July 31, 2018

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PLANTATION OFTD

PLANTATION O.F.T.D. RUM   STYLE: Overproof Rum PRODUCER: PLANTATION (Sourced) REGION: GUYANA (DDL), JAMAICA (Long Pond) & BARBADOS (WID) AGE: NAS ABV: 69% (138 Proof)   As someone who got into spirits because of cocktail culture; it is impossible not to love this rum for multiple reasons. From what I have gathered in; in 2016 Plantation released this rum line up with the 2016 Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans. For those of you who do not know about...

FOURSQUARE PORT CASK

FOURSQUARE PORT CASK FINISH STYLE: RUM ABV: 40% DISTILLER: FOURSQUARE DISTILLERY, BARBADOS AGE: 9 Year (3 years ex-bourbon barrels, 6 years ex-port butts). Bottled June 2014. BLEND: No. 162 Foursquare’s Port Cask Finish is the second entry in the Exceptional Cask Selection series from the Barbados based distillery. It is a blend of both modified twin-column Coffey and pot still rums made from molasses native to Barbados and sourced from Guyana’s Demerara River Valley. From there it spends the first...

FOURSQUARE CRITERION

FOURSQUARE CRITERION   STYLE: RUM ABV: 56% DISTILLER: FOURSQUARE DISTILLERY, BARBADOS AGE: 10 Year (3 years ex-bourbon barrels, 7 years ex-madeira casks). Bottled April 13, 2017. BLEND: Pot and Column   Criterion is the fifth release in the Exceptional Cask series by Foursquare Distillery with only 2,000 bottles available to the U.S. Market. As you may have read already in my previous review of the Foursquare Port Cask Finish; Foursquare is a rum distillery from St. Philip, Barbados and owes...