Tag: Pot Still

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • 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…