Limin’ Beach Club is a vibrant bar and restaurant situated on the South Bank, in London, UK. To my embarrassment I have yet to visit it, but it’s definitely on the list. Last year the people in charge of it, Sham ‘Mr. Limin’ Mahabir and Paolo ‘Mr. Rum’ Molinaro, began their rum venture with Threeways … More Review: Threeways Rum
Trinidad Distillers Limited (TDL) was established in 1949 in Trinidad (duh!) with a state of the art column still distillery in order to start making their own rum for their bitters and Angostura range – they were previously sourcing their rums from other distilleries on the island in the 19th century. Today their bitters are … More Review: Angostura 5 Year Old
A sample of SMWS’ rum bottling that hails from Trinidad (most likely Angostura given the lack of pungency). Molasses based, distilled on 31st of December 1991, aged for 26 years in refill ex-Bourbon barrel and bottled at a generous 61.3% ABV. Cask number R10.2. Not sure about additives as I’m not familiar with the company. … More The Barrel Sample: The Scotch Malt Whisky Society – “Three spice creme brulee” – Trinidad 26 Year Old
Pusser’s marketing relies heavily on the Navy Rum story. They claim to be following the last Admiralty recipe for the Daily Tot that used to be issued to the British Sailors until it was discontinued (you could call it a Health and Safety issue) on the 31st of July 1970. While I’m not qualified enough … More Review: Pusser’s 50th Anniversary
First review in 2020 is of a liquid that comes from a distillery closed for around 18 years. The Caroni Distillery in Trinidad was shut down in 2002 “thanks” to the only rum producer on the island at the moment – Angostura. The heavy, pungent flavour, limited stock and Luca Gargano of Velier would be … More Review: That Boutique-y Rum Company – Caroni Distillery Trinidad 20 Year Old (Batch 2)
Compagnie Des Indes, a brand you’ve most likely seen if you’re in any of the rum forums online. Independent bottler located in the city of Beune, France, focuses on the “terroir” diversity of the different rum producing countries. With the exception of some blends, they mainly bottle single casks that are free of additives and … More Review: Compagnie Des Indes Trinidad 13 Ans
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
Today I have a small sample of Plantation Trinidad 2001 which I bought from Master of Malt. I already reviewed another Plantation, so out of laziness I’ll just leave the link for the introduction on Plantation and what they do here. This is an old vintage distilled in 2001 therefore I couldn’t find too much … More Review: Plantation Trinidad 2001
Angostura 1824 rum comes from the House of Angostura, a company that is mostly known, if not for the rums, for their Angostura Bitters everyone around the world uses in their cocktails. The 1824 on the bottle is actually the year when a German doctor Johann Siegert, who was a Surgeon General in the Venezuelan … More Review: Angostura 1824 (pre-2010)