Together with Excellence Rhum, La Confrèrie du Rhum released two Cuban Rums from Eminente (Cuba Ron S.A.) at an elevated strength of 55,5%, which naturally sparked our curiosity. What is more Wu Dram Clan joined the party with a 31YO from 1992, which spent basically two thirds of its live in the tropics, making this…
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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…
“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…
A trio from Sancti Spiritus (Paraiso)
Since your dear writer is quite involved with a few other issues these days, a quick trio from Cubas only non-state-owned distillery (afaik) has to suffice for today. S.B.S Cuba 2013 5YO “PX Finish” (50%): This one comes with a PX Sherry finish. I’d say this can work reasonably well with Sancti Spiritus but let’s…
A pair from Sancti Spiritus
Cuba’s Sancti Spiritus distillery is no stranger to us and while we are not too fond of most rums from Cuba in general, Sancti Spiritus seens to be the exception to the rule. As we didn’t write about them too much in the past, let me just refer you to this review, where some more…
Blends, love ’em or hate ’em
Let me be honest with you. The name of this blog suggests it already but we aren’t very fond of blends at Single Cask Rum. We like distinct, characteristic and unique rums. Nevertheless, I’ve found a few blended, multi-country or at least multi-distillery rums in my sample box. Maybe we can find a hidden gem among…
Cadenhead’s Sancti Spiritus 1999 17YO
Another rum from Sancti Spiritus albeit from another vintage and another bottler. Actually it’s two rums as Cadenhead’s released a follow-up with the same age, same mark and almost exactly the same abv a few months later. Unfortunately they do not give us the number of the cask and the similar alcohol content might just be coincidence….
Isla del Ron Cuba (Sancti Spiritus) 1998 18YO
Cuba spawned two of the biggest brands in the entire rum business. At least in the western hemisphere, Havana Club and Barcadi are probably the two most well-known rum brands. Few people have heard of Sancti Spirtus or Paraíso, the official name of the distillery, however. It’s time to change that. Today’s bottling comes from the relatively…
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