Rumcast Reserve Guyana VSG

Review #1398; Rum #697 So, the hosts over at The Rumcast decided that they would go on a little journey to select a couple of casks of rum. https://www.rumcast.com/rumcast-reserve-journey-1The whole journey is recounted in that link but through it all they ended up picking this cask of rum from the Main Rum warehouse in Liverpool. […]

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Parhelia Spirits Guadeloupe

This sample was provided to me by a producer, distributor, or some other industry source free-of-charge. No compensation, outside of the sample, was received and there were no strings attached. Review #1396; Rum #695 Here we have a rum from a brand new independent bottler in the United States, Parhelia Spirits. Parhelia Spirits was founded

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Mhoba Shaldon

This sample was provided to me by a producer, distributor, or some other industry source free-of-charge. No compensation, outside of the sample, was received and there were no strings attached. Review #1394; Rum #693 Mhoba is a South African rum distillery that produces rum from Sugarcane harvested from the farm in the hills of the

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Amateur Spirit Zind Humbrecht Fine d’Alsace 98-02-03

Review #1393; Brandy #76 Domaine Zind Humbrecht, a family of winegrowers since 1620, works a mosaic of Alsace’s finest terroirs. Olivier Humbrecht, leading the way today, crafted this fine d’Alsace from three vintages of Pinot Noir distillate (from the steep Heimbourg vineyard) aged together in a single new oak barrel. The vintages of the 3 distillates

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Amateur Spirit Giard 1973

Review #1389; Brandy #74 This Calvados was bottled by Amateur Spirit from the Pays d’Auge Giard estate, headed up by 13th generation distillers Michèle and Patrice Giard. The apples used in production are 50 varieties grown in marine soils and left in the attic before being fermented sur lie and aged in oak vats. It was distilled

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