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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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Jamaica (Hampden) 1990, Rumclub Private Selection Treasure Cask (26 years)
May 7, 2022
Background: what can we say about vintages in rum? In most regions of rum production, sugarcane is evergreen and can be harvested year-round. ...
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Two Kill Devil Hampdens: Single Cask C<>H distilled 11/07, 63.5% ABV (11 years) & Single Cask <>H distilled 10/01, 61.2% ABV (16 years) & bottled for TheWhiskyBarrel.com
May 7, 2022
Introduction: I recently discovered the treasure trove that is TheWhiskyBarrel (TWB), an honest, efficient online merchant with exclusive bottl...
- Hampden
- Hunter Laing
- Jamaica
- Kill Devil
- Rum
- TheWhiskyBarrel
- u/zoorado
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Habitation Velier Forsyths 2006 (11 years)
May 7, 2022
Background: probably the only bottling of aged Worthy Park juice confirmed to be of the WPM mark. I have heard from trusted sources this is kin...
- Forsyths
- Jamaica
- Rum
- u/zoorado
- Velier
- Worthy Park
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Hampden 1992 Masam, from the private stock of Silvano Samaroli (27 years)
April 30, 2022
Background: this is a sample I ordered along with a bottle of IB Diamond rum. The 1992 vintage seems like a great one from what I heard, so I h...
- Hampden
- Jamaica
- Masam
- Rum
- Samaroli
- u/zoorado
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Hampden Single Cask LFCH 2011, bottled for Whisky Live Singapore 2019 (8 years)
April 30, 2022
Background: finally, I was allowed to access my office. This is the first of a few bottles I had intended to review before the lockdown. A spec...
- Hampden
- Jamaica
- LMDW
- Rum
- u/zoorado
- Velier
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Hampden Single Cask by John Barrett, Bristol Spirits and Corman Collins (16 years)
April 30, 2022
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. ...
- Bristol Spirits
- Corman Collins
- Hampden
- Jamaica
- Rum
- u/zoorado
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L’esprit Single Cask Rum distilled at “A Jamaican Distillery” - Worthy Park (10 years)
April 30, 2022
Background: I was looking at an online store selling colheitas when I came across this. Turns out they have a decent rum selection too. Pulled ...
- Jamaica
- L'esprit
- Rum
- u/zoorado
- Worthy Park
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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)
April 30, 2022
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...
- Barbados
- Clarendon
- Jamaica
- Rum
- Silver Seal
- u/zoorado
- WIRD
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