Tag: Rum

  • 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…

  • Foursquare Dominus Single Blended Rum – Exceptional Cask Selection Mark VII – 56%

    Foursquare Dominus Single Blended Rum – Exceptional Cask Selection Mark VII – 56%

    Foursquare Dominus Single Blended Rum – Exceptional Cask Selection Mark VII – 56% Stats: The 7th release in the Exceptional Cask Selection series from Foursquare Distillery in Barbados, featuring a blend of pot and column distillates that aged 3 years in ex-Bourbon casks followed by 7 years in Cognac casks and released at 56% ABV. 12,000…

  • 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…

  • Black Tot “Last Consignment” British Royal Navy Rum – 54.3%

    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…

  • Holmes Cay Mauritius 2005 Grays 15 Year – 50%

    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…

  • Holmes Cay Belize 2006 Travellers 15 Year – 61%

    Holmes Cay Belize 2006 Travellers 15 Year – 61%

    Holmes Cay Belize 2006 Travellers 15 Year – 61% Stats: Independent bottling of 2006 distillate from Travellers Distillery in Belize, aged tropically for 15 years in ex-Bourbon casks and bottled in Belize at 61% ABV. This was 100% column distilled. Background: This is the follow up to the highly acclaimed and now highly sought after Holmes Cay…

  • Holmes Cay Jamaica 2011 Wedderburn (Clarendon) 10 year – 59%

    Holmes Cay Jamaica 2011 Wedderburn (Clarendon) 10 year – 59%

    Holmes Cay Jamaica 2011 Wedderburn (Clarendon) 10 year – 59% Stats: Independent bottling of 2011 pot distilled rum from Clarendon/Monymusk in the medium ester Wedderburn style. This rum aged in ex-Bourbon casks for 3 years in Jamaica’s tropical climate followed by 7 additional years in the UK. Four casks were purchased by Holmes Cay, producing 1,050…