This is a single barrel selected by a group (Kingsman). This MGP bourbon was finished in a Cab Sav barrel before being bottled at cask strength. I had this blind then was revealed the notes, so keep that in mind while you read my review. ABV: 58.1% Nose: Crème brûlée, Orange Peel, Black Pepper, Tobacco Leaf, Slight […]
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Samaroli is an independent bottler based out of Italy that usually selects Scotch. This bottling is a blend of rums from various distilleries and countries. The rums were vatted in 2009, and then aged in new American oak barrels until bottling in 2011. They are as follows • Barbados 1996 • Barbados 2002 • Demerara
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This is a 5-year-old single barrel of Rye from Kentucky based distillers Wilderness Trail. The Cincinnati Bourbon Club selected this single barrel. This rye has a mash bill of 56% rye, 33% corn, and 11% malted barley. After distillation, these are aged in 4 char 53 gallon barrels before being bottled at cask strength. Let
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This is a sourced Rye from Blue Run, an NDP who put out this rye. This was a small release of 92 barrels from a non-disclosed Kentucky distillery with no age statement and no mashbill given. With the wealth of information, let’s see how it is. ABV: 47.5% Nose: Graham Cracker, Vanilla Cream, Faint Green Apple, Palate: Light
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This Rhum comes to us from the Bielle distillery located on Guadeloupe. Made from fresh pressed sugar cane juice and then distilled on a column still, let’s see how this high proof Rhum delivers. ABV: 59% Nose: Lemon Zest, a bit of moss, orange slice, raspberries, slight olive oil, Sea Salt, Minerality Palate: Medium oily mouthfeel, Lemon Zest,
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This bottling from 5 Sentidos, is the first time the company has bottled and shipped Puntas into the United States. This 200 liter batch was made from harvesting ripe Espadin and roasting them in a conical oven with Mesquite firewood for 5 days. After being cooked, the agave were chopped with machete, smashed with hammers,
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This rum comes to us from Smooth Ambler, a distillery located in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. While they did not distill this rum, they did bottle and source a very interesting bottling. This rum, with a 1990 vintage year on it, is actually the youngest rum in the bottle! This is a blend of rums,
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This rum comes to us by way on European Independent bottler Rum Nation. Sourced from the Savanna distillery, this traditional rum (molasses) from savanna was aged for 12 years (ex-cognac barrels?) in the tropics before being moved to Europe for an additional 5 years of ageing in ex-whisky casks. Also rum review 200 whew, what
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This rum comes to us from the Vaval Clairin producer located in Haiti. This is part of a small segment of Clairin that has been aged in a small Warehouse located in Port-au-Prince. Before this warehouse being built in 2015, Clairin had never been aged before. This particular cask was barreled into an ex-rum cask
This is a bottling from Lairds, claimed to be the oldest Distillery in the United States (they do have distillery license #1). This is a concentrated apple brandy aged for 56 months in a single cask before being bottled at cask strength with no additives. Barrel #: 16E12#10 ABV: 60.5% Nose: Baking Spices, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Caramel, Butter,
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