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Review: Mount Gay Eclipse Rum

Jeff Ellingson — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 02:52:33 +0000

Mount Gay Eclipse Rum is named for the 1910 total solar eclipse from Halley’s Comet that was visible over Barbados. Mount Gay distillery is the oldest continuous operating rum distillery, dating back to 1703. Master Blender Trudiann Branker hand selects a blend of rums distilled in traditional copper pot and column stills and matured for […]

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Review: 896 5 Year Old Rum

Jeff Ellingson — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 02:28:04 +0000

896 5 Year Old Rum is made from a blend of rums distilled and aged for a minimum 5 years in Barbados. Sitting next to 896 5 Year Old Rum on the shelf at Total Wine and More is 896 8 Year Old Rum. Both are imported and bottled by Universal Brands in Princeton Minnesota. […]

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Review: The Real McCoy 5 Year Old Rum

Jeff Ellingson — Sun, 25 Mar 2018 23:59:30 +0000

The Real McCoy 5 Year Old Rum is produced at the Four Square Distillery in Barbados. The Real McCoy brand of rum is named for Bill McCoy the pioneer rum runner of the Prohibition era. He was the first person to load his boat with rum and sail up to New York in January of […]

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Review: Doorlys 5 Year Old Rum

Jeff Ellingson — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 05:00:35 +0000

Doorlys 5 Year Old Rum is a blend of pot and column still rums blended before and after ageing in previously used bourbon barrels. Doorlys is named for Martin Doorly who founded the company. Each barrel is aged a minimum 5 years. Doorlys is one of several rums produced at the Foursquare Distillery. Others include Foursquare […]

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Review: Bumbu Rum

Jeff Ellingson — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 00:09:41 +0000

Bumbu Rum is made at the historic West Indies Rum Distillery in Barbados. The distillery was founded in 1893 by two German Brothers and was recently acquired by Maison Ferrand. Yes this is the rum Lil Wayne shouts out in two of his newest songs featured on his Dedication 6 release. Those tracks are Fly […]

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Review: R L Seales 10 Year Old Rum

Jeff Ellingson — Sat, 30 Dec 2017 00:42:29 +0000

R L Seales 10 Year Old Rum is crafted at the Foursquare Distillery on the Caribbean Island of Barbados. The odd shaped black bottle is designed to look like the old style leather flask pirates used to transport their rum. The thumb indent molded into the glass bottle actually feels more comfortable when drinking pirate style, aka straight from […]

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Review: Plantation Barbados 5 Year Old Rum

Jeff Ellingson — Fri, 22 Dec 2017 02:29:43 +0000

Plantation Barbados 5 Year Old Rum is made from molasses in the birth place of rum, Barbados. The Plantation Rum brand was born in 1997. It was created by Alexandre Gabriel, the President and Owner of Maison Ferrand. Maison Ferrand also produces Pierre Ferrand, and Landy Cognac, Citadell and Magellan Gin, and Froggy B Vodka. Plantation […]

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Review: Endless Summer Silver Rum

Jeff Ellingson — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 01:47:31 +0000

Endless Summer Silver Rum was released in Florida March 2017, and is now also available in South Carolina. Additional distribution will follow. It is part of Grain and Barrel Spirits Company, which also produces Dixie Vodka, and Chicken Cock Bourbon. Endless Summer is named for the 1964 surf film Endless Summer, and the concept that if […]

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