Category: Saint Lucia

Review: Chairman’s Reserve Master’s Selection – Pennyroyal

December 21, 2022

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

Review: Chairman’s Reserve 2009 Vintage

November 19, 2021

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

Review: Chairman’s Reserve Master’s Selection – The UK Rum Club

December 21, 2020

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

Rum News: The Rum Slinger Rum Subscription Service & Box 001 Review

December 17, 2020

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

Review: Admiral Rodney Officer’s Realeases – No. 1 (Port Cask Finish)

June 29, 2020

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)

Review: Chairman’s Reserve Master’s Selection 2006 – The Whisky Exchange

January 29, 2020

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