Tag: Rum

  • Foursquare 2021 High Ester White Rum – 62%

    Foursquare 2021 High Ester White Rum – 62%

    Foursquare 2021 High Ester White Rum – 62% Stats: This rum is a blend of unaged, pure pot distillates made from 100% local cane by Foursquare in Barbados. One of the distillates is the product of a several week long natural fermentation of fresh cane juice, while the other is a 72 hour ferment of…

  • Foursquare Master Series, Edition No. 1 – Total Wine Concierge – 62%

    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…

  • Bristol Classic 1986 “Rockley Still” Barbados Rum 26 Year Sherry Finish – 46%

    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…

  • Worthy Park 2007 WPM 13 Year Florida Rum Society Gemini Barrel – 56%

    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…

  • Hampden 2011 Endemic Bird Series “Pewee” 9 Year LFCH – 61.2%

    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…

  • Habitation Velier White Guyana Pure Single Rum (Port Mourant) 2015 – 59%

    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…

  • Holmes Cay Single Cask Rum Barbados (Foursquare) 2006 – 58.5%

    Holmes Cay Single Cask Rum Barbados (Foursquare) 2006 – 58.5%

    Holmes Cay Single Cask Rum Barbados (Foursquare) 2006 – 58.5% Stats: Independent bottling of a 14 year old blend of pot and column distillate from Foursquare. It was tropically aged in Barbados in ex-bourbon casks for 3 years before spending 11 more years in the UK. It is bottled at 58.5% ABV with no additives. Source: Sample…

  • Faultline Jamaica Rum (Hampden) 14 Year vs 16 Year

    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…

  • Foursquare Sassafras – Single Blended Rum – 61%

    Foursquare Sassafras – Single Blended Rum – 61%

    Foursquare Sassafras – Single Blended Rum – 61% Stats: This is a single blended rum, meaning it came from one distillery (Foursquare) and is a blend of pot and column distillate. It was aged a total of 14 years (3 in ex-bourbon barrels followed by 11 in ex-cognac casks) and bottled at “Barrel Proof” (61%)…

  • Transcontinental Rum Lines – Trinidad 2001 – 19 Year Old Rum – 66.8%

    Transcontinental Rum Lines – Trinidad 2001 – 19 Year Old Rum – 66.8%

    Transcontinental Rum Lines – Trinidad 2001 – 19 Year Old Rum – 66.8% Source: Sample graciously provided to me by a fellow r/rum pal. Stats: This is a blend of two barrels that aged for 17 years in Trinidad in ex-Bourbon casks followed by two additional years in Europe. It’s a column distillate and a very limited release from…