When the Hampden 8 Marks Collection came out in 2022, it created a lot of buzz. After all, it was the first time that a distillery offered a cross-tasting of all its marques in a single set for regular purchase. So what is it? Marks or marques? We’ve learned, also directly from Hampden, that these…
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Monymusk 2015: EMB vs MMW
We are having two young Monymusks from 2015 today. The difference? The wear different marques and aged in different climatic zones. S.B.S Monymusk “EMB” 2015 7YO (65,7%): To paraphrase a buddy of mine “you can always buy EMB” and I think I can agree. But here we do not know (yet). This almost entirely aged…
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…
Hampden: 2016 vs 2013
There have been so many Hampden bottlings lately which makes it incredibly hard to keep track and I must say that I kinda enjoy these two by two sessions where we compare two different vintages to get an idea of the bigger picture and then two bottlings within a single vintage to get a feel…
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…
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…
Monymusk from the 2000s
A bunch of Monymusks that have been distilled two decades ago. We managed to feature almost every possible vintage. Rum Artesanal Clarendon “EMB” 2009 12YO (64,3%): A “new” batch, with new meaning that it is the first Monymusk bottling of this vintage that I am aware of. By the way, EMB is probably our favorite…
Rums from the Lluidas Vale and Worthy Park
The Lluidas Vale is a synonym for one of Jamaica’s most “Secrete” distilleries. In fact, it is such a secret, that no-one to this date figured out what these banana-like Rums with the acronym WP really are. Dear distilleries, just stop this nonsense, please. You are not doing anyone a favour, neither the rumlovers, nor…
New Year – New Yarmouth
Yes, that title was stupid, but what shall we do!? S.B.S New Yarmouth “WK” (PX Sherry) 2020 2YO (58,3%): While we still do not know what WK stands for, it denotes the ultra high ester marque of New Yarmouth, with a registered ester range of 1500-1600 gr/hlaa. This one aged entirely in a former PX…
Monymusk from the 1990s
After having “in-depth” looks at the 1995 and 1997 batches, I thought it was about time to check out what else Monymusk has been like in the 1990s. We didn’t find too many expressions, only “one-ofs” in fact, but I believe all three of today’s Rums should be real bangers. Flensburg Rum Company Clarendon “JMM”…
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