Tag: Pot Still
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Foursquare Master Series, Edition No. 1 – Total Wine Concierge – 62%
Foursquare Master Series, Edition No. 1 – Total Wine Concierge – 62% Stats: Limited Edition release sold exclusively through Total Wine stores of a pot and column blend of 12 year old rums aged in ex-Bourbon and ex-Sherry casks. Bottled at 62% ABV with no additives. Conditions: Drank neat in a Glencairn over the course…
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Bristol Classic 1986 “Rockley Still” Barbados Rum 26 Year Sherry Finish – 46%
Bristol Classic 1986 “Rockley Still” Barbados Rum 26 Year Sherry Finish – 46% Stats: From what I’ve gathered on the internets… This was a 2012 release from Bristol Classic Rum of a 1986 Rockley-style distillate that was made at the West Indies Rum Distillery in Barbados. While the original Rockley pot still resided at WIRD during…
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Worthy Park 2007 WPM 13 Year Florida Rum Society Gemini Barrel – 56%
Worthy Park 2007 WPM 13 Year Florida Rum Society Gemini Barrel – 56% Stats: A twin barrel release of 432 bottles selected by the Florida Rum Society, this is a true “estate” rum with 100% of the molasses coming from Worthy Park grown cane. It was pot distilled and aged 13 long years in St Catherine’s…
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Hampden 2011 Endemic Bird Series “Pewee” 9 Year LFCH – 61.2%
Hampden 2011 Endemic Bird Series “Pewee” 9 Year LFCH – 61.2% Stats: This was a limited edition bottling as part of the Trelawny Endemic Bird Series. Certain markets in the US and abroad received single casks (~250 bottles each) of different single marque expressions from Hampden Estate. These were all distillery releases, not IB’s, and priced…
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Habitation Velier White Guyana Pure Single Rum (Port Mourant) 2015 – 59%
Blind Review: Habitation Velier White Guyana Pure Single Rum (Port Mourant) 2015 – 59% Source: I recently did a trade with a fellow r/rum member who sent along a 1 oz mystery sample in his care package with nothing but a “?” on the bottle. Here are my notes. Nose: Astringency, must, furniture polish, salted popcorn, pencil shavings, sea…
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Faultline Jamaica Rum (Hampden) 14 Year vs 16 Year
Faultline Jamaica Rum (Hampden) 14 Year vs 16 Year I was fortunate enough to be sent a sample of the Faultline 16 year old Hampden from a fellow r/rum Reddit companion so I thought it would be fun to do a comparison of it to my 14 year old Faultline/Hampden. Here we go! ***** Faultline Jamaica Rum…
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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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