Review #1181; Rum #496 Down Island spirits in an independent American rum bottler based out of the state of Florida. Here they have bottled a rum from Hampden Estate, that legendary distillery located in Jamaica. This rum was distilled from molasses and is of the <>H marque, which clocks in at 900-1000 gr/hLAA esters. This […]

Review #1180; Rum #495 Here we have a rum bottled by American independent bottler Down Island. This rum comes from Otisa Distilllery located in the Arroyos Y Esteros region. This rum was distilled from molasses on a column still and aged for 6 years in ex-bourbon casks in Paraguay. It was then sent to the

Review #1179; Rum #494 This is a cane juice rum from the town of Mimi, which is located in the Ahafo region of western Ghana. The unaged rum was sent to the Netherlands where it aged for 3 years in ex-bourbon before being bottled in Florida in 2024 with no additives. Distillery: Mim Cashew and Agricultural

Review #1178; Rum #493 Here we have a bottling of rum from the Highwire Distiling company located in Charleston South Carolina. This rum, like their other bottlings, is an aged rum made from fresh pressed sugar cane juice form a local farm in the low country of South Carolina. This bottling comes from Rast Farms

Review #1177; Rum #492 Highwire Distilling Co is a distillery located in Charleston, South Carolina. They are a craft operation that, like many craft distilleries in the USA makes a huge number of products. Whisky, Gin, Amaro, Vodka, etc. What we are interested in though is the rums they released the Low Country “Agricole”. This

Review #1176; Rum #491 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 is a bottling of rum from American independent bottlers Raising Glasses who are based out of Massachusetts. This rum comes

Review #1175; Rum #490 This is a new bottling of Rhum from Rhum JM which is located in Macouba Martinique. This Rhum is made from fresh pressed sugarcane grown on the Rhum JM Estate. The cane is crushed within one hour of harvest and fermented with French Baker’s yeast for 24 hours. It is distilled

Review #1174; Rum #489 Here we have Denizen Merhcant’s Reserve, a blend of rums from various Jamaican distillery and Martinique. This rum is a blend of 60% Worthy Park Estate and New Yarmouth Rums all aged 8 for years. 20% Is Hampden Estate and Clarendon high ester Jamaican pot still rum. The final component is

Review #1173; Rum #488 Here we have a bottling of Hampden Estate rum done by the independent bottlers Transcontinental Rum line. This cask of rum was distilled at the Hampden Estate distillery in Jamaica, aged for 9 years in ex-bourbon for a mix of tropical and continental ageing, and bottled at cask strength with no

Review #1172; Rum #487 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 is a bottling of rum from independent American bottlers Raising Glasses. This is a molasses based rum that was distilled