This year has just been hit after hit when it comes to the British rum scene. Scratch Distillery, based in Hertfordshire, was founded in 2015 and now, 8 years later, they finally launched their first single cask. The reason it took so long is because Doug Miller, the owner and distiller of Scratch, is very … More Review: Scratch Distillery – Single Cask Winter 2023 Release
Dram Mor was established by the husband and wife team Viktorija and Kenny Macdonald as a training and whisky events business, but it eventually became a single cask whisky and rum bottler. Based in Dumbarton, Scotland, “Dram Mor” translates as “Big Whisky” from Scottish Gaelic. This is one of the two bottlings that are part … More Review: Dram Mor Fiji 2014 8 Year Old – Secret Distillery
Last night (Tuesday 20th of December) Pennyroyal Cardiff had a takeover at London’s rum capital, Trailer Happiness and it was a really good event – I should know, I was there shaking drinks alongside them. They did the takeover in order to promote their new collaboration with Saint Lucia Distillers, the Chairman’s Pennyroyal. Pennyroyal Cardiff … More Review: Chairman’s Reserve Master’s Selection – Pennyroyal
I have a sample here of a single cask released by Mezan. The rum itself is sourced from Jamaica, and while it doesn’t state the distillery, their website say it’s located in Valle Lluidas – which means it comes from Worthy Park. Mezan are an UK independent bottler that source rum from other producers and … More The Barrel Sample: Mezan Jamaica 2006 – Single Cask
My second review from their Autumn 2022 Rum Release, this time from Guyana which is a favourite of mine when it comes to rum – well, most of the time. I’ll say it from the get-go, keep an eye on Dram Mor, they are a Scottish independent bottler from Dumbarton Scotland bottling really good and … More Review: Dram Mor Guyana – Diamond Distillery – 2011 (Cask No. 20893)
Dram Mor from Scotland, one of my favourite independent bottlers as of lately, have launched their Autumn 2022 Rum Release and it looks fantastic. I have two of the four bottlings (not counting the European exclusives), the Diamond and the Mauritius. I will review both of them, but for now let’s go with the Mauritius. … More Review: Dram Mor Mauritius 7 Year Old – Secret Distillery
The final bottling from Dram Mor’s Summer 2022 Releases is this 15 year old cask strength from Foursquare Distillery, Barbados. ‘Nuff said, let’s get onto tasting the sample. This Dram Mor Barbados from Foursquare is molasses based, pot and column distilled and aged for 8 years in an ex-Bourbon cask in Barbados and the rest … More The Barrel Sample: Dram Mor Barbados 15 Year Old – Foursquare Distillery
An independent bottler on the rise in the rum world, Dram Mor Group from Dumbarton, Scotland, released 3 new rum bottlings this summer, two from Foursquare (one I already reviewed) and a 24 year old rum from the defunct distillery, Uitvlugt. The Uitvlugt Distillery was established around the 1750s in Guyana and it closed in … More Review: Dram Mor Guyana 24 Year Old – Uitvlugt Distillery
Was looking through my samples to see what I can write about and I was surprised to realise I forgot about this one. Privateer Thick as Thieves is a single cask chosen by the former Privateer (USA) distiller, Maggie Campbell and Dawn Davies exclusively for The Whisky Exchange. Molasses based, column still distilled, aged for … More The Barrel Sample: Privateer Thick as Thieves Rum – The Whisky Exchange
Thanks to a fellow spirits enthusiast, ginesthesia (well, she likes gin, but let’s not give her a hard time) I managed to get a sample of this Guyanese single barrel rum bottled by Leith Spirits. Leith Spirits is based in Leith (duh!), Edinburgh and they run a distillery where they make their own range of … More Review: Single Cask Rum Diamond Distillery 16 Year Old – Leith Stillroom