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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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The Sloth III Rockley Still Rum by Kingsbury for Rum and Whisky, 1986 (31 years)
April 22, 2022
Background: this is another one of those bottles I sampled at The Auld Alliance. The Sloth series comprises single-cask bottlings from various ...
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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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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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Plantation XO 20th Anniversary, West Indies Rum Distillery, Barbados, 40% Abv
November 8, 2021
Never too early for a dram of the excellent Plantation Rum XO 20th Anniversary rum distilled in the West Indies Rum Distillery in Barbados! An aut...
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(Rarest of Rare Series): The Heavy Hitters: Bally 1960 (age unknown) & Samaroli West Indies 1948 (~42 years)