Review #120: Plantation Panama Old Reserve
Plantation rum from Panama, aged for 10 years in ex-bourbon, and finished in ex-Cognac.
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Review #118: Plantation 5 Year
Plantation hails from the island of Barbados the earliest rum producing region in the world. Today, Barbados is home to four rum distilleries: Mount Gay, the world’s oldest active rum company, West Indies Rum Distillery, Foursquare, and St. Nicholas Abbey. …
Mundo Perdido Cocktail
It’s no secret that we’re huge fans of Smugglers’ Cove. Our names are even displayed in the doorway of the bar as a testament to how many rums we have imbibed there.
The coronavirus pandemic has brought the fun to …
Review #107: Black Tot Finest Carribean Rum
We attended a virtual scotch tasting the other day, organized by Impex Beverages, Scotch Club of San Francisco, and Elixir Distillers. It was everything a whisky nerd heart dreams about. Our guide was Oliver Chilton, who works for both …
Groundhog’s Day Negroni
The Groundhog's Day Negroni is a quarantine-approved Negroni with aged Hampden spirit and a lot of gin.
Spicy Ginger Daiquiri
As always, I’m a huge fan of the daiquiri. Simple to make, simple to fuck up, daiquiris traditionally contain just three ingredients: rum, lime juice, and sugar. Now that I’m home all the time, I’ve been able to invest …
Review #91: Plantation Single Cask 2 Guatemala XO Review
We tasted six Plantation rums. The Guatemalan expression is finished in Amburana, a South American wood. The dosage was also relatively light, at 8 g/L
Review #89: DOK 1489 Trelawny (Hampden) Review
The DOK rum, clocks in with roughly 4X the ester count of Smith and Cross. It's also unaged, and 69% ABV. Not a good "intro to rum" type spirit.
Review #88: Samaroli Jamaica Rhapsody
Samaroli Jamaica Rhapsody is one of those bottles that rum nerds whisper about. For the uninitiated, Samaroli is an independent bottler located in Scotland
Review #84: Plantation Trinidad 1997
Tasting notes from a vertical of six Plantation single cask releases. This was our favorite of the bunch.