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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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Black Tot “Last Consignment” British Royal Navy Rum – 54.3%
Black Tot “Last Consignment” British Royal Navy Rum – 54.3% Background: July 31st, 1970 is known as Black Tot Day, marking the abolishment of the British Royal Navy’s several hundred year tradition of a daily rum ration. While the sailors daily allowance had been radically reduced over time before it was finally outlawed, it’s worth noting…
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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…
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Comparison: Rhumb Runner 2004 Guyana Diamond Distillery (Versailles Still) 13 Year Vs. 14 Year
Rhumb Runner 2004 Guyana Diamond Distillery (Versailles Still) 13 Year – 71.5% Stats: Independent bottling of a single barrel Versailles distillate (single retort wooden still) made at the Diamond Distillery in Guyana in July 2004, aged 13 years and bottled at a whopping 71.5%! Limited to 231 bottles. Background: I was eyeballing this bottle at a local…
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Tamosi Karaya 1998 Guyana Demerara Rum Uitvlugt Distillery (Port Mourant Still) 22 Year – 61.1%
Tamosi Karaya 1998 Guyana Demerara Rum Uitvlugt Distillery (Port Mourant Still) 22 Year – 61.1% Stats: Independent bottling of a 1998 distillate from the Port Mourant double wooden pot still. This was made while the still resided at the Uitvlugt Distillery in Guyana, which closed a year later and then was moved to Diamond where it…
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Chairman’s Reserve Single Batch Release John Dore 1 Pot Still 9 Year Brandy Cask (Austin Rum Society Pick) – 51%
Chairman’s Reserve Single Batch Release John Dore 1 Pot Still 9 Year Brandy Cask (Austin Rum Society Pick) – 51% Stats: St Lucia Distillers single batch release, made from fermented molasses, distilled in 2011 on the John Dore 1 pot still, aged 9 years in Brandy casks, and bottled on March 5, 2021 at 51%. Background: Ania…
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