Aficionados x Fine Drams Lot 92 is an old Cognac from Jean-Luc Pasquet. Distilled from grapes grown in the Petite Champagne region, this natural cask strength bottling comes to us at a very potent 61.4% ABV. This cask powerfully demonstrated sweet frosting along with fruity notes like orange marmalade, blackberry, baked apples and figs. With …
Aficionados x Fine Drams Lot 73 a very old Cognac from Jean-Luc Pasquet. Distilled from grapes grown in the Petite Champagne region and bottled at natural cask strength, this bottling performs admirably at its 50.3% ABV. Displaying rich notes of toffee, tobacco, Concord grape and nutty sweetness, this bottling was a great example of oak …
Clocking in at 1488.8 g/hLAA esters, DOK is an exercise in madness. It came off the pot still at 85.76% ABV and was diluted to a more palatable 69% ABV before bottling. It was distilled at an undisclosed Jamaican distillery in the Trelawny parish – it shouldn’t be hard to guess which distillery we’re talking …
XXX/Three is a Dominican Rum from Alcoholes Finos Dominicanos, the makers of Ron Barceló. It was distilled in a column-still in December, 2010 from cane juice, and then left to mature in first-fill bourbon casks until 2015. It then spent a few years in a steel tank before being transferred to ex-rum cask #22 in …
XXX/Two is a Venezuelan Rum from Corporacion Alcoholes del Caribe S.A. It was distilled in a column-still in April, 2005 from molasses, and then left to mature in French oak casks in Venezuela until June 2017. It was then finished in ex-rum barrel #39 in England until it was bottled on the 28th of August, …
Hail Yak is a release of armagnac produced at Del Cassou, bottled by the well known independent bottler L’Encantada, and selected by the Aficionados Discord server as their first deep dive into brandy. Selected to highlight the community’s love of Yak (both the majestic creature, and the casual verbal abbrevation for armagnac and cognac), Hail …
Hail Yak II is the second storied release in a growing herd, coming to us as armagnac produced at Lous Pibous, bottled by the well known independent bottler L’Encantada, and selected by the Aficionados Discord server as their second Armagnac selection of 2019. Selected to highlight the community’s love of Yak (both the majestic creature, …
A 2005 vintage rum from the Foursquare distillery in Barbados, bottled for the /r/rum community on Reddit. Product typeDark Distillery / brandFoursquare CountryBarbados BottlerDistillery Bottling Distillation date2005 Bottling date2018 Non-chillfilteredYes Natural colourYes
