Rum

Old Brigand Black Label

Review #1379; Rum #682 This is a bottle of rum that is distilled from molasses as a pot and column blend pre-cask at the Foursquare distillery on Barbados. This rum is aged for at least 5 years, likely in ex-bourbon, and bottled with no additives. Distillery: Foursquare Bottler: Foursquare Region: Barbados Still: Pot & Column Blend ABV: 43% Nose: Vanilla, Toffee, […]

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La Chola Viche

Review #1377; Rum #680 This Viche from Colombia is produced by Mercedes González Ibargüen, who learned Viche production from her mother. Mercedes and her dog sail upriver where they harvest the sugarcane from the sugarcane fields for 3-5 days at a time. After returning home, the sugarcane is ground in a mechanical mill in Virudó.

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Mater Yellow Cane

Review #1375; Rum #678 Mater is a new rum brand that comes from the Almba Distilleria Artigianale, a distillery located on the island of Sicily in Italy. Here, the single estate grows and harvest their cane by hand, crush the cane with a small mill, and ferment with oenological yeasts, for 72-96 hours. It is

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Mater Purple Cane

Review #1374; Rum #677 Mater is a new rum brand that comes from the Almba Distilleria Artigianale, a distillery located on the island of Sicily in Italy. Here, the single estate grows and harvest their cane by hand, crush the cane with a small mill, and ferment with oenological yeasts, for 72-96 hours. It is

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Foursquare Convocation

Review #1373; Rum #676 Here we have another bottling from Foursquare, that famous Barbados distillery. This release is from the Exceptional Cask Series line and is the 28th release in that series. This rum is a blend of pot and column distillate from a molasses base. The blend then consisted of ex-bourbon casks aged for

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Hampden Great House 2025

Review #1372; Rum #675 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. Here we have a bottle of rum from Hampden Estate. This is rum made from molasses and distilled on those famous

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Foursquare Equidem

Review #1371; Rum #674 Equidem is another bottling in the Foursquare Exceptional Cask Series, number 27 in this case. This rum is a blend of pot and column molasses distillate. Part of the rum was matured for 5 years in ex-bourbon and another 9 years in ex-Black Muscat casks. It was then bottled at a

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