Rum Review – Tanduay Superior 12 year old (First posted 5th December, 2010)
Some rums just upend all expectations, and maybe even redefine your assumptions. Smooth, amber-dark, just sweet enough, and with a body and a finish that simply don’t give up, Tanduay Superior 12 year old is like that. Where on earth has this rum been, and why can’t I find it in Calgary?
61/100
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Full review now relocated to The Lone Caner website, here.
Original review with comments can be found here.
Rum Review: Old Port Deluxe Rum (First posted 30 July 2010)
Full review reposted to The Lone Caner wesbite, here.
Rum Review – Coruba Dark Rum (First posted 25 February 2010)
Short, sharp sword to the guts when had neat, this rum is without question something to use as a mix and not to risk taking alone. Needs refinement to be taken seriously, but since it’s cheap as all get-out, it does have a perverse attraction on that basis alone. Go for it if you’re feeling a bit brave today.
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Full review reposted to The Lone Caner, here.
Review – Bundaberg Reserve (First posted October 9th, 2011)
I have a feeling I’m going to catch some flak for this review, of a rum I know many think is the bastard offspring of a low quality formalehyde mixed with a crazy paint stripper and the stinking armpit of a sweaty canecutter at noon. Short version – miles better than its low-bred yobbo coz.
(55/100)
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Full review now located on The Lone Caner website, here
Rum Review – Bundaberg (First posted February 27, 2010)
Holy antipodean molasses, Batman: what the hell is this? Years from now, old farts will be discussing their first great love or hate of rum, and this one will surely make the short list. You either embrace this vile sipper or despise it for its difference, but you’ll never be indifferent, that’s for sure.
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Full review reposted to The Lone Caner, here.
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A gentle, easygoing underproof rum-wannabe. There’s nothing really outstanding about it, and it’s too weak to appeal to me personally: like other Asian rums, however, it does have a taste all its own, and for those who don’t like forty-or-greater percenters, this one will satisfy. (#108)
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Full review now located on the Lone Caner website, here