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Rum Reviews
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Enmore 1988 32-year-old, Versailles Still AWM, Single Cask, Guyana, Bottled by Nobilis Rum, 50% ABV
In the last of my @nobilisrum review, we take a look at release no.5 - the single cask Enmore 1988 32-year-old, distilled from the Versailles s... -
Beenleigh 5 Year Old 2015, Bottled by La Maison & Velier, 59% ABV
On the nose: Hot, alcohol. On the palate: Really, hot alcohol and some wood and caramel. The finish: My god! Did I mention alcohol? I should me... -
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Rum Artesanal Hampden 1990 (31 years)
Background: a cask from one of the best Hampden vintages, bottled by one of the best rum IBs. What could go wrong? Nose: very expressive, yet i... -
Hampdens, pushing 1000: Old Brothers <H> Jamaican Rum 2001 (19 years) & Rum Sponge Edition No. 6, JMH Jamaican Rum (29 years)
Background: two rums with ester concentrations not far from 1000g/hlpa. One is a tropically aged cask of mark <>H. The other is a blend o... -
Gardel 1983, Rumclub Private Selection (Edition 16) Treasure Cask (38 years)
Background: another Treasure Cask from Dirk Becker of German Rum Festival and Rumclub Berlin fame. One of his previous selections is still my... -
(Rarest of Rare Series): The Rest of ‘em: Wray & Nephew 25 Year Old (25 years), Barbancourt 25 Year Old, bottled by Reserve Veronelli in the 1970s (25 years), Bacardi Superior - Early 1900s Bottling (age unknown)
Background: the sequel to this post, with reviews of the rest of the Rarest of the Rare tasting set. Name: Wray & Nephew 25 Year Old (25... -
Precious Liquors and Malt, Grain & Cane New Yarmouth 1994, for Bar Lamp Ginza and Rum & Whisky Kyoto (26 years)
Background: another local bottling by Malt, Grain & Cane, this time in collaboration with Precious Liquors and two pretty famous Japanese r... -
Two Local Foursquares: Malt, Grain and Cane (MG&C) Foursquare 2005 (15 years) & Barbados Rum 2007 for Malt Grain Cane & Miles Whisky Bar (13 years)
Background: as per the title, these are two private bottlings of Foursquare from two casks, two vintages, selected and/or imported by a local i... -
(Rarest of Rare Series): The Heavy Hitters: Bally 1960 (age unknown) & Samaroli West Indies 1948 (~42 years)
Background: I recently pulled the trigger on two sets of rare rum samples curated for the upcoming TWE Rum Show. So, 5 very rare rums, 20ml eac... -
Clement Rare Cask Collection for the 10th Anniversary of Romhatten.dk (11 years)
Background: a pure canne bleue distillate, tropically aged in an ex-bourbon cask for 11 years and 7 months. I have not tried any rum from Cle... -
Twenty-seven Leaves: Name: Nine Leaves Encrypted II (2 years), Nine Leaves Encrypted III (2 years), Nine Leaves 2016 Velier Japoniani (4 years)
Background: Until recently, the enigmatic Nine Leaves distillery near Lake Biwa in Shiga prefecture, Japan, was wholly manned by a single per...
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