Review #1069; Rum Review #397 Here we have an agricole rhum from the Longueteau distillery on Guadeloupe. This rhum is made from fresh pressed cane juice that is distilled on a column still then bottled at a high proof with no additives. Distillery: Longueteau Bottler: Longueteau Region:Guadeloupe Still: Column Still ABV: 62% Nose: Lemon Peel, Brine, Bell Pepper, Olive Oil, […]

Review #1068; Rum Review #396 This rum comes to us from the Foursquare distillery located on the island of Barbados. As part of the Exceptional Cask Series, this is the yearly vintage release from Foursquare. These rum state a vintage (2010 here) and they are aged for 12 years in Barbados in ex-bourbon casks. They

Review #1067; Rum Review #395 This is a bottling of rum from the Caroni Distillery, that famed closed distillery on Trinidad. This bottling was done by The Creative Whisky co. Aged for 17 years before being bottled with no additives, let us see how it is. Distillery: Caroni Bottler: Creative Whisky Co. Region: Trinidad Still: Column Still ABV: 54.9% Nose: Heavy

Review #1066; Rum Review #394 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 comes from Dead Reckoning, an independent bottler based out of Australia that has while new to the U.S

Review #1065; Rum Review #393 Distillery: Hampden Estate Bottler: Hampden Estate Region: Jamaica Still: Pot Still ABV: 60% Cask: 5 Years ex-bourbon in Jamaica Marque: HGML (1000-1100 gr/hL AA) Nose: Grilled Pineapple, Cinnamon, Cumin, Green Apple, Guava, faint cement glue, lemon zest, passionfruit, allspice, soy sauce, Apple Cider Vinegar Palate:  Thick oily mouthfeel, buttered popcorn, soy sauce, meaty, green apple, cement glue,

Review #1064; Rum #392 Holmes Cay, that American independent bottler, took a trip last year out to Reunion Island to visit Savanna distillery. They are one of the distilleries growing in popularity and known for the variety of rums they produce. Here we have one of the new single origin series Holmes Cay is bottling,

Review #1063; Rum #391 Holmes Cay, that American independent bottler, took a trip last year out to Reunion Island to visit Savanna distillery. They are one of the distilleries growing in popularity and known for the variety of rums they produce. Here we have one of the new single origin series Holmes Cay is bottling,

Review #1062; Rum #390 Ed Hamilton is most well known for his Hamilton independent rum bottlings. From the St.Lucia single barrels to the more value oriented cocktailing bottles his brand has brought in a lot of good rums to the US. Here we have some further single barrels being brought in, in this case some

Review #1061; Rum #389 his rum comes to us from Rasta Morris the independent bottler. This rhum agricole comes from the island of Marie-Galante and the Bielle distillery. The fresh pressed cane juice was put into an ex-bourbon barrel for 8 years in the tropics before it was bottled in Europe with no additives. Distillery: Bielle

Review #1060; Rum #388 Here we have the 22nd release of Foursquare’s exceptional cask series. This particular bottling was born out of a collaboration with Camus, the Cognac producer, and their Caribbean Expedition Cognac program. Foursquare used their Camus casks to aged 12 year old ex-bourbon rum for a second maturation for another 2 years.