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Taste Testing The Velier Magnum Series #2 Alex Webb Edition: Hampden 13 Years, Saint James 12 Years, Clarendon 10 Years, Beenleigh 8 Years
November 29, 2024
A good bottle of rum has a certain ability to transport us. It could whisk us to the distant shores of Haiti or Jamaica, express itself powerful...
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Clarendon 2004, 17 Years Old, Bottled by Precious Liquors for Bar Lamp Ginza and Rudder Ltd, 57.1% ABV
January 7, 2024
@preciousliquors’ lineup brings another high ester Jamaican rum, one from the Clarendon distillery, or sometimes referred to as Monymusk Estate,...
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- Bar Lamp Ginza
- Clarendon
- Jamaica
- Precious Liquors
- Rudder
- Rum
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Clarendon 1995, 26 Years Old, for Aficionados Group, 68.3% ABV
December 25, 2023
Background: the 1995 batch of IB Clarendons contain some of my favourite rums; it is a wonder I have not reviewed any one of them till now. This...
- Aficionados Group
- Clarendon
- Jamaica
- Rum
- u/zoorado
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Clarendon 2010, 11 Years Old, bottled by Malt, Grain & Cane, 67.2% ABV
August 27, 2022
Jamaican rums are having a real moment - and for good reason, these ester fruit bombs are smack-you-in-the-face tasty and you don’t need to be b...
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Two Silver Seals 2020: Silver Seal Jamaica, Clarendon, 1984/2020 (36 years old) & Silver Seal Barbados, Black Rock, 1986/2020 (33 years old)
April 30, 2022
Introduction: The Auld Alliance very recently put up a tasting set of six samples, one for each Silver Seal rum release this year. Three of the...
- Barbados
- Clarendon
- Jamaica
- Rum
- Silver Seal
- u/zoorado
- WIRD
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Plantation Xaymaca, Long Pond & Clarendon Blend, Jamaica, 43% ABV
November 11, 2021
Mondays with Plantation Xaymaca, a blend of 100% Jamaican pot still rums from five different marques of the Long Pond and Clarendon distilleries! ...
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- Clarendon
- Jamaica
- Long Pond
- Plantation
- Rum
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Taste Testing The Velier Magnum Series #2 Alex Webb Edition: Hampden 13 Years, Saint James 12 Years, Clarendon 10 Years, Beenleigh 8 Years

Clarendon 2004, 17 Years Old, Bottled by Precious Liquors for Bar Lamp Ginza and Rudder Ltd, 57.1% ABV

Clarendon 1995, 26 Years Old, for Aficionados Group, 68.3% ABV

Clarendon 2010, 11 Years Old, bottled by Malt, Grain & Cane, 67.2% ABV

Two Silver Seals 2020: Silver Seal Jamaica, Clarendon, 1984/2020 (36 years old) & Silver Seal Barbados, Black Rock, 1986/2020 (33 years old)

Plantation Xaymaca, Long Pond & Clarendon Blend, Jamaica, 43% ABV