Chairman’s Reserve Saint Lucia Salon du Rhum Belgique 8yo (46%)
HSE Single cask 2003-2016 (47.8%)
Velier Bielle MG9 2003-2012 (49%)
J.Bally Brut de fût 1999-2017 (54.5%)
Saint James Confrérie du Rhum 2003-2018 (59%)
The Rum Mercenary Uitvlugt 1997-2019 (56.4%)
Samaroli Demerara 1990-2016 (45%)
Corman Collins Diamond 2003-2018 (58.3%)
Nobilis Enmore 1988-2020 (49.1%)
Velier Uitvlugt ULR 1997-2014 (59.7%)
Le Gus’t Demerara Marrons Optimum 2002-2019 (58.8%)
Rum Sponge Caroni 1998-2020 (57.1%)
Velier Monymusk Begnoni 1997-2019 (67.9%)
Rum Artesanal New Yarmouth 2nd edition 2009-2020 (65.7%)
Nobilis Hampden 1993-2020 (65.8%)
SBS New Yarmouth 2005-2018 (67.2%)
That’s the first time we use this event template because of the Covid. We created it to share our thoughts after tasting with friends or some events like Salon du Rhum Belgique when they’ll be able to open doors. We use a star-based rating because we can’t be as accurate as we are when we’re tasting some rums alone at home all the time in a similar setup.

Renegade Hampden 1992-2007 (46%)
Murray McDavid Hampden 1992-2005 (46%)
Masam Hampden 1992-2019 (54.5%)
Compagnie des Indes Hampden 1992-2016 (59.8%)
Progressively I’m starting to being close to have reviewed all Hampden’s older than 1993, did you noticed it?

Berry Bro’s Long Pond 1986-2002 (46%)
Bristol Long Pond 1985-1998 (46%)
Corman Collins Long Pond 1977-2013 (50%)
Corman Collins Long Pond 1982-2013 (50%)
Cadenhead’s Long Pond 1986-2004 (68.3%)
For the first time, you voted for the content of the next article on our Facebook page. So let’s start the week with five Jamaican oldies!

Rum Artesanal Belize 2007-2021 (58.9%)
Rum Artesanal Diamond VSG 2004-2021 (58.2%)
Rum Artesanal W.I.R.D 1986-2021 (53.7%)
I already tasted some Rum Artesanal bottlings and I’ve almost never been disappointed. They release three new bottlings that we’ll discover today.

Rum Sponge Caroni 1998-2020 (57.1%)
Dansk Fanklub Caroni 1998-2020 (63.9%)
SMWS R13.2 Caroni 1998-2020 (62%)
Wild Parrot Caroni White 1998-2018 (62.6%)
Wild Parrot Caroni Red 1998-2018 (63.5%)
Let’s start the week with five 1998 Caroni’s released by independent bottlers.

Rum Runner Martinique (69.1%)
Rum Runner Cuba 2015-2020 (59.5%)
Rum Runner Belize 2007-2020 (60.9%)
Rum Runner T.D.L 2002-2020 (61.9%)
Rum Runner Monymusk 2007-2020 (61.2%)
Rum Runner Blend (62.5%)
Today let’s discover Rum Runner, a new French independent bottler which started with a range of 6 rums bottled at cask strength.

Silver Seal Hampden 1993-2016 (50%)
Silver Seal Hampden 1993-2013 (50%)
Samaroli Hampden FP 1993-2014 (65.6%)
Cave Guildive Hampden 1993-2017 (61%)
If you read me you probably also love Hampden, I don’t hide that I was pretty excited by those last article’s line-ups, with some crazy labels! Some of these labels makes all of us shudders, especially that green colourful Samaroli label, isn’t it?

Treasure Cask Hampden 1990-2017 (60.4%)
The Rum Cask Hampden 1990-2017 (61.9%)
If you follow us from several time you should know that this is the kind of tasting I use to enjoy a lot. A lot of high esters addicts friends told me that I must try this 26yo from TheRumCask so I started searching a sample of it and I can say that it wasn’t easy at all.

Le Gus’t Uitvlugt 2007-2016 (74.1%)
Le Gus’t Demerara 2002-2017 Optimum (46%)
Le Gus’t Demerara FP 2002-2017 (61.1%)
Le Gus’t Demerara Cuffy Optimum 2002-2018 (60.4%)
Le Gus’t Demerara Cuffy FP 2002-2018 (66,9%)
Le Gus’t Demerara Marrons de la Liberté Optimum 2002-2019 (58.8%)
Le Gus’t Demerara Marrons de la Liberté FP 2002-2019 (65.7%)
Le Gus’t is a french independent bottler in whisky & rhum. We’re looking for months to catch at least a sample of each rum releases by them and are very happy to show you the whole line up today. We also did a live review on Twitch 18th of january, you can watch the replay right here.

Samaroli Brazil 2011-2020 (50%)
Samaroli Trinidad 1999-2020 (45%)
Samaroli Demerara 2007-2020 (45%)
Samaroli Demerara 2003-2020 (50%)
Samaroli Jamaica 2006-2020 (50%)
Everyone knows Samaroli because of the Silvano’s amazing work. But since the sad news of Silvano’s death, the brand has been bought. But I shall not go into the details because the informations we have are quite nebulous. What really interests us here is how are these new Samaroli’s bottlings, do they take up the torch of the historic rum selection done by Silvano?