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Tonight I'm drinking the Black Tot Rum Rare Old Natural Cask Strength Demerara Rum, Aged 40 Years. I just cracked it. It is a fairly dark dram - holding it up to a light, it is opaque.
The nose makes me expect more molasses and sweet notes than I get on the palate.
The first thing that hits me is a bit of tannic astringency, but it quickly rounds out and the dark, demerara sweetness comes in on the finish. It is a dry sweetness, not at all syrupy or cloying.
It is warming and comforting, very easy to sip at 44.2% ABV. I'll have to side-by-side it with The Last Consignment.
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Tonight I'm drinking the Black Tot Rum Rare Old Natural Cask Strength Demerara Rum, Aged 40 Years. I just cracked it. It is a fairly dark dram - holding it up to a light, it is opaque.
The nose makes me expect more molasses and sweet notes than I get on the palate.
The first thing that hits me is a bit of tannic astringency, but it quickly rounds out and the dark, demerara sweetness comes in on the finish. It is a dry sweetness, not at all syrupy or cloying.
It is warming and comforting, very easy to sip at 44.2% ABV. I'll have to side-by-side it with The Last Consignment.
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Some new arrivals from Drammers Club / Drinqy. The recent online Kavalan Whisky tasting included a bottle of the No.1 Distillery Select. It hadn't arrived at the time, so it just shipped, and they offered free shipping on any other bottles added to the shipment, so I pulled the trigger on a few I'd been thinking about.
Compass Box Whisky Glasgow Blend Single Marrying Cask, 'Drammers Club #87'. This was married in an ex-Cameronbridge Lowland Single Grain Cask.
Tenmile Distillery Little Rest American Single Malt Whisky, Double Matured Cask Strength, Batch 002. Tenmile is doing some great things over in Wassaic, NY. And I'm always happy to support my friend Melissa.
FEW Spirits Immortal Rye - Rye Whiskey with Eight Immortals Oolong Tea. You may notice this bottle is opened, as we had a gathering on Saturday - and this shipment happened to arrive earlier that day.
I picked this up as my friend Marc is the distiller at our local Nashoba Valley Spirits, and creator of their own tea-infused bourbon and single malt whisky. So when I saw this I wanted to compare a tea-infused rye. I have to say, the tea influence is very faint here. It isn't a bad pour, but I don't think I'd guess there was tea if I didn't know. I prefer our local offerings.
And then yesterday another box showed up from the UK with a very special rum. Black Tot Rum Rare Old Natural Cask Strength Demerara Rum, Aged 40 Years. This is Demerara Rum distilled in Guyana in 1975, and was the heart of the blended rum served by the Royal Navy until 1970. It will be interesting to compare this with The Last Consignment.
#Whiskey #Whisky #Rum #Scotch #Rye #BlackTotRum #CompassBox #KavalanDistillery #TenmileDistillery #FEWSpirits
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Some new arrivals from Drammers Club / Drinqy. The recent online Kavalan Whisky tasting included a bottle of the No.1 Distillery Select. It hadn't arrived at the time, so it just shipped, and they offered free shipping on any other bottles added to the shipment, so I pulled the trigger on a few I'd been thinking about.
Compass Box Whisky Glasgow Blend Single Marrying Cask, 'Drammers Club #87'. This was married in an ex-Cameronbridge Lowland Single Grain Cask.
Tenmile Distillery Little Rest American Single Malt Whisky, Double Matured Cask Strength, Batch 002. Tenmile is doing some great things over in Wassaic, NY. And I'm always happy to support my friend Melissa.
FEW Spirits Immortal Rye - Rye Whiskey with Eight Immortals Oolong Tea. You may notice this bottle is opened, as we had a gathering on Saturday - and this shipment happened to arrive earlier that day.
I picked this up as my friend Marc is the distiller at our local Nashoba Valley Spirits, and creator of their own tea-infused bourbon and single malt whisky. So when I saw this I wanted to compare a tea-infused rye. I have to say, the tea influence is very faint here. It isn't a bad pour, but I don't think I'd guess there was tea if I didn't know. I prefer our local offerings.
And then yesterday another box showed up from the UK with a very special rum. Black Tot Rum Rare Old Natural Cask Strength Demerara Rum, Aged 40 Years. This is Demerara Rum distilled in Guyana in 1975, and was the heart of the blended rum served by the Royal Navy until 1970. It will be interesting to compare this with The Last Consignment.
#Whiskey #Whisky #Rum #Scotch #Rye #BlackTotRum #CompassBox #KavalanDistillery #TenmileDistillery #FEWSpirits
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There are some auction sites which won't ship to MA, so I have to have them sent to a very kind friend in CT who is willing to accept shipments on my behalf. He's been holding a few for me for a while, and we were able to meet up today at WhiskyMentors in Canterbury, CT.
All told I brought home 14 bottles from auctions, and one I picked up while I was there. I'll break it up into separate posts.
The last whisky in the lot is an eight year old German Single Grain from Finch. I'd originally picked this up intending to use it at a German-themed tasting we did in October, but shipping delays meant it didn't arrive in time.
It wasn't all whisky, either.
I picked up a bottle of Don Julio Tequila 1942 because I like it and it was a good deal I spotted while bidding on other lots.
And the rest is rum.
I picked up four bottles of Black Tot Rum - a Finest Caribbean and three of four extant Master Blender's Reserve releases - 2022, 2023, and 2024. The 2021 is still out there. I was inspired to pick these up after seeing The Rum Revival talk about them on YouTube.
And, last but not least, while I was at Whisky Mentors, aka Canterbury Liquors, I picked up a store pick Mad River Distillers Double Barrel Rum - QS01 Reminiscent.
#Whiskey #Whisky #Tequila #Rum #Finch #DonJulio #DonJulioTequila #DonJulio1942 #BlackTot #BlackTotRum #MadRiver
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There are some auction sites which won't ship to MA, so I have to have them sent to a very kind friend in CT who is willing to accept shipments on my behalf. He's been holding a few for me for a while, and we were able to meet up today at WhiskyMentors in Canterbury, CT.
All told I brought home 14 bottles from auctions, and one I picked up while I was there. I'll break it up into separate posts.
The last whisky in the lot is an eight year old German Single Grain from Finch. I'd originally picked this up intending to use it at a German-themed tasting we did in October, but shipping delays meant it didn't arrive in time.
It wasn't all whisky, either.
I picked up a bottle of Don Julio Tequila 1942 because I like it and it was a good deal I spotted while bidding on other lots.
And the rest is rum.
I picked up four bottles of Black Tot Rum - a Finest Caribbean and three of four extant Master Blender's Reserve releases - 2022, 2023, and 2024. The 2021 is still out there. I was inspired to pick these up after seeing The Rum Revival talk about them on YouTube.
And, last but not least, while I was at Whisky Mentors, aka Canterbury Liquors, I picked up a store pick Mad River Distillers Double Barrel Rum - QS01 Reminiscent.
#Whiskey #Whisky #Tequila #Rum #Finch #DonJulio #DonJulioTequila #DonJulio1942 #BlackTot #BlackTotRum #MadRiver