The Rhumerie de Chamarel lies in a fertile valley 300 meters above sea level in the south-west of Mauritius. They are one of only a handful distilleries in the world that grows its own sugar cane. We weren’t really impressed by their VS 4YO but really liked Velier’s bottling from their Khong series. And as…
Month: July 2019
A r(h)um trip to Martinique and Saint Lucia
Our dear correspondent Johannes went to Martinique, Saint Lucia and Dominica. Here’s a short summary of his journey! Two months have passed since my wife and I made a trip to the “r(h)um islands” Martinique and Saint Lucia, with the clear goal to visit every distillery that is open for public. I wanted to write…
River Antoine
Today we will do something we haven’t done in a long time: We will taste only a single rum. The reason is trivial though: I just don’t have a suitable companion. Grenada’s River Antoine is one of those few mysterious rum distilleries – but not because there isn’t enough information on them, no, it is…
2x Cadenhead’s Demerara 1975
Demerara 1975 always sounds like Port Mourant, don’t you think!? Nevertheless, these two old Cadenhead’s Green Label series bottlings might be blends from different Guyanese stills but I am not sure. But as we will see, they inevitably make you think of Port Mourant anyway… Cadenhead’s Demerara 1975 30YO (40,5%): Nose: Very deep and rich, especially…
Australia
Thanks to bottle splits and our good buddy Niki we’ve scored some rum from Australia. To be honest with you, that doesn’t really get me excited but we should give it a try at least. According to this list, there are 34 rum distilleries on the island continent and a rough guess (I didn’t check…
Long Pond “TECA” (2003 vs 2005)
TECA, a mark that can most likely be associated with the long-time closed Tilston Estate, is imitated by Long Pond Distillery these days. Pretty much in the same way as DDL is producing many of the old Demerara marks if you want. Anyway, few styles have been polarising the rum scene as much as TECA…
Rumexpert Blind Tasting 2019 (#13)
Chances are that you are not familiar with “Airprib’s” Rumexpert blind tastings but that’s not a problem, you can find out more right here. Disclaimer: As always, I didn’t spend as much time with these rums as I would like to (and should) but what can you do…!? Schwarz New Grove (Grays) 2009 9YO (Mauritius, 54,7%):…
Single Cask Rum 