Hampden 2010 LROK Pure Single Rum and Foursquare 2013

Posted in 100% Pot Distilled Rum, Barbados, Caroni, Foursquare, Guyana, Hampden, Jamaica, Luca Gargano, Port Mourant, Pure Single Rum, Richard Seale, Rum, RumFest, RumFest 2016, RumFest Sunday, Trinidad, Velier

67% Hampden packs a real punch. Simply stunning.

Luca Gargano at Velier has some great rums on offer. I could spend the whole day at the Velier stand.

Foursquare 2013, 64% 

So dry and full of tannins and subtle oak. Despite only 2years of ageing this really is fine rum.

Port Mourant Guyana white rum, 59%

Close your eyes and this is not a white rum. Really smooth and creamy and a long woody, leathery finish.


Caroni 57.18%

Wow. Wood and slight sweetness. This develops into a full on smokey, tobacco laden glass of wonderful spice. Not fiery or rough, simply divine.

Caroni 1996, 70.1%

Heavy appearance with long lingering legs. Some wood, tobacco and spice aromas. Absolutely fantastic quality rum, no way that this tastes like 70@% ABV. It is rich, full of smoke and spice plus some nice fire.

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Rum Ambassador | Reviews | Opinions | Consultant. A lover of rums, especially British-style from countries such as Jamaica and Barbados. Rum ambassador. Reviews. Rum opinions. Rum advice. Rum news. Rum chat. Rum discussion. My first rum was Appleton and that is generally the benchmark I use for comparing rums along with Foursquare. My collection now has (in 2022) over 600 different rums and that number is continually growing. I am an advocate of the Gargano rum re-categorisation. As well as rum, I am a big Liverpool fan (and season ticket holder) and love Pet Shop Boys (hence the blog name) as well as having a cute cocker spaniel. I have a Level 1 WSET qualification in Spirits, Level 2 with Distinction and a level 1 WSET wine qualification.

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