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.

Review #1342; Rum #646 This Rhum Agricole comes from the island of Madeira, and was released to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the discovery of the island in 1419. This rum was made from fresh pressed cane juice with wild yeast on a column still and bottled at 59% with no additives. Distillery: William Hinton Bottler: William

Review #1341; Rum #645 Here we have a new to me rum, Monymusk overproof from the Clarendon distillery in Jamaica. This rum is a blend of pot and column distillation from molasses and bottled, like the other great Jamaica overproofs, at a hefty 63% with no additives.   Distillery: Clarendon Bottler: Clarendon Region:  Jamaica Still: Pot & Column ABV: 63%