Review #1353; Rum #656 Here we have a rum distilled from molasses at the Renaissance distillery in Taiwan. This molasses fermented for 15 days and was distilled on a pot still before ageing in a PX cask in Taiwan for 5 years and being bottled at cask strength with no additives. Distillery: Renaissance Bottler: Renaissance Region: Taiwan Still: Pot […]

Review #1352; Rum #655 Inspired a bit by Lance over at the Lone Caner putting this bottle on his key rums of the world list, I decided to pull it off my shelf and give it a proper review. What we have here is a rum made at Destileria Serralles on the island of Puerto

  Review #1351; Rum #654 Here we have a bottling of rum from Privateer, an American rum distiller located in Ipswich, Massachusetts. This rum was distilled from molasses on a pot and column still. This rum was then put into new American Oak where it aged for 4 years and two months before being bottled

Review #1350; Rum #653 Gregarious Grump is an independent bottler based out of Texas that I am unfamiliar with I will admit. I see from some searching they do Cognac and Rum with no additives at cask strength, being that I have a few samples here that are bottlings from them. This in front of

Review #1349; Rum #652 This is a bottling of rum from Worthy Park, a Jamaican rum distillery located in the saint Catherine parish. This rum was distilled from molasses on a copper pot still, aged for 5 years in ex-bourbon before ageing another 2 years in ex-Cognac. All ageing took place in Jamaica where it

Review #1348; Rum #651 This rum was bottled for Wu Dram Clan, and independent bottler. This rum was distilled from molasses on a pot still in Fiji where it aged for 11 years. It then aged for another 6 years in Europe before being bottled at cask strength with no additives for Wu Dram. Distillery: South

Review #1347; Rum #650 This bottling of rum is a custom blend done for The Inferno Room, a tiki bar located in Indianapolis Indiana (and a personal favorite stop of mine). Doctor Bird is a brand from Two James, a distillery in Michigan that works with Worthy Park distillate. The rum for this blend was

Review #1346; Rum #649 Here we have a bottle of rum from Renaissance Distillery which is located in Taiwan. This rum was distilled from molasses that fermented for 15 days and was distilled on a pot still. It is a blend of rum aged in a first fill 200 L ex-bourbon cask and a 225

Review #1345; Rum #648 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. This rum was distilled on a column still from molasses at an unknown distillery in Panama, aged for 20 years in

Review #1344; Rum #647 Blackadder is a European independent bottler known for their Raw Cask series, which usually includes bits of sediment in the bottle (also present in this sample bottle). This rum was distilled at South Pacific Distilleries, aged in Europe before being bottled at cask strength with no additives from a single cask.