Rum Reviews

  Following on the theme of Caroni rums, this bottle from @cormancollins was a rather unique one that I had the pleasure of tasting at @theauldal...

  Here we have another single cask Uitvlugt 1989 for tasting, this one bottled by @cormancollins in 2022 at an abv of 49.5% (cask strength I pres...

  Background: this is a dram I had at The Auld Alliance, one of the great whisky bars of the world. An old Hampden bottled in 2019 from a vat of ...

  Background: the lockdown has been lifted for close to two months. I was busy with my Master’s thesis, and then with socialising post-lockdown. ...

  Background: Guyana rums are confusing. There are all these stills that give very different distillates, and all these defunct distilleries thro...

  Background: my second rhum agricole, this time from J. Bally, a brand known for their vintage releases, something really quite rare among rum O...

I really enjoyed @rhumtroisrivieres’ Cuvée Bèlè from Martinique, selected from the single limousine cognac cask no. 22-4 and bottled at 52% abv by...

A really good pair of rums at The Auld Alliance from Corman Collins for their 55th Anniversary with a 1996 Diamond and a 1996 Caroni. The bias i...

Some delicious Caroni rums, a 1999 from Corman Collins and a 1997 joint bottling by The Auld Alliance and @colheitas. Both are an absolute joy t...

  Just some of the rums from last evening with @the_rum_cartel, including a couple Caronis, Corman Collins’ latest releases, a pair of 2002 dem...