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| Hello, that is certainly one of our (virtually) day by day tastings. Santé! |
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August 15, 2021
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Oh-my-God, final time we tried to do a single distillery rum session that rapidly grew to become a chore, even though all rums (six Caronis) have been completely splendid. Nutshell: rum isn’t whisky (no sugar Sherlock) so we’ll merely by no means try this once more and quite all the time search selection. And, yep, enjoyable.
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And we’ll begin proper right now, with 5 rums from 5 totally different nations…
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Rhum J.M 6 yo 2014/2020 (54.8%, OB for HNWS Taiwan, Martinique, cask #160311, 273 bottles) 
This little tasting be aware with a thought for closely Covid-struck Martinique, the place they make nice rhum however don’t need to get vaccinated. J.M is among the most celebrated agricoles and I’ve to say some current batches have actually impressed me. The distillery, referred to as Fonds-Préville, is positioned in Macouba, within the north, whereas they deal with at least 150 hectares of cane fields. It is a ‘smoking distillery’, that means that they do make rum and aren’t content material with utilizing model names and simply purchase white rum made by another person – or with ‘deciding on, and mixing’. Color: deep gold with bronze hues. Nostril: quite gorgeous if you happen to take pleasure in apricots and heather honey as a lot as I do. The spices are elegant (Timut pepper, softer curry, turmeric and many others), the fruits marvellous (every kind of bananas) and the flowers and herbs simply charming (patchouli and mint). Just a little custard from the oak. With water: beautiful, with extra hardwoods and extra pines too. Thuja and yew wooden, liquorice, curry, actually a whole lot of caraway now, Kummel… Smells of historical instances to me, which is totally charming. Mouth (neat): it is quite all on spices and tropical fruits. Actually a whole lot of caraway and juniper, unfold over small white pineapples and stewed mangos. Fantastic and never aggressive in any respect, nevertheless that there is actually a whole lot of liquorice wooden and cinnamon leaping out onto your tongue after a couple of minutes. With water: that is the place it could get actually dry and woody however in a great way, as none of these woods could be… oak. Pines, fir, cedar… Tends to grow to be very mentholy. End: lengthy, a tad gritty (bear in mind, 6 years) and maybe somewhat extra rustic. Nonetheless quite ‘wow’, if not ‘wow wow wow’ (S., strive tougher). Feedback: I used to be even at 90/91 till the end, which was a tad drying and quite austere for a rum. However nice J.M! Not 100% positive water was to be added.
SGP:561 – 89 factors. |
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Foursquare 13 yo 2007 (63.3%, Malt, Grain & Cane, for Indonesia, Barbados, 255 bottles)
Other than some loopy native beers that I may drink in Jakarta a very long time in the past (and funnier stuff but in Kuta, ehm…), I consider it is the primary time I am making an attempt some drink that is unique to Indonesia and am each happy and proud. It is to be famous that this child spent its first 12 years in Barbados and was then shipped to Europe the place it was completed for 1 yr in first fill bourbon. Color: deep gold. Nostril: this can be very attention-grabbing to nostril this after the J.M as a result of even though the processes are completely totally different (cane juice + colonne créole vs. molasses + self-blended pot nonetheless and double-column) in my ebook each rums share the same philosophy and even type ‘as seen within the glass’, a mix of spicy firmness and gentler, virtually ‘lighter’ floral fruitiness. Which might offer you a sense of ‘elegant fulness’. Yeah I now, a whole lot of drivel however there, bananas, mirabelle nectar, fir honey, cinnamon rolls, zucchini flowers, canine rose tea, ginger cream… However boy, let’s watch out, that is 63.3. With water: notes of bourbon (varnish, vanillin, coconut) but in addition many teas, mint, lime tree, peach leaves, younger pu-her, backyard peat, geranium flowers (not leaves thoughts you)… Mouth (neat): very candy and bonbony however I am positive that is the super-high power and shall water this down instantly. With water: certainly, we have left the sweet retailer and whereas this stays somewhat lighter and sort of thinner than the agricole, plums, quinces, figs and jujubes are operating the present. Pretty. End: solely medium however actually recent and floral. Hay jelly, cinnamon, Thai basil, recent ginger… Feedback: excellent, just a bit troublesome to get proper if you add water. We’re questioning, what are Apple doing? When are they going to launch an iPipette? Oh and an iTaster whereas they’re at it, that might give me a relaxation.
SGP:651 – 88 factors. |
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Let’s swim to Guyana (have they got sharks?)
