Cocktail bartender and rum enthusiast.
Most of the people in the bar world know or at least heard about Plantation rums, one of their most famous bottlings (that every cocktail bar should have if you ask me) being the Plantation Pineapple Stiggins’ Fancy. Some would argue that their O.F.T.D. should be a must on the backbar too, but not many … More Review: Plantation Single Cask Barbados 7 Years
While they’re both navy style rums (one more well known than the other), the Pusser’s 15 new blend comes exclusively from Guyana’s Diamond Distillery and the Ancient Mariner 16 is sourced from Trinidad’s Caroni Distillery which makes it quite special since it stopped production in 2002. In the mid 1600s the British Navy discovered rum, … More Review: Pusser’s 15 (2019) vs Ancient Mariner 16
The Clairin website is very informative but I’ll try to touch the main points here too. Clairin, which is distributed by Velier, is rhum in, probably, its most simplistic form. I say “rhum” because Haiti was a French colony from 1625 until 1804 when they gained their independence, and Clairin is the rhum agricole, or … More Review: Clairin Communal
At the end of March I returned from my trip to Barbados where, among other things, I visited the Foursquare Distillery. Besides the fact that they make banging rum, I have to say, the whole place is simply gorgeous and so tidy. My sight, smell, and later, taste were all pleased during my isit there. … More Review: Foursquare Patrimonio – Velier
Hi there! Guess what! Yep, more Bajan juice, hailing from Foursquare to be more precise: S.B.S Barbados 2008, an independent bottling from Denmark made by 1423 – World Class Spirits. Spoke a bit about 1423 in my review on their S.B.S Jamaica 2005 here. The rum is molasses based, a blend of pot and column … More Review: S.B.S Barbados 2008
Foursquare Destino (Barbados)! Yes, that bottle whose picture you can see around rum groups with the “ISO” tag. Richard Seale (R.L. Seale) featuring Luca Gargano (Velier) made this a “hit” among rum lovers, both being names that are well respected in the rum world. Unfortunately I arrived too late at the party and didn’t get … More Review: Foursquare Destino – Velier
I decided to open my St. Nicholas Abbey 12 and chat about it. I used their website and the book “Rum Revolution” by Tristan Stephenson for the history bit and it is quite extensive. The St. Nicholas Abbey Plantation was established by Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin Berringer who arrived in Barbados in 1634 and had the plantation … More Review: St. Nicholas Abbey 12 Year Old
Kill Devil Barbados 9 Year Old Single Cask is my rum today. The Kill Devil brand hails from Hunter Laing, Scotland, which deals mostly with blending and bottling scotch, but their rums also caught the attention of the enthusiasts. They have bottled rums from countries like Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana, Venezuela and so on, and as … More Review: Kill Devil Barbados 9 Year Old Single Cask
Foursquare Exceptional Cask Selection Mark VII – Dominus. While I am sure you heard about the Foursquare ECS releases hundreds if not thousands of times and it definitely doesn’t need my ‘Seale’ (sorry not sorry) of approval, I will still review it… just because I can. Try and stop me! Now the Exceptional Cask Selection … More Review: Foursquare Dominus – Mark VII
It was about time I got myself a proper bottle of Rhum Agricole, until now I tried it only through samples and tastings. What can I say, I’m a sucker for molasses based rum. First a little bit about Habitation Clement and Martinique (I apologise for not using the accents, my French sucks). Homere Clement … More Review: Clement Rhum Vieux Agricole XO