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July 7, 2024
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Rum and braveness
We’re considering very, very strongly of all our mates within the Caribbean islands who’ve suffered the heavy damages brought on by Hurricane Beryl. Although it has been fierce, your power and resilience are even stronger. Keep in mind the celestial powers do play an element in creating the world’s most interesting rums: yours. Braveness and hugs!
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Thailand 5 yo (42%, Rum Explorer, Château du Breuil, +/-2022) 
Thai rhum completed in France, what may go incorrect. Thai rum is both nice (Issan, Chalong Bay) or quite a catastrophe (many of the relaxation). Color: gold. Nostril: it isn’t unhealthy however quite mild, with barley sugar and really ripe apple. Some earthy whiffs that are not disagreeable, however total, it is actually too mild on the fragrant entrance. For me, anyway. Mouth: it isn’t unhealthy, with some iodized notes, liquorice, cider apple, even pear, however it nosedives a bit and lacks some oomph. End: very brief, evanescent, barely metallic (tin can). A pity, there have been some beautiful notes of oranges and guavas. Feedback: wants ice. Not too unhealthy.
SGP: 430 – 76 factors. |
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Doorly’s XO (43%, OB, Barbados, 2023) 
The final time we sampled this beast was in 2013 (WF 85). Each ten years, I suppose we’ll handle. You may be aware, nonetheless, that we’re now at 43%, in comparison with 40% final time, so one should place confidence in humanity. Naturally, it is Foursquare. Color: full gold. Nostril: cedar, pencil shavings, sunflower oil, white nougat, freshly lower grass, pressed cane… It is quite mild, fairly elegant. Mouth: sweetness, citrus, hay wine, flower jelly, and all the time that contemporary cane aspect, though it’s molasses. Very good. End: medium size, extra herbaceous. Nougat, cane syrup, hay, and grass. Feedback: we’re not going to alter our rating for simply 3% ABV extra, are we?
SGP:451 – 85 factors. |
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New Grove 12 yo 2010/2022 ‘Savoir Faire’ (65.2%, LMDW, Antipodes, Mauritius, Limousin oak, cask #550, 427 bottles) 
But a murderous power. Color: deep gold. Nostril: it’s a bit highly effective, however you may sense walnut desserts within the background. However let’s not take any dangers, lets? With water: oh, it’s magical, violets, orange blossom, wisteria, a packet of liquorice, lower hay, potpourri… What magnificence… and what a shock. Mouth (neat): I like it. It’s too robust, however I like it. The fruity liquorice is classy right here. With water: it veers in direction of essence and polish, then gently matured candy olives, and eventually again to liquorice with a touch of salty tar. Sure, that does exist; it’s like pine tar liqueurs and all that. End: very lengthy, this time with a cavalcade of very ripe tropical fruits, mainly the ever-present mango. Feedback: significantly, what is that this?
SGP:652 – 90 factors. |
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The Many Faces of Rum, The Duo, Chapter 2 (50.7%, The Whisky Jury, blended malt, 80% south American, 20% Hampden, refill wooden, 2024) 
It’s amusing how all the highest bottlers, at one time or one other, begin producing blends. Color: gold. Nostril: I imagine the Jamaican does all of the work. It jogs my memory of our experiments with John Glaser about twenty years in the past, the place you’d add 20% Ardbeg or Laphroaig and the remaining didn’t matter a lot, aside from texture, which was Clynelish’s job. We would not put Clynelish in a rum, would we? Then once more, why not… With water: beautiful coastal notes, saline, tarry and rubbery as properly. Mouth (neat): we’re having amusing, it’s Hampden and such. A British Navy rum, simply higher. Liquorice and mint, or what we name a “perroquet” in France. With water: superb. End: lengthy, estery, olives, rubber, tar. Feedback: we’d name this Hampdenette, however in that case, visiting the island will likely be out of the query. We’ll give it some thought.
