Karen Hoskin’s Montanya Distillers is the American rum distillery you need to keep an eye on if you’re a sugar cane distillate fella. It’s located at about 2700 meters about the sea level in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado, which influences the profile of the rum produced there given that distillation at a higher altitude can … More Review: Montanya Exclusiva
I reviewed the Berry Bros. & Rudd (BBR) Fijian 11YO a few days ago and here’s another expression from them, this time from Mauritius – got one more up the sleeve, in case anyone was wondering. BBR already have an ongoing collaboration with the Medine Distillery from Mauritius since 2009 under The Indian Ocean Company … More Review: Berry Bros. & Rudd Mauritius 2010 9 Year Old
Andres Brugal Montaner left Catalonia in the favour of the Caribbean in 1868 when he was only 18. He first settled in Cuba, in the Santiago coastal town, and then 20 years later in 1888 he moved to Puerto Plata in the Dominic Republic. In the same year he founded Brugal & Co and years … More Review: Brugal Extra Viejo
Berry Bros. & Rudd (BBR from now on because I’m lazy) is Britain’s oldest wine and spirit merchant, having traded from the same shop since 1698 – at least that’s what their website say. They have some rums in their portofolio such as Penny Blue and their BBR Classic range (reviews here, here, here and … More Review: Berry Bros. & Rudd Fijian Rum 11 Year Old
Clairin Sajous is made at Chelo Distillery in Haiti by Michel Sajous. Luca Gargano of Velier is responsible for distributing various Clairins outside Haiti. Clairin Sajous uses sugar cane from the estate, the base material being cane juice. Fermented with wild yeast for around 7-10 days, pot still distilled and bottled without dilution – absolutely … More The Barrel Sample: Clairin Sajous 2015
I was scrolling on the Master Of Malt new rum releases, just like anybody else does after they get paid, and given I try to focus more on the white rum category, my eyes landed on this bottle of Merchant’s Choice Guyanese White Rum. While you can find plenty of rum from Guyana on the … More Review: Merchant’s Choice Guyanese White Rum
Oh man, this should be a fun one, but first some background. Sunset Very Strong Rum is made at St. Vincent Distillers Limited (SVDL) on the… Saint Vincent island. The distillery was built on the site of a former sugar mill, the Mount Benick Estate, that was closed in 1985 because of the falling of … More Review: Sunset Very Strong Rum
A sample of a very old Guyanese single cask rum from the Dutch independent bottler, The Duchess – yes, please! Molasses based, distilled in the Port Mourant wooden pot still at the late Uitvlugt Distillery in Guyana and aged for 27 years in an ex-Bourbon cask. Distilled in 1993 and bottled in 2020 at 50.1% … More The Barrel Sample: The Duchess – 27 Year Old Guyana – Uitvlugt
The USA prohibition in 1920 was the push the Cuban rum production needed as Americans were jumping boats to get to this paradise where rum was flowing to get the party started and its popularity remained even after the prohibition ended in 1933. One year later, the Archebala family established the Havana Club brand, which, … More Review: Havana Club Especial vs Cuba Club
The story of the Saint Nicholas Abbey Estate starts in the mid 17th century in Barbados with a bit of a drama-soap-opera style chain of events between two plantations and their owners, Col. Benjamin Berringer and Sir John Yeaman. It is said that Yeaman poisoned Berringer and then married his wife, Margaret in 1661, who … More Review: St. Nicholas Abbey White Rum (40% ABV)