Rum Travels: Guadeloupe - Part2 Basse Terre & Grand Terre
A quick 1hr ferry back from dreamy Marie Galante to Pointe-à-Pitre and we're ready for part 2 of my Guadeloupe rum travels blog. If you...
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May 28, 20233 min read
Le Galion rums reviewed
Summer has finally arrived in the UK so unaged rums are most definitely order of the day. Today I'm reviewing a pair of white rums from...
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May 14, 20232 min read
Neisson Bio - red hot or red herring?
An interesting little experiment today, a bio-off if you like. Regular readers might remember from my 'big Neisson tasting' last year...
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May 10, 20237 min read
Rum Travels: Guadeloupe - Part1 Marie Galante
What a dream trip. 2 weeks in Carribean rhum heaven. It would be a travesty not to share what I learned and experienced. Getting there -...
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Apr 23, 20233 min read
Epic Mhoba - THE FINAL (tasted blind)!!
Twelve bottles of the very best Mhoba rum started the knockout. We're down to these final 4, and today the champion will be crowned!! A...
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Apr 16, 20234 min read
Epic Mhoba - Round 3 'Bourbon Cask'
Round 3, the final heat in this epic knockout Mhoba tasting. Which ex-Bourbon cask aged rum will take the prized remaining slot in the...
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Apr 16, 20235 min read
Epic Mhoba - Round 2 'Wine/Whisky cask'
Round 2 of this epic knockout Mhoba tasting. Which of these four will go through to the final?? Missed Round 1 (Glass cask)? Find it...
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Apr 15, 20235 min read
Epic Mhoba - Round 1 'Glass Cask'
The first round of an epic knockout Mhoba tasting. Which of these four will go through to the final?? A teaser of what's to come, here's...
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Mar 25, 20235 min read
New rums from down under
A quick-fire review of 5 {mostly} new Aussie rums released by independent bottlers S.B.S and TBRC. It's been a couple of years since I...
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Mar 18, 20237 min read
Battle of the blends
With all the hysteria about chasing the latest single distillery, single marque, even single cask rums it's easy to forget that some of...
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Mar 4, 20234 min read
Foursquare Touchstone vs Sassafras vs Dominus
22nd release of Foursquare's highly acclaimed Exceptional Cask Series, and only the second to be aged in ex-cognac casks. A much...
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Feb 19, 20237 min read
Ultimate Mount Gay Tasting Review
Mount Gay distillery Barbados - The world's oldest commercial rum company! Dating back to at least 1703 (potentially 1654 - although...
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Feb 12, 20235 min read
Warehouse1 - unaged lineup tasting & scores
Warehouse#1 - A new and exciting independent bottler based in the Czech Republic. Their first foray into rum bottling is this line of...
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Feb 11, 20235 min read
Paranubes Rum - Full lineup review
Oaxaca [pronounced wa-haka] - a rugged, mountainous, isolated state in the deep south of Mexico. Best known for it's indigenous people...
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Feb 5, 20234 min read
Papa Rouyo unaged side by side review
A super interesting new distillery creating quite a stir in the rum world. Papa Rouyo, located on the east coast of Guadeloupe's...
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Jan 14, 20233 min read
Velier Isautier 16yr - Cane Juice Vs Molasses
An awesome head to head today. Two rhums, both from Isautier distillery on the island of Reunion (South Indian Ocean), both selected and...
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Jan 13, 20233 min read
Rummieclub - Dutch Rums Review
Yep - rum hand made in Amsterdam! And by all accounts about as handmade as you can get. Rummieclub is a tiny artisan Dutch...
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Jan 7, 20233 min read
Foursquare ECS 1-20 Uber Blend Review
The brainchild of Kevin Brooks, this sits plumb in the middle of madness, genius and heresy! As the name describes, Kevin's project was...
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Dec 31, 20223 min read
Wild Parrot - 1994 New Year's New Yarmouth review
A quick review today, otherwise known as 'a bit of new years eve indulgence' - especially as I'm tasting this against two of my...
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Dec 28, 20222 min read
Sugar House Blood Tub 2021 Vs 2022
Sugar House distillery - Glasgow, Scotland. Scottish rum I hear you say? Well apparently they know a little something about distilling...
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