Rum Of The Year - 2022
What an amazing year - this year I have reviewed a quite astonishing 110 rums from 16 different countries!! That fact alone really...
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Dec 19, 20224 min read
Aged Madeira Rums - quick-fire reviews
Following my recent Maderia unaged head-to-head (here), it's time for (a lot of) aged Madeira rums! This being the fourth, and final...
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Dec 10, 20224 min read
Madeira Rums - 5 distillery, unaged, head-to-head review
All 5 Madeira distilleries, a cracking bottle from each, how do they measure up? The third article in our Madeira series. The first...
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Dec 3, 20223 min read
Hampden Great House 2022 - review
A firmly established and much anticipated date in the rum calendar - release of the new Hampden Great House! 2022 being the 4th rum in...
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Nov 8, 20227 min read
Madeira Rum pt2 - The distilleries and bars
Following on from my overview article about Madeira Island and its incredible rum history (here), today I'm going to provide little...
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Nov 5, 20225 min read
Madeira Rum - the most important rum article you'll read this year - pt1
Madeira - the most important place in the history of rum...!?!? In 1426, just 7 years after the island was discovered, decades before...
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Oct 14, 20225 min read
Caroni from 1997 & 1998 reviewed
Ahhh Caroni. Once a major contributor to the British Navy's Rum Blends, the legendary Trinidad based distillery sadly closed its doors...
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Oct 7, 20224 min read
Foursquare LFT and Habitation Velier friends
LFT - Long Fermentation Type. A new, super unique, highly anticipated, likely unobtainable 2022 release from Foursquare (and Habitation...
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Oct 2, 20225 min read
Extreme rum tasting - wish me luck!
... and now for something completely different! These hairbrained rums sit at the very extremes of the global rum spectrum. In fact,...
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Oct 1, 20225 min read
Velier Magnum Series Review - Elliot Erwitt
Well the buzz words are all there ... Velier, limited edition, bigger bottles! But do these recent releases contain juice that warrants...
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Aug 20, 20226 min read
Best Ever Clarendon Rum - ultimate taste off
Following on from my epic Clarendon/Monymusk tasting article last year (here) - I'm stepping things up another level! Today I'm...
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Jul 24, 20223 min read
Foursquare Isonomy Rum Review
Today, a quick 'trip' to the beautiful island of Barbados. To review the 20th release of Foursquare's multi award winning and hugely...
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Jul 17, 20224 min read
Antigua High Ester Rum Battle
Column stilled, molasses based rums from English Harbour distillery on the beautiful island of Antigua. High ester, high congener - what?...
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Jul 16, 20223 min read
Velier Pagos & Papalin Review
Velier Pagos and Papalin rum review Hampden Worthy Park
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Jun 26, 20225 min read
Takamaka - Single Casks - a world first !!
Another visit to the beautiful Seychelles. With rather more trepidation that before... Back in January you might remember that I...
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Jun 19, 20223 min read
Belize - rum reviews
A quick review of three well aged rums from the Travellers distillery in Belize... Situated on the Central American coastline, this tiny...
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May 29, 20222 min read
Nine Leaves Rums Review
Time to review a couple of interesting rums from Nine Leaves in Japan. The Nine Leaves micro distillery was founded in Otsu Shiga in 2013...
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May 22, 20227 min read
90 point rums!?!?
Amazing - my 50th blog article already. So I've chosen something a little different. As requested by a few readers. Today I will...
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May 2, 20224 min read
New Grove Rum Review - Mauritius
Bank holiday Monday - ideal opportunity for an afternoon 'trip' to Mauritius :-) New Grove is a relatively new brand, created by the...
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May 1, 20227 min read
Hampden LROK - Side by Side
Episode six of my Hampden series! And the third review dedicated to a specific 'mark'. Over a month since my last review, damn day job...
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