This single cask of Worthy Park rum comes to us from California retailer K&L wines as well as Smugglers Cove the Tiki Bar. This collaboration presents us with a barrel that was aged for 14 years in Jamaiaca in ex-bourbon barrels, and is a blend of Worthy Park Light (WPL) and Worthy Park Heavy (WPM) […]
Review #719; Rum #166: Worthy Park 14yr SiB “K&L / Smugglers Cove Select” Read More »
This is a bourbon selected by the team at r/bourbon. This is from Starlight distillery in Indiana; they are kind of the mad scientists of finishes in the American whiskey scene to me. These bottling here was aged for 4.5 years and finished in Brazilian Amburana Barrels before bottling. ABV: 56.2% Nose: Toffee, nutmeg, allspice, black pepper, cream,
Review #718; Bourbon #160: Starlight 4.5yr Cigar Batch r/bourbon Single Barrel Read More »
This new bottling comes to us by way of Jamaican distiller Hampden. This is their own bottling, aged entirely in the Trelawny parish for 11 years before being bottled with no additives. The LROK marque is a marque with an ester count that comes in between 300-400 gr/hlpa This is some of the oldest stocks
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This is a malt whiskey that was distilled on The Isle of Arran before being aged for 7 years in France, this 3 barrel blend was unpeated distillate aged in a first fill sherry cask, unpeated distillate aged in a first fill ex bourbon cask, and a peated distillate aged in a first fill bourbon
Review #716; Scotch #187: PM Spirits Project Arran 7yr Read More »
This is a single cask rum from Portugal that has been aged for 8 years in casks of some sort. To be honest that is all I could find but lets dive in! ABV: 53.6% Nose: Dark Chocolate, Blackberry, Lemon zest, Vegetalness, Black Tea, Palate: Medium mouthfeel, Lemon Zest, Fresh cut grass, Black Tea, Brine, Earthiness Finish: Medium length
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This is a blend finished bourbons that comes to us by way of American Independent bottler Barrell Craft Spirits. Much in the vein of their Dovetail and Seagrass releases, Armida is a blend of American Bourbons finished in a variety of casks that are then blended together after finishing. Armida’s blend consists of Bourbon Finished
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This bottling comes to us from St. Lucia Distillers located on St. Lucia. This was distilled in 2000 on the John Dore pot still and matured entirely in St.Lucia in ex-bourbon before being bottled with no additives for the U.S. market. This is the longest matured St.Lucia I have tried to date. ABV: 53.1% Nose: Star Anise,
This is a bottling from Barbados rum producer Foursquare in their Exceptional Cask Selection series. This one was aged for 14 years in a mix of Ex-bourbon and Ex-Madeira casks in Barbados before being bottled with no additives. Let’s see how this one holds up. ABV: 61% Nose: Black Pepper, Cherry, toasted coconut, Oak Spice, Cinnamon, Vanilla
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This is a release from Foursquare in the Exceptional cask series. This one, like all Foursquare, is a blend of pot and column distillate that is aged for 11 years in Barbados in ex-bourbon and ex-Zinfandel casks before being bottled with no additives. ABV: 48% Nose: Dark Chocolate, Cherry, Vanilla Bean, Figs, Cola, toasted coconut, toasted brown
Review #711; Rum #161: Foursquare 11yr Indelible Read More »
This is a barrel picked by a restaurant in Dublin Ohio. This Elijah Craig was aged for 10 years before being bottled at cask strength with no additives and selected for this restaurant. I have not had a chance to try one of these new offering from Heaven Hill until now, so let us see
