Lately I’m having this crave for (unsweetened) Guyanese rums and in my search for a reasonable priced “navy style” rum online I’ve come across a bottle I haven’t heard of before – Ancient Mariner Navy Rum. This brand is part of The Hebridean Liqueur Company from Scotland which, from the website, deals with more than … More Review: Ancient Mariner Diamond Distillery Limited 10 Year
That Boutique-y Rum Company was launched last year by Atom Brands with Peter Holland from The Floating Rum Shack as their rum advisor. They are focused on bottling and bringing the most unusual and intriguing (and also unadulterated) rums from around the world on the market without any “confusing mumble, just exceptional rum”. I did … More Review: That Boutique-y Rum Company Diamond Distillery Port Mourant (Batch 1)
Velier, probably one of the (if not the) most highly regarded rum bottlers in the present day, comes from Italy and it was founded in 1947 by the Chaix family. Between 1953 and 1983 they were importing and distributing wines, champagne and spirits. In the 1980s Luca Gargano buys shares in Velier and becomes the … More Review: Velier Antigua 2012
Following the hype of Velier Antigua Heavy Traditional Rum I am reviewing a flagship Antiguan rum first – English Harbour 5 Years Old. The company Antigua Distillery Limited (ADL) was formed in 1932 by 8 local businessmen and in 1933 they established their own distillery on Rat Island (named like that because of its shape) … More Review: English Harbour 5 Year Old
From the Indian Ocean – Reunion Island comes this 7 year old bottle of Savanna rum. At the end of the 17th century the region of Savanna – Saint-Paul was one of the first settlements on the Reunion Island. The Great House of Savanna which was build on this land was bought at the beginning … More Review: Savanna 7 Year Old
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
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
Hello rum lovers! Although I might be a bit behind, I am slowly going through some of the Foursquare Exceptional Cask releases and decided to write about one of the “milder” ones from the collection. The reason I say that is because this bottling, the Foursquare Premise, is bottled at 46% ABV, fairly lower than … More Review: Foursquare Premise – Mark VIII
Today I am comparing the Mount Gay Black Barrel against the Mount Gay XO. Wish me luck! Mount Gay Distillery, located in Barbados, is one of the oldest distilleries in the world with the earliest proving document being a deed of sale from the 20th of February 1703. The original estate was originally formed by … More Review: Mount Gay Black Barrel vs Mount Gay XO
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