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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...
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- 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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Young-ish New Yarmouths: Rum Artesanal Jamaica Rum 2009, JNY - Second Edition (10 years) & Compagnie des Indes New Yarmouth 2005, high proof version (12 years)
May 9, 2022
Background: One is a stalwart of IB New Yarmouths, from years back. The other, a very recent release. Also, a roughly 10-percentage-point diffe...
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Legends, Old and New: Samaroli 1993 Jamaica (Hampden) Rum Full Proof Single Cask #39 (21 years) & Samaroli 1993 Jamaica (Hampden) Rum Full Proof Single Cask #39 (21 years)
May 9, 2022
Background: In one corner, we have what many consider the best Hampden ever bottled, the Samaroli 1993 Full Proof. In the other, stands an unyi...
- Hampden
- Jamaica
- Rum
- Samaroli
- The Rum Cask
- u/zoorado
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Rum Artesanal Jamaica Rum, High-Ester Rum Distillery, 1983 (35 years)
May 9, 2022
Background: one of the few 1983 Hampdens. Like the others of the same batch, this should be of the HGML mark. Nose: incredibly savoury from the...
- Hampden
- Jamaica
- Rum
- Rum Artesanal
- u/zoorado
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Habitation Velier Hampden C<>H 2010 (10 years)
May 8, 2022
Background: my third C<>H. This is the only fully tropical-aged exemplar of the mark I have tried. This one isn’t as universally loved as...
- Hampden
- Jamaica
- Rum
- u/zoorado
- Velier
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