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Wray & Nephew 25 Year Old Jamaican Independence
October 5, 2022
In the year 1987, Jamaica celebrated its 25th anniversary of independence from the United Kingdom, and for that very poignant occasion, @jwncor...
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Samaroli 1948 West Indies Dark Rum, 49% ABV
September 2, 2022
It was only a few days ago that @masamindependentbottlers shared some photographs of the late Mr Silvano Samaroli with a selection of his bottl...
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Clarendon 2010, 11 Years Old, bottled by Malt, Grain & Cane, 67.2% ABV
August 27, 2022
Jamaican rums are having a real moment - and for good reason, these ester fruit bombs are smack-you-in-the-face tasty and you don’t need to be b...
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1994 New Yarmouth, Single Cask #435038, Jamaica, Bottled by Precious Liquors for Lime House Asia, 57.1% ABV
June 14, 2022
Last night at @limehouseasia to celebrate the release of their second official bottling with @preciousliquors - a single cask 1994 New Yarmout...
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Rum Artesanal Hampden 1990 (31 years)
May 16, 2022
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...
- Hampden
- Jamaica
- Rum
- Rum Artesanal
- u/zoorado
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Hampdens, pushing 1000: Old Brothers <H> Jamaican Rum 2001 (19 years) & Rum Sponge Edition No. 6, JMH Jamaican Rum (29 years)
May 16, 2022
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...
- Hampden
- Jamaica
- Old Brothers
- Rum
- Rum Sponge
- u/zoorado
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(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)
May 13, 2022
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...
- Bacardi
- Barbancourt
- Haiti
- Jamaica
- Reserve Veronelli
- Rum
- u/zoorado
- Wray & Nephew
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Precious Liquors and Malt, Grain & Cane New Yarmouth 1994, for Bar Lamp Ginza and Rum & Whisky Kyoto (26 years)
May 13, 2022
Background: another local bottling by Malt, Grain & Cane, this time in collaboration with Precious Liquors and two pretty famous Japanese r...
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Hampdens for the Ages: Nobilis Jamaica HD (Hampden) 1993 (27 years) & Jamaican Rum JMH 2001 by Thompson Bros and Bar Tre Hiroshima (19 years)
May 13, 2022
Background: Remember when I said this was (likely) to be the most epic matchup I will ever post? Well, I might just have another think coming, ...
- Hampden
- Jamaica
- Nobilis
- Rum
- Thompson Bros
- u/zoorado
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Hampden Pagos 100% Ex-Sherry Cask, 52% ABV
May 13, 2022
In the colloquialisms of whisky talk, the word “Sherry” (and by extension, “Sherry Cask” or “Sherry finish”) simply cannot be used enough. A mer...
- Hampden
- Jamaica
- Rum
- Velier
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Two RA New Yarmouths: Rum Artesanal Jamaica Rum 1994, NY Distillery (25 years) & Rum Artesanal Jamaica Rum 2009, JNY - Distillery (10 years)
May 13, 2022
Background: Two rums from New Yarmouth, bottled by Rum Artesanal last year. Same distillery, same bottler, but otherwise, very different specif...
- Jamaica
- New Yarmouth
- Rum
- Rum Artesanal
- u/zoorado
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Silver Seal Hampden 1993 (22 years)
May 9, 2022
Image credit to /u/sirabra. Background: so I visited a rum tasting event which offered some rare pours for reasonable prices. I tried, among ...
- Hampden
- Jamaica
- Rum
- Silver Seal
- u/zoorado
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