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Gardel 1983, Rumclub Private Selection (Edition 16) Treasure Cask (38 years)
May 16, 2022
Background: another Treasure Cask from Dirk Becker of German Rum Festival and Rumclub Berlin fame. One of his previous selections is still my...
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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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Two Local Foursquares: Malt, Grain and Cane (MG&C) Foursquare 2005 (15 years) & Barbados Rum 2007 for Malt Grain Cane & Miles Whisky Bar (13 years)
May 13, 2022
Background: as per the title, these are two private bottlings of Foursquare from two casks, two vintages, selected and/or imported by a local i...
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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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Clement Rare Cask Collection for the 10th Anniversary of Romhatten.dk (11 years)
May 13, 2022
Background: a pure canne bleue distillate, tropically aged in an ex-bourbon cask for 11 years and 7 months. I have not tried any rum from Cle...
- Clement
- Martinique
- Rum
- u/zoorado
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Twenty-seven Leaves: Name: Nine Leaves Encrypted II (2 years), Nine Leaves Encrypted III (2 years), Nine Leaves 2016 Velier Japoniani (4 years)
May 13, 2022
Background: Until recently, the enigmatic Nine Leaves distillery near Lake Biwa in Shiga prefecture, Japan, was wholly manned by a single per...
- Japan
- Nine Leaves
- Rum
- u/zoorado
- Velier
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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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M&E Diamond 2003, in collaboration with Charles Fazzino (17 years)
May 13, 2022
Background: another local bottling, this time from the Uitvlugt French Savalle still. A friend passed me this sample in exchange for my tasting...
- Diamond
- Fazzino
- Guyana
- M&E Drinks
- Rum
- u/zoorado
- Uitvlugt
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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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Rum of the World Belize Single Cask #TVL06MBT11 (14 years)
May 13, 2022
Background: it is exciting when people around you are buying casks and bottling rums. Granted, we are still far from having an IB the calibre o...
- Belize
- Malt Grain Cane
- Rum
- Travellers
- u/zoorado
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Two 1997 Caronis: Caroni Rum jointly bottled by The Whisky Agency and The Nectar, 1997-2012 (15 years) & Private Reserve Caroni Rum by Sansibar, cask #78, 1997-2020 (23 years)
May 9, 2022
Background: Master’s thesis has been a bitch. Time to unwind with some rum reviews, especially since my study cabinet is overcrowded with rum s...
- Caroni
- Rum
- Sansibar
- The Nectar
- The Whisky Agency
- Trinidad
- u/zoorado
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