers Distillers Drawer line, a rum aged for 2 years and 11 months in an Ex-Scotch cask. Let’s see how the scotch barrel impacted this rum! ABV: 53% Nose: Brine, slight vanilla, black pepper, allspice, slight campfire smoke. Palate: Thick oily mouthfeel, slight campfire smoke, brine. Black Pepper, slight dark chocolate

Privateer Rum, Distillers Drawer Coupe Cask Reserve This is a distillers drawer release from Privateer. This batch was a blend of 2.2-4 year old rum, that was matured in a mix of new and used casks, then finished in a neutral barrel. ABV: 45% Nose: Warm and fruity, slight banana, orange, burnt brown sugar.toffee, butter. Palate: Medium mouthfeel,

Pussers Gunpowder Proof This is a rum according to the label that is bottled by “Pusser’s Rum LTD”, and that it is a product of Guyana. Let’s see how it holds up (and takes me to the Miami Rum Congress in my head rather than cold frozen north.) ABV: 54.5% Nose: Slightly metallic, fruits, Guava, banana, slight

DOK – Trelawny Jamaica Rum – Aficionados x Fine Drams Clocking in at 1488.8 g/hLAA esters, DOK is an exercise in madness. It came off the pot still at 85.76% ABV and was diluted to a more palatable 69% ABV before bottling. It was distilled at an undisclosed Jamaican distillery in the Trelawny parish –

XXX/Three is a Dominican Rum from Alcoholes Finos Dominicanos, the makers of Ron Barceló. It was distilled in a column-still in December, 2010 from cane juice, and then left to mature in first-fill bourbon casks until 2015. It then spent a few years in a steel tank before being transferred to ex-rum cask #22 in

This is a rum distilled in NC it has been made from molasses low wine brewed on site, with a round of oak aging. It is then distilled again to remove the color.  I had this blind then was revealed the bottle so keep that in mind.  ABV: 41% Nose: Soft Floral Notes, light caramel, Guava,