The rum that comes out of the alembic or distillation column can follow a number of different paths. White rum can be bottled as is, or almost as is, or aged for a few months, a few years, or for a very long time. In this article, we invite you to discover the secrets of aged rums. The ages of rums [...]
A brief history of distillation The early days of distillation are still a little hazy. While remains of vases dating back to the 2nd millennium BC have been found in Iraq and India, and appear to have been used to produce plant essences, the first written record of distillation is [...].
Velier, the Italian bottler, designed Veritas in collaboration with the Hampden (Jamaica) and Foursquare (Barbados) distilleries. This is a blend of white rums: those from Hampden are distilled in Double Retort Pot Still, and those from Foursquare in Coffey Column Still. The fact that this rum is slightly golden is due to the fact that [...]
Rum Sixty Six is a traditional rum from the family business RL Seale produced in the Foursquare distillery on the island of Barbados. Made from molasses enriched with the terroir of this small island country. The rum is distilled there in Coffey stills on the one hand, and in columns on the other hand. […]
This Barbados rum put in a single barrel in 2009 was chosen by Guillaume Ferroni for its organoleptic qualities. Distilled by Foursquare, it was first aged in Barbados in the tropics. It was then imported to Provence where it continued to age for 12 months in wine barrels […]
5 enthusiasts at your service: Olivier, Nico, Yoann, Florian and Florian! Olivier Olivier is the founder of the site. “I started to be interested in spirits when I worked for the Pernod Ricard group, particularly in the United Kingdom where I was able to be in daily contact with the Aberlour distilleries (a single malt quite widely distributed in […]
The role of sugar cane We cannot talk about the manufacture of rum without first talking about sugar cane. Originally cultivated for its sugar production, sugar cane is a plant 2.50 to 6 meters high and with a diameter of 1.5 to 6 cm. She […]
Kill Devil Barbados 9 ans comes from the huge Foursquare distillery. Foursquare is huge in size, but also in the quality of the rums it produces. It was Scottish bottler Hunter Laing who unearthed this rum. This Kill Devil was distilled in June 2007. It was then aged in ex-bourbon casks for a period of [...].
Saison Rum is a blend of rums from Barbados (West Indies Rum Distillery and Foursquare distillery - aged 3 to 5 years), Jamaica (Long Pond and Hampden distilleries - aged 0 to 2 years) and Trinidad & Tobago (Trinidad Distillers Limited - aged 3 years) Once [...]
Rum & Cane British West Indies XO is a blend of rums from Trinidad & Tobago (Trinidad Distillers), and rums from Barbados (Foursquare distillery). All these rums have been aged in bourbon barrels for at least 6 years. Nico's tasting note In a nutshell: banana - creamy - [...]
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