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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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Tamosi Karaya Port Mourant Rum (22 years)
May 9, 2022
Background: bought this on the recommendation of a few friends whose tastes I trust. Also, this is /u/Sea_Industry_7312’s favourite spirit of 2...
- Guyana
- Port Mourant
- Rum
- Tamosi
- u/zoorado
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Velier Caroni “Hangar” 1992-2012, full proof (20 years)
May 9, 2022
Background: this one needs no introduction. Its reputation precedes it, but as they say, you can’t drink cachet. Does it taste as good as it so...
- Caroni
- Rum
- Trinidad
- u/zoorado
- Velier
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IB Savanna High-esters: Velier Savanna HERR 2006, Japoniani series (12 years) & Wild Parrot Grand Arôme Selected with Pietro Caputo, 2007-2018 (~11 years)
May 9, 2022
Background: a Savanna head-to-head. The Velier HERR comes from a limited edition Japoniani series, with labels illustrated by Luca Gargano hims...
- Reunion Island
- Rum
- Savanna
- u/zoorado
- Velier
- Wild Parrot
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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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Anam na h-Alba Goes Barbados, distilled at Foursquare (13 years)
May 7, 2022
Image courtesy of whisky-maniac.de Background: another of those interesting bottles I get to sample from my ever-generous rum chat group. This ...
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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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