Category: Molasses – Column Still – Aged

Review: The Royal Cane Cask Company – New Yarmouth 1994 (Cane Spirit Society)

July 18, 2024

The Cane Spirit Society is a group of rum enthusiasts that got together in order to purchase rare bottles, sample and discuss them. Our first session featured a couple of delicious rums from Belize (read about it here) and now, coming from the second session, I’ll be talking about a long-aged rum from the mysterious … More Review: The Royal Cane Cask Company – New Yarmouth 1994 (Cane Spirit Society)

Review: Rump@blic Sicilian Legacy Line – Barbados, Jamaican & Jamaican & Venezuelan

June 12, 2024

Now here’s a rum I wasn’t really aware of until I attended the Paris Rhum Fest 2024. This is a brand hailing from Disaronno which might already raise some eyebrows, but you shouldn’t dismiss it until you try it. Rump@ablic was launched in 2022 in both Italy and France and it will make its debut … More Review: Rump@blic Sicilian Legacy Line – Barbados, Jamaican & Jamaican & Venezuelan

Review: Holmes Cay Belize 2006 16 Year Old vs Tamosi Obano-Oyo Belize 2006 (Cane Spirit Society)

June 11, 2024

A while ago, the Rum Reverend himself, Roger Barnes, told me he wants to put together a group of people with excellent taste in rum in order to do together what individually would be almost impossible. I know it sounds quite Avenger-y, but his idea was for all of us to pool money together in … More Review: Holmes Cay Belize 2006 16 Year Old vs Tamosi Obano-Oyo Belize 2006 (Cane Spirit Society)

Review: Rhythm and Booze Records #2 – Feli y Los Malos 4YO Single Barrel Trinidad Rum

December 13, 2023

Listening to music while enjoying a beverage isn’t exactly new, but Rhythm and Booze Records are taking it to another level – dare I say, a little more personal. Rhythm and Booze Records blends new music and specially curated spirits to create unique tasting and listening experiences. On November 27th, the label released its first … More Review: Rhythm and Booze Records #2 – Feli y Los Malos 4YO Single Barrel Trinidad Rum

Review: Havana Club 11 Year Old – The Whisky Exchange

August 9, 2023

Mid July I have attended the Trade Session of the Rum Show. There were so many rums to try, but when the Buying Director of The Whisky Exchange, Dawn Davies, grabs you to try one of their exclusive bottlings, you’re trying one of their exclusive bottlings. I am talking about this bottle of Havana Club … More Review: Havana Club 11 Year Old – The Whisky Exchange

The Barrel Sample: Dram Mor Trinidad 2009 13 Year Old – TDL

June 2, 2023

This sample is from one of the two bottlings that are part of Dram Mor’s Spring 2023 Release. I’ll be reviewing the 2nd bottling in due course, but for now let’s have a look at this rum from Trinidad. This is a single cask distilled at Trinidad Distillers Limited, same guys that make Angostura rums … More The Barrel Sample: Dram Mor Trinidad 2009 13 Year Old – TDL

The Barrel Sample: That Boutique-y Rum Company – Caroni Distillery, Trinidad, 20 Year Old (Batch 12)

January 13, 2023

This expression was launched for the That Boutique-y Whisky Company’s 20th anniversary. It’s a rum from the now defunct Caroni Distillery, Trinidad, baring the HTR marque – Heavy Trinidad Rum. This rum has been finished in a Islay whisky cask in order to see how the peatiness would work with Caroni’s intense profile. Molasses based, … More The Barrel Sample: That Boutique-y Rum Company – Caroni Distillery, Trinidad, 20 Year Old (Batch 12)