This rye comes to us from New Riff distillery. It is a 100% malted rye grain mash that has been aged for 6 years before being bottled with no chill filtering or additives. Malted rye is different from regular as it has been moistened and allowed to germinated which changes the flavor. ABV: 50% Nose: Burst of […]
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This is a bottling of Foursquare rum from American independent bottler Holmes Cay. This rum which is a blend of pot and column blend that was aged for 8 years in Barbados in ex-bourbon casks before being aged for 2 years in the U.K. This rum was then finished for an additional year in an
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This rum comes to us from the Bielle distillery on Guadeloupe. Using a Mueller still to distill fresh cange juice, this is rested for a year in stainless steel tanks before bottling. This is a collaboration between Luca Gargano and Italian Eau de Vie producer Gianni Vittorio Capovilla. ABV: 56% Nose: Red Berries, Clay, Salt, Lemon Zest,
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This comes from a non-disclosed distiller, this 23 year old rum is from the Navazos Palazzi line selected by PM Spirits. This was distilled from Molasses using a column still, aged for 5 years in ex-bourbon in the tropics before a further 18 in oloroso casks in Spain. This was then bottled with no coloring,
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This Caroni bottling comes from the limited Employee edition. This bottling was aged for 22 years in ex-bourbon barrels before being bottled at full proof. It’s always fun to get to try these Caroni’s so lets dive in. ABV: 67% Nose: Trademark diesel fuel note, motor oil, dark chocolate, mango, vanilla bean, black tea Palate: Thick oily mouthfeel.
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This is a bottling from Barrell, an American blender primarily known for their whiskeys. This is a blend of rums from different countries, most of the blend is Pot-Still Jamaican rum with 30% of the blend being 21 year old Guyanese, 12 year old Barbados, and 3 year old Martinique that are then finished in
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Mezcalero: Jorge Torres Batch: CAS-T 15/04/20 ABV: 48% Nose: Vinegar, Brine, Coffee, Green Vegetalness, Wildflowers, perfume Palate: Medium mouthfeel. Heavy fresh green vegeatalness, Vinegar, Brine, Coffee Grounds, Finish: Medium length finish, Vinegar, Brine, Bouillon, Coffee grounds, vegetalness, cumin Rating: 4/10 This is really weird. This is all sour, acidic weirdness that I don’t hate, but im not a big fan of either.
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This comes from the Habitation Velier line and is a vintage of Worthy Park from the first year of operations after reopening in 2005. This rum was crafted on a double Retort Pot Still, aged 100% in the tropics, and bottled with no additives.ABV: 57.8% Nose: Star Anise, Black Pepper, Guava, Mango, faint industrialness, crème Brule, raspberry,
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This was distilled by Alberto Martinez and selected for the Aficionados group in 2021. This was produced in Santa Catarina Albarradas, distilled in clay pots across 2 distillation runs. Mezcalero: Alberto Martinez Batch: SN09-19 ABV: 48.1% Nose: Fruity, Apple, Blackberry, Iodine, Chlorine, Spicy, nuttiness, Palate: Medium mouthfeel, Apple, Iodine, Nutty, black tea, tart blueberry, minerality, mango Finish: Medium length finish, black
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This is a distiller drawer from New England rum producer Privateer. Distillers drawer releases are experimental interesting single casks that are picked each year and released. This release, Respite, was distilled on a column still, aged for 2 years 11 months before being bottled with no additives. In addition to that it was put into
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