Category: Distillery

  • 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…

  • Compagnie Des Indes Guyana Diamond 14 Year – 43%

    Compagnie Des Indes Guyana Diamond 14 Year – 43%

    Compagnie Des Indes Guyana Diamond 14 Year – 43% Stats: March 2003 distillate from Diamond Distillery in Guyana that aged 14 years and was bottled in France in August 2017 without chill filtration. This was bottled at 43% ABV and is numbered 341/368. The still used is not specified. Conditions: Enjoyed neat in a Glencairn over the…

  • Holmes Cay Jamaica 2014 Clarendon EMB 8 Year – 61%

    Holmes Cay Jamaica 2014 Clarendon EMB 8 Year – 61%

    Holmes Cay Jamaica 2014 Clarendon EMB 8 Year – 61% Stats: Independent bottling of 2014 pure pot distillate from Clarendon Distillery in Lionel Town, Jamaica, aged tropically for eight years in ex-Bourbon casks before being bottled at full strength without adulteration. It is the EMB mark, which indicates ester levels between 240-250 gr/HL AA, which falls…

  • Three Guadeloupe 1998 Bellevue’s – Samaroli (13yr), Golden Devil (19yr), Rolling Fork (22yr)

    Three Guadeloupe 1998 Bellevue’s – Samaroli (13yr), Golden Devil (19yr), Rolling Fork (22yr)

    Three Guadeloupe 1998 Bellevue’s – Samaroli (13yr), Golden Devil (19yr), Rolling Fork (22yr) Background: The story of 1998 Bellevue rhum from Guadeloupe is convoluted and riddled with mis-labelings and misinformation with some independent bottlers calling the juice “agricole’ (Samaroli), others stating it’s from South Pacific Distillery in Fiji (Rumdealer’s Selection), many stating it comes from the…

  • Foursquare 2009 Barbados Exceptional Cask Selection Mark XVII – 60%

    Foursquare 2009 Barbados Exceptional Cask Selection Mark XVII – 60%

    Foursquare 2009 Barbados Exceptional Cask Selection Mark XVII – 60% Stats: Blend of pot and column distillates aged a minimum of 12 years in ex-Bourbon casks. This is the 17th release in the ECS and the sixth “vintage” release, indicated by its distillation year. It was bottled at 60% ABV without chill filtration or additives. Conditions: Enjoyed…

  • Samaroli 2002 Demerara Rum 14 Year Wooden Pot Still – 45%

    Samaroli 2002 Demerara Rum 14 Year Wooden Pot Still – 45%

    Samaroli 2002 Demerara Rum 14 Year Wooden Pot Still – 45% Stats: Distilled in 2002 at Diamond in Guyana, this Demerara rum spent 14 years aging in Scotland before being released in 2016 by Italian independent bottler Samaroli at 45% ABV. This without a doubt comes from one of the heritage wooden pot stills at DDL,…