Duncan Taylor Epris 16yo (1999, Cask 3) Brazil 47.5% £63 Rum – rum from a traditional column still. ABV Hydrometer Test: 47-48% ABV @ 20° * C Duncan Taylor are one of a growing number of Scotch producers that are trying their hands at rum ageing and bottling. Based in Aberdeenshire, Duncan Taylor proudly display… Continue reading Duncan Taylor Epris 16yo (1999, Cask 3)
Category: 100% Column/Coffey Distilled Rum
El Dorado seminar with Shaun Caleb
Tasting the El Dorado 3yo, 5yo, 8yo, 12yo, 15yo and 21yo. Shaun Caleb 3yo blend of two rums from the Savalle still, double charcoal filtered. Coconut , almond and vanilla aromas. A little too fiery initially when tasted, but softens shortly afterwards followed by more burn as you swallow. 5yo from EHP Coffey still and… Continue reading El Dorado seminar with Shaun Caleb
Mount Gay Tasting: RumFest 2016
“There’s a time and a place”…..SOMEWHERE 😉 Mount Gay claim the title of oldest rum producer in the world dating back to 1703. But the brand has only actually existed for about 100years. Mount Gay Master Distiller Alan Smith (above). He explained that if you eat enough molasses it puts lead in your pencil… Continue reading Mount Gay Tasting: RumFest 2016
Kill Devil: Guyana, Enmore Distillery, 24 Year Old Rum
Kill Devil: Guyana, Enmore Distillery, 24 Year Old Rum Guyana 46% £140 Rum – rum from a traditional column still ABV Hydrometer Test: 46% ABV @ 20° * C Hunter Laing & Co. Ltd’s rum division “Kill Devil” – another Scottish Whisky producer that has branched out into fine single cask rums. This particular rum… Continue reading Kill Devil: Guyana, Enmore Distillery, 24 Year Old Rum