“I hate New Year’s Eve, it’s when even the amateurs drink”. These are famous words from a famous German alcoholic actor. M.E. Bellows’ Son Jamaica 1834 (40%): A special one and one of the oldest Rums (by vintage) I have ever tasted. Nose: Despite the low abv, the Rum is very dense and aromatic. At…
Category: Long Pond
Some Long Ponds
A brief Long Pond session with a few samples I wanted to try. Plantation Long Pond “VRW” 2009 12YO ‘Luxembourgish Cask Selection’ Spanish Orange Wine Cask (53%): The wine finishes can be nice, but don’t have to be. Nose: Very lovely with beautiful floral notes, sweet yellow stone fruits (think peach and apricot), vanilla, honey,…
Long Pond, 2000s
A nice little Long Pond triple from the 2000s today. Isla del Ron 2008 12YO (59,1%): Isla del Ron had an amazing Long Pond with the 1982 in the past, so let’s hope that was more than merely a lucky selection. Nose: Esters en masse. Nail polish remover, pineapple, ripe banana, you name it. In…
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…
Long Pond 1996
Exclusively Plantation today. I really didn’t think I’d do this one day but here we are. By the way, we’ve already had a Plantation Long Pond from 1996 before (marque ITP) and it was excellent so I am curious what the bottler with the pending name change has to offer. Plantation Jamaica (Long Pond) 1996…
Long Pond 1982
You know that my introductions have become less and less readable. Either there’s a bad (read: in my world excellent!) joke, some boring anecdote or background information nobody cares about. Alas, let’s just skip that gibberish and jump right in. Robert Watson Jamaica (Long Pond) 1982 26YO (48%): The (alleged!?) blended 1982 Jamaicans by the…
Long Pond 1985
When I started with this hobby, getting rums from the 1980s was absolutely no problem. These days, it is getting more and more difficult expensive. That said, I feel like the 80s have been an extraordinary time for rum, a period where some distilleries have been at the peak of their abilities, it seems. Well,…
Long Pond again
Completely different Long Ponds this time. Let’s just skip the usual bla bla and jump straight in. Barrique Genuine Cask Long Pond 2010 5YO (47,9%): I always found this bottler and their bottlings rather weird and this one is no exception. I am really wondering if they also add some sort of “spice mix” to…
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…
Long Pond 1986
The second ‘legendary’ 1986 batch comes from Long Pond, even though I am missing some of the highlights this time… We’ve had an amazing bottling by A.D. Rattray in a blind tasting but that was it so far. My sample library quite simply has been depleted over the years. All of todays rums should have the…
Long Pond 2000
Another session with Long Pond, the King of Wedderburn. But be warned, it’s a quite a large one. The “younger” 2000 Long Ponds were quite good already but they seem to get a lot better as they get older. Let’s see. The Rum Cask Long Pond 2000 13YO (58,2%): Compared to some of the other…
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