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Written by Count Silvio
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Wednesday, 02 April 2008 |
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 The Polished Palate International Rum Festival 2008 is over and the results of the 2008 3rd annual rum competition results are published. The competition took place in Ybor City, Tampa Florida at the Don Vicente de Ybor Historic Inn.
A total of 148 sugar-cane based spirits were judged at this event including various Temptryst rums from Au Natural Spirits which won many awards in many different categories. You should definitely check out these rums when they become available on the market. Congratulations on your success Mr. Watson! Temptryst gold winners:
Temptryst Lemon Wood Rum
Temptryst Reserve Rum
Temptryst Sugar Cane Matured Rum
Temptryst Applewood Aged Rum
Temptryst Hickory Aged Rum Click read more to check out the rest of the results of the Polished Palate 2008 3rd annual rum competition. |
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Written by Count Silvio
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Monday, 31 March 2008 |
 The very first rum I reviewed was Havana Club Añejo 7 Años and I felt it was time to review another product from the Havana Club range as people had been requesting more Havana Club rum reviews. This time I will let you in on what Havana Club Cuban Barrel Proof holds within its decorated, blue labelled bottle. Hand-crafted by "Maestro Ronero" Don Navarro, Cuban Barrel Proof is made from a blend of different aged rums aged in extra-old white oak barrels. This blend is then put to rest in younger oak casks or "finish" casks and finally bottled straight from the cask at 45% without being diluted with water. This is what makes this rum 'barrel proof' or 'cask strength'. Havana Club don’t publicise the average age of the blend or the time this blend is allowed to age in the younger oak casks, so unfortunately these details will remain a mystery. |
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Written by Count Silvio
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Friday, 07 March 2008 |
 Temptryst rums are produced by Texas based Au Natural Spirits Inc, which is run by the president and head of research, Daniel Watson. Coveted by the connoisseurs at the Ministry of Rum and Refined Vices, Temptryst rums have quickly gained a reputation despite the fact that these rums are still relatively unknown to the wider audience and not yet on the market. For instance Cherry Wood XO won a gold award at the Ministry of Rum tasting competition amongst other award winning Temptryst rums. Such appreciation can only promise good fortune for the upcoming rum brand. I've read a lot about Daniel Watson’s interesting line of rums such as the Cherry Wood, Mesquite and the Lemon Wood that was gifted to me by Mr. Watson, which has left me honoured to be the first one to be reviewing his first Lemon Wood batch today. |
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Written by Count Silvio
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Friday, 07 March 2008 |
 Ardbeg presents a truly innovative and luxurious creation of single cask bottlings – Ardbeg ‘Double Barrel’. Inspired by the tradition of a shooting party, Ardbeg have created a ‘Double Barrel’ guncase, crafted by a traditional guncase maker. Only 250 of these exquisite cases exist anywhere in the world - The ultimate in luxury for the ultimate Islay Malt. It can be yours for a mere £7,500 - £10,000 at the Ardbeg online shop or Whisky Exchange. A true collectors item. Click read more to see what the Ardbeg Double Barrel case contains!
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Written by Jeffrey Hixon (KrustyKrab)
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Sunday, 02 March 2008 |
 During the February school vacation here in Massachusetts our family took an eastern Caribbean cruise, with stops in San Juan, Puerto Rico, St Thomas, La Romana, Dominican Republic and Grand Turk. This was to be a great opportunity to relax as a family and also visit some of the great rum producing areas of the Caribbean. I knew that the Bacardi distillery was near San Juan so I checked into visiting the facility. I am a big fan of rum, but not a big fan of the Bacardi line of rums but I figured it would be fun to see the mega-facility anyway and it would be better than anything else I could do in San Juan, aside from shop for other local rums, which I should be able to do on my way back to the ship anyway! Unfortunately we were going to be docked in Old San Juan at night and the distillery visiting hours were only until 5PM. I was a bit disappointed but then received the list of tours offered by the cruise line and alas, there was a private after hour’s tour of the distillery. It was a bit pricey but after looking at the limited options offered for San Juan (tour of Old San Juan, or shopping tour) I decided I should do it, especially since I never made it to the distillery in Nassau on last years’ vacation. My wife and daughter had no interest in going, so I signed up alone. |
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Written by Count Silvio
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Sunday, 02 March 2008 |
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 Miami, FL - Introducing Camacho Cigar’s Camacho Corojo 10th Anniversary cigar selection - a smooth, creamy blend created by Christian Eiroa as a follow-up to his highly-rated Camacho Triple Maduro cigars selection. This box-pressed anniversary cigar commemorates the Eiroa Family’s 10 years of growing the world’s only Authentic Corojo Seed tobacco. Due for release in March 2008, these special, medium to full-bodied cigars blended with an all Honduran-grown Corojo-seed filler, binder and wrapper recipe, are in the process of receiving some extra aging.
The Camacho Corojo 10th Anniversary is presented in 21 count boxes and will be available in the following four sizes: 50 x 4.5, Torpedo, 11/18, and 60 x 6.
Source: Camacho Cigars. I would recommend reading a review of Camacho 10th Anniversary cigar at Cigar Jack's Cigar Reviews. They also have an ongoing contest where all the participants have a chance of winning Camacho 10th Anniversary cigars! Talk about Camacho at the forums. |
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Written by Count Silvio & Esteban Fontsworth
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Tuesday, 29 January 2008 |
 The review of Jameson Irish Whiskey this week is a special one because instead of one review you will get to read two reviews written by me and our guest writer Esteban Fontsworth. On top of that at the end of my review I’ve written a short comparison between oxidised Jameson and fresh Jameson. Some of you may wonder what it means for a spirit to be oxidised but read on and all shall be revealed. HistoryScot John Jameson moved to Dublin in the 1770's and went on to found one of Ireland’s first legal distilleries in 1780. He went on to acquire more distilleries and was once able to claim he had more than one million gallons of whiskey aging in Dublin. The Jameson bottle is made of green glass, which is quite apt for an Irish whiskey. The label sports the Jameson family crest that says Sine Metu, which is Latin and means "without fear." This crest was awarded by the monarchy to John Jameson’s forefathers for capturing pirate ships on the west coast of Scotland. Sine Metu is seen on all Jameson bottles today. One other thing that I found interesting is the code JQ-058548, which appears to be on every Jameson bottle I've seen. So far I've not found any information about this mysterious number but should you know anything about it please post about it in the forums or contact me using the contact form. |
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