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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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(Rarest of Rare Series): The Heavy Hitters: Bally 1960 (age unknown) & Samaroli West Indies 1948 (~42 years)
May 13, 2022
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...
- Bally
- Barbados
- Martinique
- Rum
- Samaroli
- u/zoorado
- West Indies Rum Distillery
- WIRD
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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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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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Port Mourant 2003 Masam, from the private stock of Silvano Samaroli (16 years)
April 30, 2022
Background: this is the second Masam rum bottling I tried, after the 1992 Hampden. I realised I had not written anything about the bottler in t...
- Guyana
- Port Mourant
- Rum
- Samaroli
- u/zoorado
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1986 Barbados Rum, Selected Caribbean Rum, West Indies Rum Distillery, Samaroli, 46%
February 11, 2022
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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Samaroli 1948 West Indies Dark Rum, 49% ABV

(Rarest of Rare Series): The Heavy Hitters: Bally 1960 (age unknown) & Samaroli West Indies 1948 (~42 years)

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)

Hampden 1992 Masam, from the private stock of Silvano Samaroli (27 years)

Port Mourant 2003 Masam, from the private stock of Silvano Samaroli (16 years)

1986 Barbados Rum, Selected Caribbean Rum, West Indies Rum Distillery, Samaroli, 46%