Guess it’s that time of the year again, isn’t it? It’s getting colder by the day and the streets are slowly being decorated with colourful lights – yep. Christmas is coming! While I personally prefer hot, sunny days, I would lie if I said I didn’t like the Christmas period, especially when I also get … More Review: Rum Advent Calendar (2022 Edition) – Drinks By The Dram (Spoiler Free)
My purpose as a rum blogger is to provide people with information and tasting notes about a rum brand for them to make an educated decision regarding purchasing the said brand. But sometimes that is not enough – the safest way to decide if you’re going to like something is to sample it yourself and … More Rum News: Little Rum Box Subscription Service & May’s Little Rum Box Review
A Master of Malt sample I’ve had laying around for a while now. This The Boutique-y Rum Company sample hails from Barbados, more exactly the well acclaimed Foursquare Distillery. Molasses based, a blend of column and pot still distillates, aged for 11 years in the tropics and an additional year in the UK all in … More The Barrel Sample: That Boutique-y Rum Company – Foursquare 12 Year Old (Batch 1)
A sample of SMWS’ rum bottling that hails from Trinidad (most likely Angostura given the lack of pungency). Molasses based, distilled on 31st of December 1991, aged for 26 years in refill ex-Bourbon barrel and bottled at a generous 61.3% ABV. Cask number R10.2. Not sure about additives as I’m not familiar with the company. … More The Barrel Sample: The Scotch Malt Whisky Society – “Three spice creme brulee” – Trinidad 26 Year Old
Now I know today is the Black Tot Day and unfortunately I don’t have any new bottle to review that has “Navy” on the label, but I guess a 28 year old Guyanese rum from the historical Enmore Distillery could do the trick. The Duchess is a dutch independent bottler, part of Best of Whiskies, … More Review: The Duchess 28 Year Old – Guyana, Versailles
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