Hampden 1993 – this little combination of letters and numbers is what makes rum connoisseurs’ hearts beat faster. First and foremost there’s the Samaroli Hampden 1993 21YO, arguably one of the best rums ever bottled but other rums from the batch, though mostly diluted, come considerably close. The only other rum from the batch we’ve reviewed…
Tag: Cave Guildive
¡Que bonito es Panamá!
Most of you probably aren’t familiar with Janosch’s “Oh wie schön ist Panama”, which tells the story of the little tiger and little bear travelling to Panama. It’s message is putting “home” into perspective, making you realize that it is not always as bad as you might think. Moreover, it is famous for its line…
Belle Bielle
Admittedly, our headlines aren’t the most creative these days but what shall we do if we don’t just want to label everything “vertical xy”. We didn’t have a lot of Bielles on here so far except for their Blanc and a 6YO from 2010 that has been bottled for LMDW’s 60th anniversary. Today we are…
Advent Calendar 2018 Blind Tasting Part I
Just like last year I am currently participating in an advent calendar blind tasting. Once again, we have to guess the country of origin (not distillery but hey, we will try to do it nevertheless), the rum’s age, the abv and if it has been sweetened or not. Let’s hope for not too many of…
Dominican Republic: Cave Guildive vs S.B.S
We have another premiere on this little blog. Una World Premiere if you want! For the first time we have two rums from the Dominican Republic (DomRep), a country whose rums I usually avoid. I’ve just had too many bad experiences with their rums in the past, especially those produced by O&O. The Solera system…
Port Mourant 2005
Is there anything that still needs to be said about the Double Wooden Port Mourant pot still? I don’t think so. If you want to learn more nevertheless, let me refer you to the Guyana country article and especially the information under Port Mourant and in the reviews you can find beneath it. For quite…
New Yarmouth 2005 in Cask Strength
Happy Father’s Day! Few rums have surprised us as much as the Compagnie des Indes New Yarmouth 2005 12YO last year. It is about time that we check out the available cask strength versions! After the 55% version of Compagnie des Indes‘ New Yarmouth has been received very well and sold out relatively quickly the obvious questions…
Single Cask Rum 