Review #1117; Rum #439 This bottling was done by Down Island, a relative newcomer to the American Independent rum bottler scene. Based out of Florida, this is their 6 bottling released thus far. This one is an aged agricole rum that was distilled in Sainte-Marie Martinique in 2017 on a 19 plate column still. It […]
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Review #1116; Brandy #61 Clear Creek, a brand of Hood River Distillers in Oregon, produces a number of brandies. This offering is an Apple Brandy that has aged for 8 years in new and used French Oak casks before being bottled. They produce this buy crushing and fermenting whole yellow Opal apples. Distillery: Hood River/Clear Creek
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Review #1115; Rum #438 This rum was bottled by Rolling Fork, an American independent bottler based out of Kentucky. The rum for this bottle was distilled at Hampden and aged for 11 years with a mix of ageing in Tropical and Continental environments. It was bottled at cask strength with no chill filtering and is
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Review #1114; Scotch #215 I had this blind then was revealed the bottling, so keep that in mind reading my notes. In another blind review of a secret Santa sample, we have a whisky from a distillery I’ve never had, Jura. 7 wood jokes aside, this is a bottling from independent bottler Cadenhead’s. This whisky
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In what has become a yearly tradition, I am here looking back on the rums I was fouranate to try during 2023. I felt that this list should be expanded to a full top 10 list. The rules are pretty simple for this list, I had to have tasted and reviewd the rum in the
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Review #1113; Scotch #214 I had this blind then was revealed the bottling, so keep that in mind reading my notes. This 6 year old Arran was a blend of 3 vatted sherry hogshead that held peated Arran spirit for 6 years before being bottled at cask strength with no color added or chill filtration.
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/ Rum / By The Auditor Review #1112; Rum #437 This is a bottling of rum from Jamaica by Holmes Cay, an American based independent bottler. This molasses based rum was distilled on a pot still at Long Pond, aged for 15 years in ex-bourbon in Jamaica before being bottled at high strength with no additives. The ITP
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Review #1111; Rum #436 This rum was produced at the Epris distillery in Brazil. A blend of 80% cane juice and 20% molasses distillate was run through a column still and blended. This rum aged for 6 years in Brazil in Amburana casks and then aged for another 6 years in Europe in American oak
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Review #1110; Brandy #60 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 Calvados was distilled on a small, mobile column still and spent most of its life in a 1000 liter barrel
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Review #1109; Rum #435 This is a rum that was produced at the Bologne distillery on Guadeloupe. Distilled from fresh pressed sugar cane juice, this juice was distilled on a column still and bottled at high proof with no additives. The cane grown for this rum was black cane variety and only 3000 bottles were
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