This bottling is the 2021 version of Hampdens now yearly Great House Release. This years vintage differs in that this is a 50/50 blend of their LFCH and <>H Marque. This is all aged in Jamaica at the distillery before being bottled with no additives. ABV: 55% Nose: A heavy blast of over-ripe tropical fruits. Banana, Grilled […]
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This single cask of American Single Malt comes to us from American Malt Producer Westland located in Seattle Washington. This Single Malt has a mashbill of 5 malts and was aged for 6 years in an Oloroso Sherry Hogshead before being bottled at cask strength with no color added and was non-chill filtered. ABV: 54% Nose: Nutmeg,
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This rum comes to us from American Independent bottler Holmes Cay. Mhoba is a South African field to glass distillery. The rum is made from fresh pressed sugar cane juice then aged for 4 years in ex-African whiskey casks before being bottled with no additives. This is the first Mhoba available in the U.S. so
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This rum comes to us from Seven Three distilling co located in New Orleans, Louisana. This is a rum made from Louisiana molasses, distilled on a hybrid pot/column still, unaged and bottled with no additives. ABV: 42.5% Nose: Faint Vanilla, light lemon. Palate: Thinn Mouthfeel, Lemon tart, vanilla, Peppery Finish: Short finish, Lemon Zest, Vanilla, peppery Rating: 4/10 Overall just
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This whisky comes to us from the Lowland distillery Auchentoshan. This particular cask was aged for 21 years in a refill sherry hogshead before being bottled at cask strength, with no color added, was non-chill filtered, and was exclusively bottled for The Whiskey Barrel. ABV: 52.4% Nose: Cereals, Figs, Orange Peel, slight Hay, Peppery, Palate: Medium oily mouthfeel,
This rum comes to us from Three Roll Estate located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. There they make single estate rum from fresh pressed cane juice along with some other styles. This rum was made from Louisiana cane juice rum that’s been fermented with yeast from Guadalupe and bottled with no additives. ABV: 45% Nose: Musty, Lemon Zest,
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This has been aged in a New Oak heavy toasted / Medium Char puncheon for 10 year in ex-Oloroso butt before being finished for 3 years in New European Oak Heavy Toasted. It was then bottled at cask strength with no additives and was non-chill filtered. ABV: 57.1% Nose: Black Pepper, Tannins, Cardamom, Honey. Palate: Thick oily mouthfeel,
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This rum comes from Three Roll Estate, a producer located in Baton Rouge, Louisana. This Cachaca-inspiried rum is made with fresh pressed cane jucie from Louisana’s sugar harvest, fermented with yeast from Brazil, distilled on a pot still, and bottled with no additives. This particular sample comes from Cane harvested in 2018. ABV: 45% Nose: Rainwater, Bell
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This is an aged cane juice Ron from San Juan Artisan Distillers located in Puerto Rico. The cane for this Ron has been grown near the distillery, cut, and then double distilled on a copper pot still before being put into ex-bourbon barrels for ageing. ABV: 43% Nose: Vanilla Bean, Green Apple, Black Pepper, Raspberry, light vegetals.
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This is a Ron that comes to us from San Juan Artisan distillery located in Puerto Rico. This is sugarcane Juice from estate grown cane that is doubled distilled on copper pot stills before being bottled with no additives. ABV: 43% Nose: Minerality, Vegetalness, Earthy, Green Apple Palate: Light mouthfeel. Vegetalness, Minerality, Earthy, Lime Zest, Green Apple Finish: Short
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