Young’s Old Sam Demerara Rum – Review

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Sep 292012
 

Rum Review – Young’s Old Sam Demerara Rum

(First posted 25th February 2010; Original review with comments can be found here.)

Young, rambunctious and strong of nose and taste.  It is the epitome of a low ranking Demerara rum, with powerful scents and tastes lacking in anything remotely resembling complexity: and yet, I really kinda like it.  Perhaps because it’s a simple creation of such primary flavours.  It’s not meant for taking neat, but as a mixer? Yummo.

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Full Review reposted to The Lone Caner, here.

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Newfoundland Screech Rum – Review

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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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Full review reposted to The Lone Caner, here.

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Myer’s “Planter’s Punch” Dark Rum – review

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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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Full review now located on The Lone Caner website, here.

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Momento Amber Rum – Review

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Sep 042012
 
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Rum Review – Highwood Distillers Momento Amber rum (First posted 01 October 2011)

A strange rum from Alberta’s Highwood Distillery, Momento is aimed at the high end market without having the cojones to put its quality where its marketing leads it.  It’s clean texture and originality of make are its best features, but I can’t say it really works for me.

(43/100)

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Full review now located on The Lone Caner wesbite, here

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Lemon Hart Demerara 151 Rum – Review

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May 022012
 

This review was posted first on RumConnection in two parts in May 2012, the links for which are here for Part 1 and here for Part 2.  Thanks to Mike Streeter who lends his site to such occasional contributions that exceed his normal article length.

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My own, slightly edited (and scored) review which corrected some minor issues and changed the wording a bit, is below.  Suffice to say, this is one of those overproofs I really enjoyed.  I tried it by itself to write the review, but it’s as a mixer and base that this strong, dark Demerara rum really shines. (#107)

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