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Apr 27, 20244 min read
Experimental rum cask finished Christian Drouin Calvados
Calvados aged in rum barrels. What's not to like. Four of the best reviewed side by side
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Mar 17, 20247 min read
Rhum Rhum Liberation Integrale side-by-side + bonus!
Rhum tasting review of Rhum Rhum liberation integral range. Side by side rum tasting blog article
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Nov 23, 20235 min read
Continental Aged Guyana - Colours Of Rum
Following my comprehensive El Dorado Rare Collection reviews (here and here), I'm going to stick with Guyana for a few more articles....
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Nov 19, 20233 min read
Foursquare Covenant Vs Isonomy
Covenant - release 23 of the Exceptional Cask Series from Foursquare distillery in Barbados. Another year on, another Foursquare...
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Nov 18, 20234 min read
El Dorado Rare Collection - The Finale!
Exciting doesn't come near ... it's time for my champion to be decided! Following last weekend's comprehensive run down of the full Rare...
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Jun 25, 20237 min read
Rum Travels: Guadeloupe - Part2 Basse Terre & Grand Terre
A quick 1hr ferry back from dreamy Marie Galante to Pointe-Ã -Pitre and we're ready for part 2 of my Guadeloupe rum travels blog. If you...
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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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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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Dec 27, 20225 min read
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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