Category: Distillery
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Foursquare 2004 Single Blended Rum – Exceptional Cask Selection Mark III – 59%
Foursquare 2004 Single Blended Rum – Exceptional Cask Selection Mark III – 59% Stats: This was the third release from the Foursquare Exceptional Cask Series. It was distilled, blended, and aged in Barbados for 11 years in ex-bourbon casks before being bottled without sugar or flavor additives at 59% ABV (Full Proof). It is a…
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Foursquare Port Cask Finish – Exceptional Cask Series Mark II – 40%
Foursquare Port Cask Finish – Exceptional Cask Series Mark II – 40%Stats: This was the second release from the Foursquare Exceptional Cask Series, and the first one I ever purchased. It was distilled, blended, and aged in Barbados for three years in ex-bourbon casks followed by six more years in ex-port casks before being bottled…
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Blackadder 2003 Raw Cask Guyana 15 Year Port Mourant – 48.6%
Stats: Guyanese rum distilled on the double wooden Port Mourant pot still at Diamond in 2003 and bottled in 2018 by independent bottler Blackadder in Scotland. This was presumably aged entirely in continental climate, producing only 232 bottles at 48.6% ABV with no additives or filtration. My first bottle was number 160, second is #161.…
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Transcontinental Rum Line Australia 2013 – 6 Year Old Rum – 48%
Stats: From the Beenleigh distillery, this is a 100% pot still rum made from fermented molasses that was distilled in 2013 and aged for four years in Australia followed by two years in Europe in ex-Cognac French oak barrels. Bottled at 48% ABV. Nose: Shoe store, rubber raft, clean laundry, shoe polish, a floral (lavender?)…
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Hampden Great House – Distillery Edition 2020 – 59%
Stats: A limited release of 3000 bottles, made in copper pot stills, aged entirely in Jamaica, and bottled at 59% ABV, this blend consists of 80% of their lowest ester mark (OWH) from 2013 and 20% <>H (between 900-1000 esters) from 2017. Originally only available at the distillery, this is the second release that has…
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Golden Devil Jamaica (Hampden) 12 Year Single Cask
Stats: K&L Wines Exclusive Single Cask pick under the Golden Devil label of a 12 year, continentally aged Hampden Estate C<>H marque (1300-1400 esters), bottled at 64.1% ABV, with only 290 bottles produced. Nose: Delightful fruit bouquet… fresh pineapple, mango, and banana, not of the typical rotting or overripe funk variety, but more of a…
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Chairman’s Reserve (St Lucia Distillers) Master’s Selection – Lei Low Pick
Source: Sample provided by friend. Stats: Blend of John Dore 1 and Vendome pot stills aged 13 years in ex-Bourbon barrels in the tropics, bottled at 56.3% ABV. Nose: Butterscotch, clove, black pepper, tire shop, rubber raft, soy sauce, seaweed Mouth: Cinnamon, band-aid, cough syrup, brown sugar, prune, wet soil, menthol, spearmint. Has a very…
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Le Galion Grande Arome 58.32%
Source: Acquired in a trade. Stats: A Grande Aroma from Le Galion, Martinique’s only distillery still making molasses-based rhum. Bottled at 58.32% by Aficionados for Fine Drams in a run of 600 bottles, it clocks a whopping 481.7 g/hLAA esters. Nose: Off the bat, heavy dose of nail polish remover. Varnish. Paint thinner. Some underlying…
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XXX/Four South Pacific (Fiji) 15 Year Old 2004 – 66.8%
Source: Acquired in a trade. Stats: Hailing from the South Pacific Distillery in Fiji, this molasses-based, pot distilled rum was aged in the Philippines from 2004 to 2016 and then shipped to England and finished in an American oak cask for 4 more years. Bottled at 66.8% ABV this rum yielded 214 bottles and is…
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New Yarmouth NYE/HM – Aficionados 69%
Source: Acquired in a trade. Stats: New Yarmouth is a distillery in Jamaica dating back to the early 1700s. It’s famously the source for Wray & Nephew Overproof, the best selling rum in Jamaica. NYE/HM is the marque given to their rums in the 500 -700 g/hLAA ester range. This expression delivers 585.5 g/hLAA esters.…
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