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Trinidad 1991, 20 Years Old, Trinidad Distillers Limited, Silver Seal, 50% ABV
May 3, 2023
I remember awhile ago when @caierspirits recommended this obscure little bottle at @originbarsg - the Trinidad 1991 bottled by Silver Seal, and...
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Two More Silver Seals 2020: Silver Seal Demerara, Uitvlugt, 1989/2020 (30 years old) & Silver Seal Demerara, Diamond, 2002/2020 (17 years old)
July 29, 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...
- Demerara
- Diamond
- Guyana
- Port Mourant
- Rum
- Silver Seal
- u/zoorado
- Uitvlugt
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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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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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Long Pond Distillery Special Reserve 1941, bottled by Silver Seal (58 years)
April 22, 2022
Background: as far as age goes, this is probably unsurpassed. 58 years of cask influence to the dunder-y Jamaican distillate of singular charac...
- Jamaica
- Long Pond
- Rum
- Silver Seal
- u/zoorado
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1988 Enmore, 30 Years Old, 47.9% ABV, Guyana, Silver Seal
January 20, 2022
This 30-year-old 1988 demerara rum from the Enmore distillery was quite an interesting one. Bottled in 2018 from a single cask 17, Silver Seal rel...
- @weixiang_liu
- Enmore
- Guyana
- Rum
- Silver Seal
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1986 West Indies Rum Distillery (WIRD), 33 Years Old, Barbados, 58.8% ABV, Silver Seal
January 4, 2022
The 1986 vintage from the West Indies Rum Distillery (WIRD) in Barbados has been all the rage since the release of Silver Seal’s in 2020 from a si...
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1977 Jamaican Rum "Overproof", Berry Bros & Rudd; Enmore, 25 Year Old, Silver Seal; Uitvlugt 1993, Rum Sponge Edition No. 2, Decadent Drinks
December 15, 2021
Some of the rums at a midweek tasting with @the_rum_cartel at The Auld Alliance! A special mention for Berry Bros & Rudd’s 1977 Jamaican ...
- @weixiang_liu
- Berry Bros & Rudd
- Decadent Drinks
- Enmore
- Guyana
- Jamaica
- Rum
- Rum Sponge
- Silver Seal
- Uitvlugt
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Enmore EHP 1977, 32 Year Old, Guyana, Silver Seal
December 15, 2021
I had the absolute pleasure of tasting this beautiful 32 year old Enmore EHP 1977 by Silver Seal again at The Auld Alliance, and it still remains ...
- @weixiang_liu
- Enmore
- Guyana
- Rum
- Silver Seal
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Long Pond 1941, 58 Years Old, Jamaica, 50% ABV, Silver Seal
December 15, 2021
1941 is hardly a year that comes to mind when it comes to rum vintages, as most rums then were sold in bulk or blends, and there was simply no mar...
- @weixiang_liu
- Jamaica
- Long Pond
- Rum
- Silver Seal
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Uitvlugt 1989, 30 Years Old, Silver Seal, Guyana
November 12, 2021
Decided to do a re-tasting of the Silver Seal Uitvlugt 1989. Just a little recap that this rum was distilled in 1989 at the Uitvlugt Distillery us...
- @weixiang_liu
- Guyana
- Rum
- Silver Seal
- Uitvlugt
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