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
I really enjoy rum and if you’re here reading this you surely enjoy it as well, but what I personally like about rum, besides its taste, is its story, and Saint Benevolence’s story is one that needs to be spread. Not necessarily because of its past, but for what it can achieve in the present, … More Review: Saint Benevolence Rum Clairin
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
Today I have a sample of unaged full bodied rum from Mhoba Distillery located in South Africa. It’s sugar cane juice based, with the cane coming from their own estate. Fermented for around 3 weeks with dunder (stillage) added in order to enhance the ester count and batch distilled in their handmade pot stills at … More The Barrel Sample: Mhoba High Ester 68% ABV
The Clairin website is very informative but I’ll try to touch the main points here too. Clairin, which is distributed by Velier, is rhum in, probably, its most simplistic form. I say “rhum” because Haiti was a French colony from 1625 until 1804 when they gained their independence, and Clairin is the rhum agricole, or … More Review: Clairin Communal