If you follow their social media, you’d know that recently Chairman’s have upgraded their packaging and that they also launched a new Chairman’s Mai Tai RTD with Harvey Nichols on the market. Well, imagine my surprise when I received a package from them containing a bottle of the revamped Chairman’s Original and one of their … More Review: Chairman’s Original
Last night (Tuesday 20th of December) Pennyroyal Cardiff had a takeover at London’s rum capital, Trailer Happiness and it was a really good event – I should know, I was there shaking drinks alongside them. They did the takeover in order to promote their new collaboration with Saint Lucia Distillers, the Chairman’s Pennyroyal. Pennyroyal Cardiff … More Review: Chairman’s Reserve Master’s Selection – Pennyroyal
Chairman’s Reserve 2009 comes from Saint Lucia and is made by Saint Lucia Distillers (SLD), the island’s sole distillery. There’s quite an array of diverse rums made at SLD such as Bounty, Admiral Rodney, Chairman’s Reserve, the locally enjoyed Denros Strong Rum, and also some other liqueurs and wines. The Chairman’s brand started in 1999 … More Review: Chairman’s Reserve 2009 Vintage
From the “I risk my life so you don’t have to” series comes a review for a Saint Lucian rum that you can’t really find outside the island of Saint Lucia – like really, I can’t find a price anywhere. Regardless, its lack of availability or its fierce “double strength” weren’t enough to stop me … More Review: Denros Strong Rum
I’ve recently praised Saint Lucia Distillers, the home of the Chairman’s Reserve rum (and many others), saying it’s a very versatile distillery, capable of producing a diverse range of rums by mastering their column still and three pot stills, various barrels and making use of both molasses and sugar cane juice distillates. Most of that … More Review: Chairman’s Reserve Legacy
The UK Rum Club is a Facebook online group where people, mainly from the UK, gathered to talk (pure) rum and exchange information. While this year hasn’t been great for many, it saw the first 2 collaboration between rum brands and UKRC – you can check the first one here and here. Wes Burgin (thefatrumpirate) … More Review: Chairman’s Reserve Master’s Selection – The UK Rum Club
As recent events have moved most activities we would normally take for granted in the online environment there’s no surprise there are a number of companies and brands adapting to offer such services at you door like, let’s say, hmm… rum sampling. A good example are the online tastings (here and here) done by the … More Rum News: The Rum Slinger Rum Subscription Service & Box 001 Review
Produced at Saint Lucia Distillers in… Saint Lucia, Admiral Rodney commemorates Admiral George B. Rodney who was considered a brilliant naval strategist, among other things. He protected the British Caribbean colonies from the French in 1782 at the Battle of the Saints, where “he broke the French line”. You can find the full story on … More Review: Admiral Rodney Officer’s Realeases – No. 1 (Port Cask Finish)
As I mentioned per my last review Saint Lucia Distillers (…from the island of St Lucia) have been busy recently with some interesting releases. First the very first Chairman’s vintage, a 14 year old rum distilled in 2005 and a series called Master’s Selection featuring rare single cask bottlings some of which are made exclusive … More Review: Chairman’s Reserve Master’s Selection 2006 – The Whisky Exchange
Saint Lucia Distillers was created in 1972 when the two distilleries that survived the 1960s – the Geest-owned at Roseau and the one owned by the Barnard family at Dennery – merged to form one rum producer which at the time was making a discontinued rum brand called Denros Bounty Rum. Fast forward to 2016 … More Review: Chairman’s Reserve 2005 Vintage