Rum

Review #1277; Rum #582 Here we have a single cask from rum from the now closed Caroni distillery that was located in Trinidad. This rum aged for 20 years as a combination of tropical and continental ageing in ex-bourbon barrels. It was then bottled at cask strength with no additives for The Whisky Barrel in […]

Review #1276; Rum #581 This release from the Foursquare distillery in Barbados is a blend of three 16 year old blended rums. These rums were distilled in the copper Double-Retort Pot Still and a Continuous Twin Column Coffey Still. Two of the rums were double maturations. One aged for 3 years in ex-bourbon, then an

Review #1275; Rum #580 Here we have a bottle of rum that came from the Damoiseau (Bellevue) distillery bottled by Hunter Laing (Kill Devil). This molasses based rum was distilled in 1998, aged for 20 years in a mix of tropical and continental ageing locations, and bottled at cask strength with no additives for The

Review #1274; Rum #579 This is a single cask of cane juice rum from Alambique Serrano. This rum was made from the java varietal of cane and grown at 2500-3800 feet. The crushed cane then ferments in Pine vats with wild yeast that was distilled in March 2022 on a copper Alembic pot still by

This sample was provided to me by a producer, distributor, or some other industry source free-of-charge. No compensation, outside of the sample, was received and there were no strings attached. Review #1273; Rum #578 Here we have a collaboration between PM Spirits, LM&V, and Prestige-Ledroit. In 2022, representatives from each company went down to Hampden

This sample was provided to me by a producer, distributor, or some other industry source free-of-charge. No compensation, outside of the sample, was received and there were no strings attached. Review #1272; Rum #577 This sample was provided to me by a producer, distributor, or some other industry source free-of-charge. No compensation, outside of the

Review #1271; Rum #576 Alambique Serrano is a rum brand that comes from the Cañada region of Oaxaca. Max Krassel started producing aguardiente in the 1930s and his grandsons carry on that tradition. The produce a variety of blends and single cask cane juice rums in the town of Santa Maria Tlalixtac. Blend #6 was

Review #1270; Rum #575 This is a bottling of rum from the Savanna distillery located on Reunion Island. This rum was distilled on a column still and aged for between 10-15 years in ex-cognac and ex-port casks. All the ageing took place at Savanna in tropical conditions. The base rum was their Grand Arome mark

Review #1269; Rum #574 This is a release done as a collaboration between Velier and Foursquare. This rum was distilled from molasses on pot and column stills. Part of the rum aged for 17 years in ex-bourbon in Barbados, while part of the rum aged for 5 years in ex-bourbon, and 12 years in ex-Oloroso

Review #1268; Rum #573 Raising Glasses is an independent bottler out of Massachusetts that focuses primarily on Rum and Single Malt Spirits, with their rum bottlings coming in a 375 ml format. This rum comes from Trinidad Distillers Limited and is of the TML Marque. This rum was distilled from molasses on a column still