Single Cask Rum

Long Pond STC<3E

STC<3E is love, or so I thought. Not only because of the heart. Now we didn’t review the first joint Velier & NRJ STC<3E bottling on this blog (we did do that somewhere else, but these notes seem to be gone) but it was great, as was an unaged Rum with this marque. Anyway, there’s…

Rest & Be Thankful – Long Pond

Last time we’ve had Rest & Be Thankful’s selections from Monymusk. Today, Long Pond is on the agenda, the only other Rum distillery released by the bottler so far. The explanation for why they have decided to bottle Jamaican Rums only is simple: There’s another place called Rest & Be Thankful in Jamaica – see…

Rest & Be Thankful – Monymusk

We are back from our small summer break. Please excuse that we didn’t have any material for you in the meantime but getting older and having increased family duties means that we are having way less time for our hobby compared to when we started this blog more than six years ago… time flies my…

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…

Hamilton

Today we shall check out a large part of the Hamilton range. We won’t go into the territory of those lovely St. Lucians bottled by Ed, but want to know what else he had up his sleeve. I think this has mainly been designed as bar stuff but let’s see. As far as the tasting…

Providence

The “First Drops” were already quite good. These are the distillery’s subsequent two releases, one from another batch and one that builds on the 2019 cane harvest. Providence “Dunder & Syrup” 2021 (56%): Nose: Very crisp and clear and yet still ample aromatic. I get a hint of varnish, ripe apples, green mango, vanilla, rich…

Savanna at random

Let’s have some Savanna and let’s also throw in some stuff from the times before the distillery was hip. If only they had never started with marketing… But we shall have some newish stuff first. Savanna Bois Rouge 1992/2022 (57%): Contrary to what you might believe, this is a five year old Agricole. I must…

US Rums

Once, the US, or much rather New England, was one of the Rum distilling places in the world. As you know, a lot has changed since then but many new distilleries are popping up in the US these days. We have to work with the few samples we get on this side of the pond….

Demerara 151

Demerara 151, it kinda sounds like a bad TV series, eh!? Anyway, it is the name of a series of Rums that all chose this strength as its proof (remember abv = American proof/2). While we are only dealing with a mere a pair of Rums today, one of them is supposed to be a…

Appleton

Appleton is on the agenda and we have a lineup that couldn’t be much more diverse. The new 8YO makes the start. Appleton 8YO (bottled 2022, 43%): This is a recent addition to the core range and it replaced the V/X if I understand correctly. The V/X was a blend of five and ten year…