Review #1378; Rum #681 Here we have a limited release of an unaged cane juice rum from Alambique Serrano. This release was fermented for 25 days with wild yeast in open pine vats before being double distilled in a copper pot still and bottled at a high proof with no additives. Distillery: Krassel Brothers Distillery Bottler: Alambique […]

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.

Review #1376; Rum #679 Mater has the two single varietal releases out the yellow and purple cane, this bottling is a blend of the two to create a single rum from their 2024 harvest. The rum comes from the Almba Distilleria Artigianale, a distillery located on the island of Sicily in Italy. Here, the single estate

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

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

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

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

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

Review #1370; Rum #673 Here we have a bottling of rum from Cheramie, a 100% fresh pressed cane juice rum being produced at the Porchjam distillery in New Orleans Louisiana. This rum is a blend of a rum aged in ex-bourbon casks and a portion of the Cheramie unaged Alternative Yeast, which is a blending

Review #1369; Rum #672 We have here another rum from the Foursquare Exceptional Cask series, the 25th in that line. This is a blend of molasses based rum distilled on pot and column still. One part of that rum aged for 10 years in ex-bourbon before aging for another 4 years in ex-calvados casks. The