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Providence Rum pt2 - uncasked
Three 'unaged' Haitian rums for today's side-by-side Following last week's review of 4 cask aged Providence rums, it's only natural that...
Mar 143 min read
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Providence Rum - making magic in Haiti
4 cask-aged Providence rums tasted side-by-side Some reviews and tastings are new and require time and research. In other lineups, like...
Mar 25 min read
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Cane juice rum - from Italy!?!
3 cane juice rums from Mater in Sicily Yes, you read that correctly. Cane grown on the Mediterranean island of Sicily - pressed,...
Feb 74 min read
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Rum vs Armagnac
10 Armagnacs and a random Scottish bottled brandy, let's get stuck in A rum drinker's thoughts on some Armagnacs - whether they compare...
Jan 2411 min read
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Bielle Rums Review
6 Bielle rums for today's tasting article Happy New Year, and Feliz Ano Novo to my new Madeiran friends. I hope you had a great festive...
Jan 174 min read
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Trinidad Rum, it's not all Caroni - part 3: TenCane
The third and final episode reviewing this selection of non-Caroni Trinidadian rums... Now we focus on Ten Cane, a unique and interesting...
Dec 9, 20245 min read
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Trinidad Rum, it's not all Caroni - part 2: TDL
Following last week's TDL:Fernandes tasting ( here ), today we have four single-cask independent bottlings from the TDL distillery. ...
Dec 3, 20243 min read
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Trinidad Rum, it's not all Caroni - part 1: TDL Fernandes
Hi folks. Â For the next couple of weeks, I'm off to work remotely from our new home in Madeira, and to check the progress of the...
Nov 29, 20244 min read
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Foursquare Rum & Calvados - Equipoise Vs Drouin
Apple-tastic! I've been looking forward to these for years. Add to the lengthy anticipation a recent blockbuster 99 points and 2024 Rum...
Nov 6, 20243 min read
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Hampden HGML - the greatest mark
Inspired by our recent trip to Jamaica ( overview & insights here ) I'm revisiting my favourite Hampden mark with a side-by-side of these...
Oct 18, 20243 min read
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Transporting and storing rum - 2 experiments!
Oak barrels at Bielle distillery in Marie-Galante. Nothing to do with the article, just a great day at an awesome distillery Experiment...
Oct 8, 20245 min read
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Barrel aged Eau de Vie!
Side by side review of 8 barrel aged Eau de Vie
Sep 2, 20248 min read
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Let's get fruity episode 9 - other fruit!
Side by side review of tropical fruit distillates & eau de vie
Aug 10, 20248 min read
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Let's get fruity episode 8 - other Drupe (stone fruit)
Side by side review of some incredible peach, cherry and mango fruit distillates
Aug 6, 20247 min read
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Let's get fruity episode 7 - Plum
What's up, my fruity friends. Another week, another fruit distillate review. Today is a big one.... Plums . A very important stop on...
Aug 2, 20247 min read
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Let's get fruity episode 6 - Apple
A side-by-side tasting and review of 5 apple eau de vie / fruit distillates ...
Jul 26, 20246 min read
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Let's get fruity episode 5 - Other Berries
Another week, another fruity lineup. Following last week's raspberry-fest, today we wrap up the remaining berry samples & bottles
Jul 14, 20246 min read
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Let's get fruity episode 4 - Raspberry!
Round 4 of 9 ... and the excitement is palpable ;-) Haha This should be a slightly easier weekend after last weekend's epic 14 distillate...
Jul 5, 20245 min read
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Let's get fruity episode 3 - Pear!
14 pear distillates tasted & reviewed side by side
Jul 1, 202414 min read
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Let's get fruity episode 2 - Apricot!
Next stop on the fruity fun bus is Apricot, and a mini-profile of Greensand Ridge Distillery. In today's lineup... Capovilla is back,...
Jun 21, 20246 min read
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