In the central parish of St. Catherine, Jamaica there’s the Worthy Park Estate – estate since 1670, sugar factory since 1720 and rum distillery since the 1740s – although rum production has stopped a few times, the sugar production went on uninterrupted. Most recently WP restarted distilling rum in 2005 after it ceased in 1962 … More Review: Worthy Park Single Estate 2006 12 Year Old
While I’m arriving a bit late to the party regarding reviewing Ninefold, it’s never a bad thing to put the spotlight back on the small producers every once in a while. In my defense I did have a look at their first aged expression their released earlier this year with a limited run of… 10 … More Review: Ninefold Pure Single Rum
Saint Lucia is responsible for plenty of quality, high-end sipping rums and today I’m having a look at Chairman’s Reserve Spiced. Recently Chairman’s launched a competition called Spice Lab where bartenders could submit their own concept for a spiced rum and I got through to the next round along with 12 other UK based bartenders … More Review: Chairman’s Reserve Spiced
This is probably the oldest (oak maturation wise) Foursquare (Barbados) I have ever tried. Comes from The Duchess, a Dutch independent bottler I’ve reviewed before on my website, and it’s part of the Hummingbirds series. Molasses based, a blend of pot and column still distillates from 2001, aged for 8 years in the tropics and … More The Barrel Sample: The Duchess – 18 Year Old Foursquare
I couldn’t be locked in my house with nothing to do and not reach for a bottle from one of my favourite rum producers in the world – Foursquare Distillery, Barbados. This bottle is released in collaboration with Velier and it’s part of their Habitation Velier range. Dubbed as The House of Pure Single Rums … More Review: Foursquare 2013 – Habitation Velier