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Albion 2004/2018 (60.1%, OB, El Dorado, Guyana, Uncommon Assortment Siver Version) 
I have not tried many Albions in my life, however I simply cherished the primary ‘new’ ones by Velier. Naturally, this does not come from the unique Albion distillery (closed 1968) and was quite made at Diamond with the Savalle steady nonetheless that they might have tweaked to supply the Albion type (marque AN). Color: deep gold. Nostril: it truly is a bourbon of rum, with a whole lot of praline, caramel, molasses, corn syrup, varnish… We’re virtually nosing a pack of Mars bar. Some cigarette tobacco too, café latte, extra caramel… They might promote this at Starbucks’. With water: resinous teas and liquorice over all this caramel. A sense of After Eight skinny mints. Mouth (neat): extraordinarily candy and molasse-y. Lots of caramel, pancake syrup, maple syrup, vanilla, popcorn and nougat… Certainly, a bourbon of rum. With water: some sugarcane popping out however as soon as once more, it could change actually quite a bit when you add drops of water. Malt whisky is quite simpler to water down, I feel. Notes of oranges this time, over-infused earl gray… It is laborious to keep away from the oak and any tannicity. End: medium, with apparent tastes of sweet sugar and caramel. Feedback: I am mildly dissatisfied; huge physique, a lot smaller engine.
SGP:640 – 80 factors. |
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What extra do now we have… proper, this time I suppose we’ll need to fly…
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South Pacific Distillery 2012/2021 (58.5%, Barikenn, Fiji, first fill bourbon, 291 bottles) 
Fiji, molasses, pot stills, rugby. Proper, possibly not rugby. Barikenn’s a pleasant new wee French bottler who’s already granted us with some very beautiful juices, whereas I’ve all the time discovered these Fijian rums quite somewhat… Jamaican. Color: gold. Nostril: yeah proper, new rubber boots, model new tyres, heavy petrol, olives and capers, coal tar, coal smoke… That is virtually as if some absent-minded blender had inadvertently combined Hampden with Port Ellen. With water: it is virtually as if it would not even take water, because the viscimetry is simply immense. Fantastic to look at. Aside from that, somebody’s crushed some carbon paper and combined it with seawater, ink and Diesel oil. Mouth (neat): love this. Salty, tarry olives with a dollop of caramel and a spoonful of fir honey. Tomorrow morning, you will consider you have eaten a complete pack of salted liquorice lozenges whereas binge-watching a brand new Outer-Mongolian crime collection on Netflix. With water: saltier, extra on brine, olives, pickled fruits, anchovies… However it’s a little much less dry than essentially the most excessive Jamaicans. I simply love this stressed rum. End: very lengthy, tarry and salty. Some sort of smoothie that you’d make utilizing bits of tyre, liquorice, olives and seawater. Not for the fainthearted. Feedback: most actually a dresser for reasonable blended rums initially, however I might say that is a part of its charms. You recognize, US $5 a gallon and presto, ecstasy and bliss…
SGP:464 – 90 factors. |
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Since we have talked about Jamaica (and passionate French bottlers)…
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HMPDN 2011/2021 (67.4%, Swell de Spirits, Wonders of The World, Jamaica, cask #435034)
W d nt nd vwls, d w? The marque right here was ‘H’, which suggests that is some high-ester rum (<H> means +/- 1000 g/hlpa esters at Hmpdn, which is terrifyingly large). Color: gold. Nostril: it’s like peat, the emotions aren’t proportional to the, nicely, to the proportions (nicely achieved S.) and I discover this comparatively mild, nicely in the identical class because the Fijian, that’s to say stuffed with olives, diesel oil, tar and rubber, however with some welcome roundness (vanilla, fudge, marmalade). In actual fact, that is unexpectedly civilised. With water: fig wine, actually? Mouth (neat): no, it’s excessive on the palate. Jogs my memory of the Baiju you can purchase for US €1 a litre within the Nineteen Eighties… And they might offer you again some change. Salty, fermentary, bacterial, deviant, on a great deal of tar, coal, and only a complete bag of indistinguishable rotten fruits. Very loopy spirit on the palate. With water: why did I point out baiju? All I am getting now could be.. baiju. That’ll educate me. Notes of strawberries too, did you even discover that the largest, most excessive spirits may show notes of strawberries? End: again to Jamaica, for a very long time. Extra on olives liquorice, brine and tar. Phew. Feedback: love this sort of loopy spirit that’ll actually make you journey. And to not Craigellachie, thoughts you…
SGP:663 – 90 factors. |
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 Examine the index of all rums we have tasted to date
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