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Rum Reviews
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                (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...
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                Anam na h-Alba Goes Barbados, distilled at Foursquare (13 years)Image courtesy of whisky-maniac.de Background: another of those interesting bottles I get to sample from my ever-generous rum chat group. This ...
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                Foursquare Habitation Velier 2013 (2 years)Background: my first taste of Foursquare 2013 happened at The Bar at 15 Stamford, a cosy bar with an extensive rum menu located in The Capitol ...
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                Transcontinental Rum Line Foursquare Barbados 2005 (13 years)Background: my first bottle of IB Foursquare from some time ago. I remember it being a very sippable rum. Aged tropically in ex-bourbon casks f...
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                Foursquare PlenipotenziarioBackground: I came across this yesterday, while browsing a brick-and-mortar shop. It was my first time seeing a Velier Foursquare in the flesh,...
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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)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...
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                Foursquare PatrimonioBackground: another one of those reviews with short titles. Really, Foursquare OBs are the only rums of which age I don’t bother to indicate ...
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                MaD's Fortitude 2007 Foursquare Distillery Barbados Rum, Man and Dram“Madness” arguably encapsulates the world of fine (and I suppose, some not so fine) spirits these days. Heck it could be applied to near everything...
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                The Sloth III Rockley Still Rum by Kingsbury for Rum and Whisky, 1986 (31 years)Background: this is another one of those bottles I sampled at The Auld Alliance. The Sloth series comprises single-cask bottlings from various ...
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                Destino, 2003, 14 Years Old, Foursquare jointly bottled with Velier, Barbados Rum, 61% ABVFoursquare is very much a household brand amongst rum drinkers, particularly since @richardseale_foursquare’s collaboration with @velierspa which ...
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                1986 Barbados Rum, Selected Caribbean Rum, West Indies Rum Distillery, Samaroli, 46%Sometimes I stumble upon something relatively obscure and special, one that doesn’t grab the headlines but rather encapsulates a kind of quiet bea...
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                1986 West Indies Rum Distillery (WIRD), 33 Years Old, Barbados, 58.8% ABV, Silver SealThe 1986 vintage from the West Indies Rum Distillery (WIRD) in Barbados has been all the rage since the release of Silver Seal’s in 2020 from a si...
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