Most people when they hear “rum” they instantly think of the Caribbean countries with their sunny beaches and fruity punches – Barbados, Jamaica, Cuba, Guyana, they are all known for their quality rums and are well established as cane spirits producing countries. But what about England? In the past few years there has been a … More Distillery Visit: Retribution Distillery (England)
Foursquare Distillery is always praised for its Exceptional Cask Selection limited releases, but sometimes it overshadows their main continuous brand, Doorly’s. I have previously reviewed Doorly’s bottlings at various points in time so I decided to revisit the whole range and write a comprehensive review about their expressions. Doorly’s is an important brand in the … More Review: Doorly’s Rum Range
O Reizinho is one of the agricole rum producers of Madeira and here I have a sample from a young, aged expression bottled by the independent bottler That Boutique-y Rum Company. This is cane juice based, pot still distilled and aged for 9 months in a former Madeira wine cask. Bottled at 57% ABV without … More The Barrel Sample: That Boutique-y Rum Company – O Reizinho 9 Months Old (Batch 1)
Banditti Club is a brand of spiced rum that is part of the Glasgow Distillery portofolio. It was launched in 2018 and since then it already gathered a couple of awards. If you know me, then you know I’m not too excited about spiced rums, but I’ll never dismiss them completely, I am a bartender … More Review: Banditti Club Spiced Rum & Banditti Club Smoky Rogues Rum Batch 01
The O Reizinho is the name of a small distillery from Madeira which produces agricole rhum, but using a pot still rather than a column. It’s thanks to That Boutique-y Rum company that I know about O Reizinho in the first place – the advantage of having independent bottlers that bring rums on the UK … More The Barrel Sample: That Boutique-y Rum Company – O Reizinho (Batch 2)
If you’re reading this when it was uploaded, today is my birthday and I wanted to taste and review something from one of my favourite rum producing countries/distilleries – Barbados/Foursquare Distillery. Lately, thanks to Brexit, popularity and, of course, bottle flippers, getting one of the new Foursquare releases is basically a sprint to checkout before … More Review: The Real McCoy 12 Year Old Limited Edition Madeira Cask