“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…

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…

An Antigua Assemblage

Assemblage really is just euphemism for a trio in this case, but do you really want to read about these huge tasting sessions we do time and again!? Anyway, today we are back with Antigua Distillers Limited (ADL), a distillery that is flying below most people’s radars, even though they are constantly proving that they…

Velier Antigua Distillery 2012 6YO

Velier releases a rum from a distillery which we usually don’t get from independent bottlers or at full proof: By now it shouldn’t come as a surprise that I just had to try it! Today’s rum is the Velier Antigua Distillery 2012 6YO. The Bottling The story of sugar in Antigua goes back to 1674,…