The title says it all. There weren’t many expressions from 1996 that have been bottled by someone other than Velier, which is very telling, given that it is one of, if not the best vintages of Caroni ever in my book. But there are a few exceptions and today we shall have a look at…
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Caroni 1991
A Caroni trio from 1991 is on the agenda today. We shall start with a nice old school bottling by Cadenhead’s, proceed with the monarch of Caroni bottlers and finish with a very recent bottling that has received plenty of praise online. Cadenhead’s Trinidad (Caroni) 1991 12YO (46%): Please excuse the poor picture quality but…
La Bonne Intention 2012 vs 2013
La Bonne Intention (LBI)… probably the Guyanese marque we know the least about. At least it is the marque we’ve (consciously) had the fewest expressions of. That said, a lonely pair has to do the job today. But at least we have two different batches. The Nectar La Bonne Intention 2012 10YO (62,6%): Nose: Urgh,…
Undisclosed Cuban Rums
There’s no reason for me to not believe that these undisclosed Cubans hail from Sancti Spiritus (who else is selling bulk after all!?) but we just cannot be sure about it. Anyway, while there were a few nice Cuban Rums in the past, the more recent bottlings we’ve had didn’t really convince us. But being…
Hampden: 2016 vs 2013
There have been so many Hampden bottlings lately which makes it incredibly hard to keep track and I must say that I kinda enjoy these two by two sessions where we compare two different vintages to get an idea of the bigger picture and then two bottlings within a single vintage to get a feel…
WW II Yaks
A pair of Yaks (i.e. Armagnacs and Cognacs) that have been distilled during World War II is on the agenda today. It is a shorty, but we have to get back in rhythm. Charles de Squeyre Vieille Reserve 1944 (42%): A ‘new’ Domaine for me. Nose: Very sweet and concentrated with pears and pear juice,…
Beenleigh: 2007 vs 2013
We can pretend as if nothing has happened since our last post and I think that’s what we will do. Once again, there has been a good reason and this time I will actually let you know about it: I have build a bar! But more on that later. Trust me, I promise ;). Compagnie…
T.D.L.’s turn
You may have noticed our latest hiatus (there seems to be one every year by now…) and once again, there has been a reason of course. But that will get it own announcement, just have some more patience. In the meantime, we have a bunch of TDLs, the majority of which should fall into the…
Tahiti
Rum from Tahiti sounds fany, doesn’t it? So far we’ve only ever had a single Rum from the island, which can hardly be described as “Rum” by our standards. Now there are two more distilleries on the island which produce Rhum from fresh sugar cane juice of an ancestral French Polynesian variety. That’s where my…
Port Mourant 1998
The 1998 Port Mourants were one heck of a batch and a prime example of what Uitvlugt was still capable of producing towards the end of its Dasein. It is too bad we didn’t get that many expressions of the vintage but we managed to find a very nice pair of Rums for today’s session….
How W.I.R.D. is this?
W.I.R.D. is one of these distilleries… they’ve produced a few legendary Rums but besides that essentially only interchangable mainstream. I wonder if Plantation, who are in charge of W.I.R.D. now, will change it for the better or if they will bury the distillery and its legacy for good. For now, I have only tasted a…
“Spanish Style” at Random
It doesn’t matter if you agree with the categorization of “Spanish Style” or not, I think you’ll know what this is referring to anyway. We have a couple of Rums hailing from different countries, contemporary and antique, full proof and drinking strength. So here we go. Rum of the World Guatemala 2016 4YO (46%): We…
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