Author: austinrumsociety

  • Foursquare Detente (Port Cask) Exceptional Cask Selection Mark XIV – 51%

    Foursquare Detente (Port Cask) Exceptional Cask Selection Mark XIV – 51%

    Note: I pulled this review from my archive. It was written nearly two years ago but never published. After getting on a routine of posting new reviews each week I suffered fatigue and wasn’t enjoying the process. Analyzing rum for the sake of a schedule became a chore and my passion for sitting down and…

  • Hampden Estate Single Jamaica Rum 2010 LROK 11 year – 47%

    Hampden Estate Single Jamaica Rum 2010 LROK 11 year – 47%

    Note: This review was written in October, 2021. I just found it in my archive having never published it. Some new information and personal perspective has been added. Hampden Estate Single Jamaica Rum 2010 LROK 11 year – 47% Stats: Distillery release of an 11 year, tropically aged, single marque expression from Hampden in Jamaica. At the…

  • Blackadder Raw Cask 2009 Finest Panama Rum 11 Year – 63.2%

    Blackadder Raw Cask 2009 Finest Panama Rum 11 Year – 63.2%

    Blackadder Raw Cask 2009 Finest Panama Rum 11 Year – 63.2% Stats: Independent Bottling of Panamanian distillate from March 24th 2009 that aged 11 years before being bottled in Scotland in November 2020 at 63.2% ABV. This cask (PR3) produced 265 bottles, of which this one was hand numbered 74. There was no added color or…

  • Habitation Velier 2015 Forsyths WP 151 Proof Single Jamaica White Rum – 75.5%

    Habitation Velier 2015 Forsyths WP 151 Proof Single Jamaica White Rum – 75.5%

    Habitation Velier 2015 Forsyths WP 151 Proof Single Jamaica White Rum – 75.5% Stats: Independent bottling from La Maison and Velier’s Habitation Velier line from a few years back. They released a WP 502 at 57%, as well as this bottling, which I presume is the same liquid, also boasting congener levels of 502 gr/Laa, but…

  • Appleton Estate Jamaica 1999 Hearts Collection 100% Pot Still 21 Year – 63%

    Appleton Estate Jamaica 1999 Hearts Collection 100% Pot Still 21 Year – 63%

    Appleton Estate Jamaica 1999 Hearts Collection 100% Pot Still 21 Year – 63% Stats: Appleton Estate’s “Hearts Collection” is a series of long aged 100% pot still rums at high proof, in limited editions, released in collaboration with Velier. The initial three bottlings were vintages from 1994, 1995 and 1999, all aged at origin. The rum…

  • National Rums of Jamaica 2007 Long Pond TECC 11 Year – 62.5%

    National Rums of Jamaica 2007 Long Pond TECC 11 Year – 62.5%

    National Rums of Jamaica 2007 Long Pond TECC 11 Year – 62.5% Stats: Independent Bottling of Long Pond rum from Jamaica that was distilled in a double retort pot still in 2007 following a fermentation process involving dunder and muck, aged 11 years at origin. This release comes from a stock of 11 barrels that produced…

  • Rare Cane Jamaica 2001 Cask Strength Pot Still Rum (Hampden) – 57.6%

    Rare Cane Jamaica 2001 Cask Strength Pot Still Rum (Hampden) – 57.6%

    Rare Cane Jamaica 2001 Cask Strength Pot Still Rum (Hampden) – 57.6% Stats: Inaugural release from independent bottler Rare Cane out of Washington state. This is a single cask expression of Hampden pot distillate from 2001 that aged in oak for 20 years in the UK and was released at cask strength, 57.6%, without additives or…

  • 5-Star Rums of 2022!

    5-Star Rums of 2022!

    My 5-Star Rums of the Year! This past year I purchased or sampled well over 100 rums, reviewed 30 of those, of which I gave eight a 5-star rating, indicating I enjoyed it enough to want a back up bottle. For the sake of this list, I’m only including rums that were new to me…

  • Blackadder 2009 Raw Cask Finest Fiji Rum 9 Year – 64.1%

    Blackadder 2009 Raw Cask Finest Fiji Rum 9 Year – 64.1%

    Blackadder 2009 Raw Cask Finest Fiji Rum 9 Year – 64.1% Stats: Independent bottling of rum produced in September 2009 at South Pacific Distilleries, presumably aged in either Amsterdam or the UK, before being bottled in Scotland in January 2009. This single cask expression produced 245 bottles, released at 64.1% ABV without additives or filtration, resulting…

  • Down Island Jamaica HD 2012 (Hampden) 10 Year – 60%

    Down Island Jamaica HD 2012 (Hampden) 10 Year – 60%

    Down Island Jamaica HD 2012 (Hampden) 10 Year – 60% Stats: First Hampden release from new independent bottler Down Island from Hollywood, FL. This rum was distilled in Trelawney, Jamaica in a copper pot still in 2012, aged in American Oak (presumably ex-Bourbon – cask #66-03) for three years at origin followed by seven additional…