Engenhos do Norte

A very bad and tacky picture, I know, but since they call Madeira the “flower island”… Engenhos do Norte is located in Porto da Cruz in the north of Madeira, whose mill is one of the three old mills operating on the island. Built in 1927 as the result of the merger of about fifty…

Antigua 2015

Together with Belize’s Travellers Distillery, Antigua Distillers Limited might be our favorite distillery that produces these types of Rums (rather light, “Spanish style”, column still Rums, typically without a very long fermentation). Now there’s a new batch that has been released by two bottlers so far. S.B.S Antigua 2015 7YO (64,9%): Nose: A very typical…

Renegade Études

The first aged Renegades today! I cannot help it but oh boy, I can’t wait to taste them. Fortunately for us, they feature familiar estates, so we do have some sort of reference point for these Rums. Renegade Études New Bacolet (55%): From Upper Combe. Nose: This smells very sweet and young, almost like an…