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Hampden Estate: Great House Distillery Edition 2020

  • January 12, 2021
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It is January 2021 and life could not be further from where it was one year ago. Professionally, personally, politically, superficially. Everything has been turned upside down from what it once was. As I took some time today to think about all the ways that my life is, has been, changing over the past year; I did so while enjoying Hampden Estate’s 2020 Great House Distillery Edition. I have realized I haven’t spent any time talking about Hampden Estate on...

RUM-BAR WHITE OVERPROOF

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TWO JAMES: DOCTOR BIRD RUM

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WORTHY PARK SPECIAL CASK RELEASE MADEIRA

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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...