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Rum Reviews
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Early Bottlings From Cairns Rum Company Featuring Rare Yeasts
When you think of flavour diversity in the world of rum, you’d normally associate it with varying distillation marks, the use of different raw ma... -
Taste Testing The Nils Desperandum Special
Back in 2023 on my road trip along the coast of Southeast Queensland, I met up with the good folks at Nils Desperandum, with co-founder Michael ... -
Dipping Into North Queensland's Burdekin Rums
An unexpected surprise at @madame_sg that same evening was the presence of @burdekinrum’s Head Distiller Jason Chan, who “by coincidence” had a ... -
A First Taste Of Upcoming The Cairns Rum Company From Queensland Australia
Earlier in the week, The Rum Cartel, 88 Bamboo, and I had the pleasure of being joined by Callum Upfold, Head Distiller of both Cairns Rum and L... -
The Rum Consortium Queensland Rum, Queensland Rum Day 2024, Blend Of Beenleigh, Bundaberg, Nil Desperandum & Kalki Moon
Queensland Rum Day was founded in 2023 to celebrate the sugarcane spirit, its distillers and producers across the sunshine state. And on its sec... -
Beenleigh 2014, 9 Years Old, MVKrait Operation Jaywick, Dead Reckoning, 55% ABV
We come back to the independent bottler @dead_reckoning_rum by Justin Bosley today with a rather unique bottling - a nine-year-old Australian ru... -
Nil Desperandum Reviews Galore!
Nil Desperandum One Second, The Third, Go Fourth, The Road North, The Premier, The Wild Muck, The Double Under, The 44 Special, The Mezcal Barrel ... -
Black Gate Distillery Pot Still Rum, Batch 1, 5 Year Old, Australia, That Boutique-y Rum Company
The first rendition of the Australia series by @boutiqueyrum was released in early-2021, which featured two rums - one of which was from @black... -
Dead Reckoning Mhoba - South Africa, 2 Year Old, Ex-French Oak Ex Vrede En Lust Red Wine Cask, 56% ABV
This 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... -
Transcontinental Rum Line, Australia 2015, Beenleigh Distillery 4 Years Old Rum, 48% ABV (Part 3)
Editor's note: This is the final Part 3 of Jigs' 3-part series on Transcontinental Rum Line (TCRL). Jigs continues his conversation with La Maison... -
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... -
Rum flight at Lime House Asia - Velier Royal Navy Very Old Rum, Transcontinental Rum Line (TCRL) Australia 2015, Chalong Bay Kaffir Lime Rum
No better way to start the weekend than with a rum flight at Lime House Asia, with Velier's Royal Navy Very Old Rum, Transcontinental Rum Line (...
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