The Jamaica 5 Years Old comes from the Rum Exchange made in collaboration with the guys from 1423 World Class Spirits. Andreas Isopp is the Rum Exchange creator – which, besides the website linked, it’s also a Facebook group designed for selling and <surprise!> exchanging rums. Andreas (Dornbirn, Austria) started his rum journey around about … More Review: Jamaica 5 Years Old (Hampden) – Rum Exchange
I’ll mention the fact that this was also reviewed by Ivar De Laat about a month ago on his website. I’ll leave the link here as it is worth reading it here. S.B.S Jamaica 2018 comes from 1423 – World Class Spirits, a brand that I’ve mentioned before in a few other reviews. This time … More Review: S.B.S Jamaica 2018 (DOK)
1423 – World Class Spirits are a Danish company established in 2008 that, among other spirits, take rum from around the world, age it and bottle it. They released their very first rum bottling in 2009 and today they are doing some interesting stuff like the S.B.S. The S.B.S or Single Barrel Selection are a … More Review: S.B.S Jamaica 2005
At the end of 2018 (when I wrote this review) I wanted to open my Appleton 21 and test my palate. I have to say I do love Appleton, the 12 being one of my favorite rums. Appleton Estate (1749) is “the oldest sugar estate and distillery in Jamaica in continuous production” (quote from their … More Review: Appleton 21
Mezan is an independent bottler from the UK that prides itself on its pure rums, without any additives/colorants and only lightly filtered. They take rum chosen by their Cellar Master and mature it in ex-Bourbon casks (I believe there is continental ageing involved, although it’s unspecified) until “it has reached the hight of its potential” … More Review: Mezan Jamaica 2005 (Worthy Park)
Revelation Rum comes from Smooth Ambler Spirits from Greenbrier County in West Virginia. They started in 2009 and are mostly into whiskey business, this being the first rum they have bottled (and the only one). I have to thank once again to thefatrumpirate who also did a review on the Revelation Rum and left a … More Review: Smooth Ambler Revelation Rum