SGP:663 – 89 factors. |
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Jamaica 5 yo ‘Single Domaine Rum’ (50%, Rum Nation, Oloroso end, 2023)
It must be simple and nice. Imagine me, in France and at this second, that’s fairly helpful. Color: gold. Nostril: tangerines and copper. A kind of boosted Appleton if you’ll. Apricot jam, which is kind of magical. Frankly, we concern a sugary palate, however let’s see. This younger nostril is magnificent. Mouth: no! It’s a lot much less candy than earlier releases, quite the opposite, there’s charcoal, cigar ash, pine wooden… With water: chic notes of smoked meats, bacon, dried ceps… The place does all this come from? End: quite lengthy, saltier, wonderful. Asian delicacies, however I could not inform you extra. One thing with chilli and pineapple. Or peppered peaches. Feedback: we nearly forgot so as to add water. Magnificent younger Jamaican. We’ve politicians in France wanting to alter our structure: I suggest we now name ourselves ‘Rum Nation’, in any case, we’ve fairly a couple of distilleries of all kinds within the nation and elsewhere.
SGP:662 – 89 factors. |
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Diamond 18 yo 2003/2022 (53.5%, Silver Seal, Guyana, Particular Version, cask #53, 186 bottles)
We love these old style labels, reminding us that our ancestors had been accustomed to combating with cannons aboard all kinds of ships. The primary pal to say Nelson, we’ll drown, then burn, then grasp, then feed to the pigs. Sure. Color: darkish amber. Nostril: full-on walnut cake, Catalan cream, black nougat, treacle toffee, and simply cane sugar loaf. Possible ex-column quite than pot nonetheless. With water: very good natural notes, particularly watercress and contemporary parsley, then liquorice, alfalfa, chen-pi… I do know I typically point out chen-pi (hello, Gene!), however I discover it truly is a part of many nice spirits. Mouth (neat): chic black nougat and really previous oloroso. I don’t assume there’s any oloroso, however there you go. With water: simply very good. Oranges, liquorice, toffee, butterscotch. End: biting into salted toffee. Does salted toffee even exist? Have they got it on Dramazon? Black olives within the aftertaste. Feedback: very good Diamond. Nonetheless, we have to know which nonetheless it was. Any concepts?
SGP:563 – 90 factors. |
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TDL 2008/2024 (61%, Vagabond Spirits, Trinidad, Steam Cask, Silva Assortment, 240 bottles)
Color: golden amber. Nostril: undoubtedly not a mango bomb, quite a museum of all issues liquorice. However that would change with the addition of water, so for now, let’s stay cautious. With water: the wooden comes out, pencil shavings, however it approaches liquorice wooden. The camphor aspect, with eucalyptus and mint, works very properly. Mouth (neat): very robust tar, varnish, liquorice, and pine resin. Watch out, you may find yourself swallowing some. With water: don’t let your guard down! Overripe banana and wooden glue. End: very lengthy, heavy on varnish, glue, and liquorice. A barely bitter aftertaste, with aubergines and tar. Feedback: to be sincere, I didn’t know that, like Caroni, TDL made each a lightweight and a heavy type. It exhibits I’ll by no means be a rum blogger. Mad rum.
SGP:473 – 87 factors. |
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Just a little Jamaican to complete…
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Lengthy Pond 17 yo 2005/2023 ‘MJV’ (66.1%, The Whisky Blues, Jamaica, barrel, 259 bottles) 
12 years tropical getting older + 5 years continental. Very, very good label, I feel we should always encourage bottlers who don’t go the ChatGPT + thirty seconds route. Actually, it’s turning into atrocious; the one upside is it makes you wish to drink quite a bit to overlook. I suggest a moratorium on using ChatGPT for designing within the spirits world, what do you assume? As a result of frankly… Color: full gold. Nostril: it is a traditional high-ester Jamaican, with varnish, petrol, olives, overripe banana… With water: cedarwood, banana peel, nail polish, new plywood. Mouth (neat): a tad robust. Marzipan, Play-Doh, glue, rubber, bitters… With water: nonetheless on petrol, varnish, acetone, wooden juice… Significantly, it’s robust, a little bit of a masochistic factor. End: lengthy, however even drier. There are good facets, however it additionally turns a tad soapy. Feedback: a rum for survivalists? Would it not repel bears, wolves, and hyenas? At this stage, I imagine it’s a bit an excessive amount of.
SGP:372 – 83 factors. |
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They’ve fantastic spirits at The Whisky Blues, however that one was a bit extreme IMHO. Private style.
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