Following the success of 2019’s DOK bottling, Fine Drams have teamed up again with the Aficionados group to select not one, but two delectable high ester rums. This bottling of New Yarmouth NYE/HM steps up to deliver brash contrast and ester structure. New Yarmouth is found in the Clarendon Parish of Jamaica, dates back to …
XXX/Six is an Agricole style rum distilled in Mauritius. XXX/Six was distilled on a column still using cane juice. This bottling was aged in oak casks in Mauritius from 2010 to 2018. In 2018, it was shipped to England where it finished aging in a first-fill Bourbon whiskey cask for 2 years. Bottled on January …
XXX/Five is a young Jamaican rum, distilled at a distillery in Saint Catherine. XXX/Five was crafted using a pot still and molasses before two years of tropical aging in Jamaica. Chemical analysis reveals an ester count of 67.7 g/hLAA, with total volatile substances registering at 529.8 g/hLAA. Bottled on January 9th, 2020 at 65% ABV …
XXX/Four is a South Pacific rum hailing from Fiji. Distilled at South Pacific using a pot still and molasses, XXX/Four was aged in the Philippines from 2004 to 2016. In 2016, the rum was shipped to England and rebarreled to finish aging in American Oak Cask #3 for 4 years. Bottled on January 8th, 2020 …
Serving as an embodiment of the sense of community of Reddit’s r/Scotch, this special bottling of Blended Malt Scotch Whisky is a display of the hard work and dedication that Scotch enthusiasts across the globe put into their hobby. r/Scotch is a collection of almost 100,000 such aficionados. Made up of 1997 vintage Glenfiddich spirit …
Serving as an embodiment of the sense of community of Reddit’s r/Scotch, this special bottling of Single Malt Scotch Whisky is a display of the hard work and dedication that Scotch enthusiasts across the globe put into their hobby. r/Scotch is a collection of almost 100,000 such aficionados. A second cask chosen to accompany the …
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 …
