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Rum Reviews
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                Rhum Bologne 2014, Velier Flora AntillarumThe first from @velierspa’s Flora Antillarum series was the 2014 @rhum_bologne, which also holds the accolade for being the oldest distillery i...
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                Black Gate Distillery Pot Still Rum, Batch 1, 5 Year Old, Australia, That Boutique-y Rum CompanyThe first rendition of the Australia series by @boutiqueyrum was released in early-2021, which featured two rums - one of which was from @black...
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                Trinidad 1991, 20 Years Old, Trinidad Distillers Limited, Silver Seal, 50% ABVI remember awhile ago when @caierspirits recommended this obscure little bottle at @originbarsg - the Trinidad 1991 bottled by Silver Seal, and...
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                Barbados Secret Distillery No.7 2000, 21 Years Old, Boutique-y Records Series, That Boutique-y Rum Company, 52.6% ABVFrom the funky Boutique-y Records series released in 2021 came the Barbados Secret Distillery No.7, and while the good folks at @boutiqueyrum w...
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                Panama 1983, 37 Years Old, Bellamy's Reserve Rum, Las Cabras (Alcoholes del Istimo), 61% ABVAfter having had a number of rather hard-hitting rums in recent times, I thought it’d be a refreshing change to explore rums from other regions...
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                Caroni 1998 HTR, 24 Years Old, Cask #2247, Corman Collins, 64.8% ABVFollowing on the theme of Caroni rums, this bottle from @cormancollins was a rather unique one that I had the pleasure of tasting at @theauldal...
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                1997 Caroni, 23 Years Old, HTR, Single Cask #880, 61.1% ABV, Batch 7, That Boutique-y Rum Company (TBRC)@boutiqueyrum is no stranger to Caroni rums, having released at least 12 different bottlings since they started. Batch 8 was the first that I t...
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                Caroni 1998 Chaconia 24 Years Old, 60.2% ABV, Bottled by Distilia for CatawikiThe second of @distilia_ rums that I had the privilege of tasting was one from their new Floral Rum series - the Caroni 1998 Chaconia exclusive...
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                1994 Versailles, Enmore REV, Greenheart Collection by Distilia, 50.4% ABVThe Greenheart collection is a series of old demerara rums bottled by @distilia_ that were distilled from the late 1980s till the early 90s. Th...
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                Dead Reckoning Mhoba - South Africa, 2 Year Old, Ex-French Oak Ex Vrede En Lust Red Wine Cask, 56% ABVThis review of @dead_reckoning_rum’s highly anticipated bottling of a two-years-and-five-months-old @mhoba_rum was long overdue, one that I sho...
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                Caroni 1997, 24 Year Old, Cask #889, 55.2% ABV, Bottled By Valinch & Mallet for The Writing Club 6th AnniversaryThis was my maiden visit to @thewritingclubsg on the occasion of a special @valinchandmallet tasting, where we were treated to an excellent lin...
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                Velier Diamond & Port Mourant Demerara 1999The last rum review of 2022 leads me back to one from the final chapter of the age of @velierspa’s demerara rums - the Diamond & Port Moura...
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