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Rum Reviews
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Caroni 1997, 24 Year Old, Cask #889, 55.2% ABV, Bottled By Valinch & Mallet for The Writing Club 6th Anniversary
This was my maiden visit to @thewritingclubsg on the occasion of a special @valinchandmallet tasting, where we were treated to an excellent lin... -
3 Neisson Profils: Neisson Profil 62, Neisson Profil 105, Neisson Profil 107 Bio
Neisson is located near Saint-Pierre, Martinique, at the foot of Mount Pelee, a volcano whose last great eruption in 1902 almost wiped out the ... -
Hampden HES 2019, 60.5% ABV
Hampden's are big - so when the Jamaican rum distillery releases a new mark, you'd be forgiven for being surprised that the interest in it would... -
Foursquare LFT White Barbados Pure Single Rum, Habitation Velier, 62% ABV
This might look like an otherwise unassuming bottle of clear liquid, frankly it looks no different than water. But to the rum world, this was qu... -
Velier Diamond & Port Mourant Demerara 1999
The 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... -
Two Long Pond TECAs: National Rums of Jamaica TECA 2003 (15 years) & Habitation Velier TECA 2005 (14 years)
Background: when it comes to Jamaican rums, Hampden is my go-to distillery; there are just so many bottlings of very old continentally aged Ham... -
Caroni 1997 Thompson Brothers 20 Years Old, 61.9% ABV
During a recent masterclass with Phil Thompson of the Dornoch Distillery/Thompson Bros IB, I got to try a nice expression from the 1997 vintage... -
Rhum Neisson "Nonaginta" 90th Anniversary, 18 Years Old, Martinique, 47.6% ABV
In the last of the “special tastings, I take a look at, and of course a taste of, @rhums_neisson’s Nonaginta, dedicated to the 90th anniversary... -
Hampden Great House 2022, 55% ABV
Hampden is basically the gold standard of Jamaican rums these days - some might even in their fervour venture as far as to place the estate syno... -
Caroni 1998 Heavy Trinidad Paradise #2, Single Cask #3918, 56.3% ABV
After the Caroni 1996 Guyana Blended Paradise #1, it was only natural to taste the second bottling of the Paradise range too - the Caroni 1998 ... -
Caroni 1996 Guyana Blended Paradise #1, Single Cask #5552, 62.7% ABV
@whiskylivesingapore was a pretty hectic affair, having squeezed all my various rum samplings into one Sunday afternoon. Yet there were some ve... -
A Trio Of Guadeloupe Rums From Velier's Flora Antillarum Series: Montebello 2002, Karukera 2009, and Bologne 2014
This reminds us of... a trip through the rainforests with all the diversity of every shade of flavor profile. Try this if... you're big into ...
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