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Rum Reviews
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Taste Testing Velier's Nine Leaves Unsun Karuta Collection: Last Drops (Ace of Oru), Four Of Isu, Four Of Guru & King Of Kotsu
By now the rum community is well aware that one of Japan's most artisanal rum producers, the one-man distillery that is Yoshiharu Takeuchi's Nin... -
Velier Caroni Paradise #11, 2000 Full Proof Heavy Trinidad Rum
On to the third bottling of Velier’s most recent Caroni Paradise releases, we are once again acquainted with the youngest vintages from the dist... -
Labourdonnais 2010 Rum, 10 Years Old, Bottled by Liquid Treasures (51.9% ABV)
Last week local Singaporean distributor and independent bottler Nanyang Whisky held a showcase of some of the rums in their portfolio - and one ... -
Velier Caroni Paradise #10, 1998 Full Proof Heavy Trinidad Rum
With the Caroni Paradise #6 out of the way, we arrive at #10, a single cask bearing the numbers #3927, holding Caroni rums of the Heavy Trinidad... -
Velier Caroni Paradise #6, 1996 Full Proof Heavy Trinidad Rum
By now, many would be familiar with Velier’s Caroni Paradise series, introduced to the world in 2021, marking the very last casks of Caroni rums... -
Ko Hana 'Kea' White Hawaiian Agricole Rum, 40% ABV
"Where there's sugarcane, there's rum." Is a saying you'll find yourself repeating over and over if you stay in the rum drinking game - it'll ne... -
Taste Testing The Foursquare Velier Fidelitas
@the_rum_cartel created quite a stir yesterday by unveiling Foursquare and @velierspa’s latest collaboration, Fidelitas. This is the oldest Four... -
Is The Caroni Paradise #6 (1996, #5619) The Greatest Of The Paradise Series?
As the Caroni story reaches its final chapter - its legend, of course, hopefully lives on - we're left with some 139 (originally 140, but one br... -
Taste Testing The Legendary Velier Skeldon 1978 Full Proof Old Demerara Rum
Few rums have garnered as much attention among consummate rum drinkers as the Skeldons, bottled by Velier in 2005. Back then, these bottles were... -
Arcabuz Rhum Blanc, Rhum Japonais, Tanegashima Distillery (アーキバス ラム酒 種子島蒸留所)
The sugar industry is one that's deeply fickle, highly alluring, and also intimately intertwined with the who, where and how of rum. There is an... -
Ron Zacapa Centenario XO Solera Gran Reserva Especial
They say not to judge a book by its cover, but if this was book, that cover do be pretty neat! That is all to say, that's one stylish bottle of ... -
Taste Testing Two Jamaica High Ester Papalin 5 Year Old Rums: Velier Papalin Jamaica High Ester 5 Year Old 47% ABV vs 57% ABV
Whilst the first Papalin blend - made of a Cuban rum, a Venezuelan rum, and a dash of Caroni - made its first debut in 2003, the Velier propriet...
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