Privateer Distiller’s Drawer #108 New England Lot #1 This is an ode to Privateer’s microblending. This is a blend of 8 casks, 4 that were pot still and 4 that were column still, aged for 2-6 years and producing 1,675 bottles. This was bottled at cask strength with no additives. ABV: 53.9% Nose: Toasted Brown Sugar, Whipped […]

Foursquare Plenipotenziario This bottling comes to us as another collaboration from the “dependent” bottler Velier and the Foursquare distillery in Barbados. This rum was distilled in 2007 from molasses, is a blend of pot and column distillate, and was aged for 12 years in ex-bourbon barrels before being bottled at a high proof. Of note

Foursquare Patrimonio This is a bottling collaboration done between Velier, that famous “dependent bottler” as they state from Italy and Foursquare that famous Barbados Rum distillery headed up by Richard Seale. This is a blend of Pot and Column still rums from Foursquare that was distilled in 2004, aged in ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks till

Rest and Be Thankful Monymusk 21yr (2000) This single cask of Jamaican Rum comes to us from the independent bottlers at Rest and Be Thankful. This rum was distilled from Molasses on a pot still, is of the MBK mark which has an ester count of 70-80 gr/hLAA. This rum was put into an oak

Rum Nation Engenho Novo 8yr 2009 This bottling comes to us from Rum nation an independent bottler based out of Italy who gets interesting things (to me at least). This rum comes to us from Engenho Novo located on the island of Madeira. This rhum is an agricole, it was distilled from fresh pressed cane

Pere Labat Les Mangles Single Plot This is another offering from the Pere Labat distillery on Marie-Galante. This rhum, made from fresh crushed sugar cane, comes from a single plot of cane planted at the north end of the Poisson estate in an area that enjoys a specific micro-climate. The cane is hand harvested, kept

Pere Labat Organic Rhum This rhum comes to us from Labat which is produced on the island of Marie Galante. Distilled from organic cane and bottled at a very high strength with no additives, let us see how it does. ABV: 71.2% Nose: Heavy citrus notes, Lemon Peel, Lime juice, Sea Salt, Raw Bell Pepper, Cucumber Palate: Thick