Dictador: Best Of…..1981 Colombia 44% €140 (£126, October 2016) Single Blended Rum – a blend of only pot still and traditional column still ABV Hydrometer Test: ? * B S In 1913 Don Julio Arango y Parra founded Destileria Colombiana, producers of Dictador ron. Based in Cartagena Colombia, Dictador produces gin, cigars and coffee as well as… Continue reading Dictador: Best Of…..1981
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3 Days till RUMFEST 2016
Three days till the Rum University (Friday 21st), followed by the Boutique RumFest. Four days till RumFest proper on Saturday 22nd. Five days till RumFest proper on Sunday 23rd. RumFest RumFest2015
4 Days till RUMFEST 2016
Four days till the Rum University (Friday 21st), followed by the Boutique RumFest. Five days till RumFest proper on Saturday 22nd. Six days till RumFest proper on Sunday 23rd. RumFest RumFest2015
Flor de Caña: Centenario 21
Flor de Caña: Centenario 21 Nicaragua 40% £70 Industrial Rum – from a modern multi column still. ABV Hydrometer Test: ? * M This rum is from Compañia Licorera de Nicaragua, SA in Central America who have been producing rum since 1890. When I first went to RumFest in London, 2010, this was a new brand… Continue reading Flor de Caña: Centenario 21
5 Days till RUMFEST 2016
Five days till the Rum University (Friday 21st), followed by the Boutique RumFest. Six days till RumFest proper on Saturday 22nd. Seven days till RumFest proper on Sunday 23rd. RumFest RumFest2015
Ron Cartavio XO
Ron Cartavio XO Peru 40% £67 Industrial Rum – from a modern multi column still. ABV Hydrometer Test: ? * M S Peru is not somewhere that you would associate with rum production, unless of course as you spend more time drinking different rums, you learn that just about everywhere in the world produces rum… Continue reading Ron Cartavio XO
Medford Rum
Medford Rum USA (New England) 40% £38 100% Pot Still (Pure Single Rum) ABV Hydrometer Test: ? * P Instinctively, I would say that America is not the sort of place where you are going to find a top quality rum. Sorry, but I think a big US nation-wide distributor would only have something that… Continue reading Medford Rum
Mezan XO Jamaican (Extra Old Rum)
Mezan XO Jamaican Jamaica 40% £30 Single Blended Rum – a blend of only pot still and traditional column still On the face of it, this ticks lots of my boxes for rum…..Jamaican, no additives, limited/small batch from an artisan producer and aged. Mezan’s master distiller selects unique rums from around the Caribbean and then… Continue reading Mezan XO Jamaican (Extra Old Rum)
Bristol Classic Rum Diamond Distillery Demerara Rum 1998
Bristol Classic Rum Diamond Distillery Demerara Rum 1998 Guyana 40% £60 Rum – rum from a traditional column still. ABV Hydrometer Test: ? * C Bristol Classic Rums are generally fine offerings of virtually unadulterated rum. According to Bristol Classic Rum, this particular tipple has received “12 years maturation in various woods” [in England] and… Continue reading Bristol Classic Rum Diamond Distillery Demerara Rum 1998
Appleton EXCLUSIVE Rum
Appleton Exclusive Jamaica 43% $251 Single Blended Rum – a blend of only pot still and traditional column still ABV Hydrometer Test: 43% ABV @ 20° * B In September 2009, Appleton decided to produce a new rum, exclusively available at the rum distillery, in the heart of the Nassau Valley in Jamaica. As a… Continue reading Appleton EXCLUSIVE Rum
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