I’m a huge fan of the stuff that Beenleigh Distillery makes – in fact it’s probably the very first Australian rum I have ever tried. S.B.S Australia 2007 is one of my favourite rums bottled from them and it has one of the highest scores on my blog. That’s why I was excited to try … More Review: Velier Beenleigh 2015 vs Velier Beenleigh 2006
The story of Husk Distillers started in 2009 in Martinique where the founder, Paul Messenger, was inevitably put face to face with the local agricole rhum. He enjoyed it so much he was inspired to bring this style of rum back to Australia. Since then Paul along with his wife Mandy and daughters Harriet, Edwina … More Review: Husk Pure Cane Rum
This is a sample from a That Boutique-y Rum Company bottling that is part of the Return To Oz range – this release consists of some limited-in-numbers rum expressions made in Australia. I enjoy these kind of bottlings as they offer the possibility to try rums that otherwise wouldn’t be available on the UK market. … More The Barrel Sample: That Boutique-y Rum Company – Mt Uncle Distillery 12 Year (Batch 1)
It has been a while since I purchased a bottle from That Boutique-y Rum Company (TBRC) which is quite unacceptable from my side because they never miss as far as I’m concerned. I decided to go with the one distilled at the Black Gate Distillery in Australia because lately I’ve been trying a lot of … More Review: That Boutique-y Rum Company – Black Gate Distillery Australia 3 Year Old (Batch 1)
The Australia is a collaboration with Beenleigh Artisan Distillery who came to The Duchess IB in order to have them release one of their barrels. Molasses based, pot & column still distilled in 2007, aged 10 years in Australia and 3 more in Europe using cask no. 38 which was an ex-Bourbon. Bottled in 2021 … More The Barrel Sample: The Duchess Australia 13 Year Old
Inner Circle is a historical rum brand in Australia that initially was meant to be consumed only by Colonial Sugar Refinery’s (CSR) board of directors and some of its prized customers (hence the name). CSR was founded in 1855 and established sugar refineries in Australia, New Zealand and Fiji. In 1901 they set up a … More Review: Inner Circle 5 Year Old Black Cask Strength
Another product distributed by Skylark Spirits I tried at the The World’s First European Online Rum Festival by RumCask was the S.B.S Australia 2007. It was so good (Spoiler alert!) I had to get myself a bottle and review straight away to make sure my judgement wasn’t clouded by all the other samples tried beforehand. … More Review: S.B.S Australia 2007