Category: Distillery

  • Golden Devil Jamaica 2006 Worthy Park 10 Year – 50%

    Golden Devil Jamaica 2006 Worthy Park 10 Year – 50%

    Golden Devil Jamaica 2006 Worthy Park 10 Year – 50% Stats: Independent bottling of Worthy Park pot-still Jamaican rum that was distilled in 2006 and aged 10 years before being released at 50% ABV. This single cask produced 296 bottles. Conditions: Enjoyed neat in a Glencairn Nose: Aquarium, minerality, toffee, saffron, leather, milk chocolate, under-ripe banana, baby powder…

  • Foursquare Dominus Single Blended Rum – Exceptional Cask Selection Mark VII – 56%

    Foursquare Dominus Single Blended Rum – Exceptional Cask Selection Mark VII – 56%

    Foursquare Dominus Single Blended Rum – Exceptional Cask Selection Mark VII – 56% Stats: The 7th release in the Exceptional Cask Selection series from Foursquare Distillery in Barbados, featuring a blend of pot and column distillates that aged 3 years in ex-Bourbon casks followed by 7 years in Cognac casks and released at 56% ABV. 12,000…

  • NRJ Cambridge 2005 Long Pond STC<3E 13 Year Old Jamaica Pot Still Rum – 62.5%

    NRJ Cambridge 2005 Long Pond STC<3E 13 Year Old Jamaica Pot Still Rum – 62.5%

    NRJ Cambridge 2005 Long Pond STC<3E 13 Year Old Jamaica Pot Still Rum – 62.5% Note: This review was first published on Reddit July 21st, 2021. The stats below have been revised with more details. Stats: Part of the National Rums of Jamaica bottling series from Velier, this was my first experience with single Long…

  • Habitation Velier Long Pond 2005 Jamaica Pure Single Rum 14 Year TECA – 62%

    Habitation Velier Long Pond 2005 Jamaica Pure Single Rum 14 Year TECA – 62%

    Habitation Velier Long Pond 2005 Jamaica Pure Single Rum 14 Year TECA – 62% Stats: Independent Bottling of Long Pond rum from Jamaica that was distilled in a double retort pot still in 2005 following a fermentation process involving dunder and muck, aged 14 years at origin with an angel’s share greater than 80%. It was…

  • Gregarious Grump 2001 Non-Disclosed Barbados (Mt Gay) 20 Year – 53.8%

    Gregarious Grump 2001 Non-Disclosed Barbados (Mt Gay) 20 Year – 53.8%

    Gregarious Grump 2001 Non-Disclosed Barbados (Mt Gay) 20 Year – 53.8% Stats: Independent bottling of rum from Barbados distilled in 2001 and aged 20 years in ex-Bourbon American oak, bottled at 53.8% with no filtration or additives. It is labeled “ND” (Non-Disclosed) distillery, but presumed to be from Mount Gay and 100% pot distillate. All GG…

  • Holmes Cay Mauritius 2005 Grays 15 Year – 50%

    Holmes Cay Mauritius 2005 Grays 15 Year – 50%

    Holmes Cay Mauritius 2005 Grays 15 Year – 50% Stats: Independent bottling of a 2005 column distillate from Grays Distilling LTD in Pamplemousses, Mauritius, part of East Africa in the Indian Ocean. It aged for 15 years in ex-Cognac casks in tropical weather and was bottled at 50% ABV with no additives. This was a private…

  • Holmes Cay Belize 2006 Travellers 15 Year – 61%

    Holmes Cay Belize 2006 Travellers 15 Year – 61%

    Holmes Cay Belize 2006 Travellers 15 Year – 61% Stats: Independent bottling of 2006 distillate from Travellers Distillery in Belize, aged tropically for 15 years in ex-Bourbon casks and bottled in Belize at 61% ABV. This was 100% column distilled. Background: This is the follow up to the highly acclaimed and now highly sought after Holmes Cay…

  • Holmes Cay Jamaica 2011 Wedderburn (Clarendon) 10 year – 59%

    Holmes Cay Jamaica 2011 Wedderburn (Clarendon) 10 year – 59%

    Holmes Cay Jamaica 2011 Wedderburn (Clarendon) 10 year – 59% Stats: Independent bottling of 2011 pot distilled rum from Clarendon/Monymusk in the medium ester Wedderburn style. This rum aged in ex-Bourbon casks for 3 years in Jamaica’s tropical climate followed by 7 additional years in the UK. Four casks were purchased by Holmes Cay, producing 1,050…

  • Holmes Cay Guyana 2003 Uitvlugt 18 Year – 51%

    Holmes Cay Guyana 2003 Uitvlugt 18 Year – 51%

    Holmes Cay – Guyana 2003 Uitvlugt 18 Year – 51% Stats: 2003 Guyanese distillate aged 2 years tropically followed by 16 years in the UK before being bottled in the US at barrel proof with no sugar, color or other additives. This was made on the French Savalle 4-column metal still at Diamond Distillery. The Savalle…

  • Comparison: Gregarious Grump 2003 Guyana Diamond Distillery 16 Year – 52.1% vs. 54.5%

    Comparison: Gregarious Grump 2003 Guyana Diamond Distillery 16 Year – 52.1% vs. 54.5%

    Comparison: Gregarious Grump – Guyana – Diamond Distillery – 16 Year – 52.1% vs. 54.5% Stats: Houston-based indie bottler Gregarious Grump brought three casks of 16 year old Guyanese rum to market as part of their first batch of releases. They were each released at different proofs without additives or dilution. Background: Last year a friend from…