El Dorado 21yo Guyana 43% £70 Single Blended Rum – a blend of only pot still and traditional column still ABV Hydrometer Test: 34.5% ABV @ 20° * B S Click HERE for all El Dorado reviews. The El Dorado web site proudly quotes a review of this rum as being “A monumental aged rum… Continue reading El Dorado 21yo
Tag: Blended Rum (a mixture of column and pot)
El Dorado
El Dorado Reviews:
– Luxury Cask-Aged Rums
– Connoisseur Range
– Rare Collection
– 15yo Cask Finishes
St. Nicholas Abbey 18yo
St. Nicholas Abbey 18yo Barbados 40% £180 Single Blended Rum – a blend of only pot still and traditional column still ABV Hydrometer Test: 40% ABV @ 20° * B Since my first visit to RumFest in 2010, I have adored St. Nicholas Abbey (SNA) rums. The way they are made, aged, produced and packaged… Continue reading St. Nicholas Abbey 18yo
Compagnie des Indes: Foursquare 16yo
Compagnie des Indes Foursquare 16yo Barbados 45% £75 Single Blended Rum – a blend of only pot still and traditional column still ABV Hydrometer Test: 45% ABV @ 20° * B Compagnie des Indes is a French company paying homage to the historic East India [trading] Company, importing pure rums. Their intention is to showcase… Continue reading Compagnie des Indes: Foursquare 16yo
Cane Island Jamaica
Cane Island Jamaica 40% €30 Single Blended Rum – a blend of only pot still and traditional column still ABV Hydrometer Test: 40% ABV @ 20° * B A new (for me) producer of rums from The Netherlands is Cane Island, from Infinity Spirits. Currently they have bottles from Barbados, Cuba and the one I… Continue reading Cane Island Jamaica
Cane Island Barbados
Cane Island Barbados 40% €30 Single Blended Rum – a blend of only pot still and traditional column still ABV Hydrometer Test: 40% ABV @ 20° * B A new (for me) producer of rums from The Netherlands is Cane Island, from Infinity Spirits. Currently they have bottles from Jamaica, Cuba and the one I… Continue reading Cane Island Barbados
Mount Gay 1703
Mount Gay 1703 (Old Cask Selection)
Barbados
43%
£110
Single Blended Rum – a blend of only pot still and traditional column still
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
Velier tasting 2 @ RumFest 2016
Unfortunately all RumFest tasting sessions run late and today is no exception. Ian Burrell’s rare rums talk overran although it was a great tasting so that’s not a problem. I’m quite excited as this is my first Velier session at Rumfest. I’ve long been a fan of Velier’s bottlings…I’ve just bought two bottles of the… Continue reading Velier tasting 2 @ RumFest 2016
