A proverbial harridan of rums, thin, dry, harsh and critical of everything you do with and to it.
(#146. 50/100)
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Feb 242013
Nov 042012
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Hardcore to the max. This thing eats bats out of hell for lunch. What a great, majestic rum.
(#130. 77/100)
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Nov 012012
Pretty good all rounder, marred somewhat by an excessive spiciness that lends itself well to a cocktail without enhancing the rum as a sipping spirit.
(#129 . 51/100)
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Oct 032012
Though not as in your face as its older brother, it’s still too oaky for me. It’ll be the bees knees for anyone who prefers a rum with a drier mouthfeel, less sugar and more tannins in their rums than I do. This one’s all about opinion.
(#124. 62/100)
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Sep 212012
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Rum Review – Royal Jamaican Gold Rum (First posted 10th April 2011).
(54/100)
Solid beginning leads to a disappointing finish: appearance and nose are excellent, but somehow not enough care was taken to follow through on these advantages.
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Sep 152012
Rum Review: Renegade Rum – Jamaica 2008 year old (First posted 25 January 2010)
The Renegade line of rums is as clear a statement as any, that packaging sells: their bottles are so curiously different that one is almost compelled to take a closer look when one sees them on the shelves…and having seen, the itch to go spend some cash becomes an incessant feeling that must be assuaged. Or so I felt when I first saw them: that frosted glass bottle with the rich copper-bronze liquid swirling heavily within just makes me burn to blow some bucks, honestly. And it wasn’t a poor purchase either.
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Sep 082012
The press release photo…
A truly wonderful rum which is simply too expensive for regular drinkers, in spite of its quality.
(#121. 81/100)
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Sep 082012
The most searingly powerful rum you are ever likely to try. Do not simultaneously bloviate and drink this, or spontaneous combustion may occur.
(#120. 62/100)
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Sep 082012
Rum Review: Newfoundland Screech (First posted 31 May 2010)
All humour and snide Newfie jokes aside, Screech is a thoroughly rock solid rum: not brilliant at any one thing, it is simply good at everything without shining anywhere. Odd, but if you’re after something that just goes ahead and does what it does, here’s the one for you.
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Sep 042012
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Big, stompin’ rum maybe meant to be a mixed-drinks base but really good neat. Definitely helpful for getting loaded when dollars are tight; interesting when mixed in any number of cocktails. Feeling lonesome in some cold winter clime and miss the Ole Country? This will cure what ails you. (First posted 29 January 2012)
(#98. 61/100)
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