Tag: Pot Still

  • Whiskey Broker Guyana 2003 Port Mourant 17 Year – 50.2%

    Whiskey Broker Guyana 2003 Port Mourant 17 Year – 50.2%

    Whiskey Broker Guyana 2003 Port Mourant 17 Year – 50.2% Stats: Independent bottling of 2003 distillate from Diamond Distillery in Guyana that ran through the storied Port Mourant double wooden pot still before aging 17 years, presumably in Europe. It is the MPM marque from a barrel that produced 199 bottles and is presented at cask…

  • The Colours of Rum 2003 Guyana (Versailles Still) 18 Year – 54.2% 

    The Colours of Rum 2003 Guyana (Versailles Still) 18 Year – 54.2% 

    The Colours of Rum 2003 Guyana (Versailles Still) 18 Year – 54.2%  Stats: Independent Bottling from The Colours of Rum, a project from Wealth Solutions, an investment company “with a mission to provide luxury goods for demanding customers.” This bottling is Edition No. 5 and contains a single cask distillate from Diamond Distillery in Guyana…

  • Appleton Estate Jamaica 1995 Hearts Collection 100% Pot Still 25 Year – 63%

    Appleton Estate Jamaica 1995 Hearts Collection 100% Pot Still 25 Year – 63%

    Appleton Estate Jamaica 1995 Hearts Collection 100% Pot Still 25 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 (I’ve previously…

  • Kill Devil Jamaica 2001 Hampden <>H 17 Year – 58.8%

    Kill Devil Jamaica 2001 Hampden <>H 17 Year – 58.8%

    Kill Devil Jamaica 2001 Hampden <>H 17 Year – 58.8% Stats: 100% pot still rum from Hampden Distillery in Jamaica that was distilled in November of 2001, aged for 17 years, and released at cask strength: 58.8% ABV. This single cask rum was released by independent bottler Kill Devil in an edition of 288 bottles and…

  • Raising Glasses Guyana 2012 “Moongazer” Versailles Still 9 Year – 57.5%

    Raising Glasses Guyana 2012 “Moongazer” Versailles Still 9 Year – 57.5%

    Raising Glasses Guyana 2012 “Moongazer” Versailles Still 9 Year – 57.5% Stats: Independent bottling of 2012 distillate from the Versailles single retort wooden vat still at Diamond Distillery that aged 9 years in the UK before being bottled in an edition of 475 375ml bottles at 57.5% ABV for the US market. DDL added caramel to…

  • 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…

  • 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…