Two award-winning premium rums ranges have today been launched in Australia. Hand-crafted by Rum Co of Fiji, the super-premium Ratu and premium Bati ranges are blended from globally awarded rums, before being filtered through coconut shell charcoal and matured in specially selected oak barrels in time-honoured tradition. The result is a range of deliciously smooth, […]
Tasting Notes
The Balvenie 30 Year Old Scotch Whisky
The Balvenie 30 Year Old is an exceptional bottle of single malt produced by the Balvenie distillery in Dufftown, Scotland. This special bottling is crafted by the marrying of whiskies from both traditional Bourbon Oak Casks and also that of European Sherry Oloroso Butts by David Stewart. David, the Balvenie ‘Malt Master’ has selected only […]
Pappy Van Winkle 15 Tasting Notes by Darrell Martin
Pappy Van Winkle 15 Year was one of my chase bourbons or Unicorns as they are called. Every fall all the members of the Van Winkle family are released. From the hefty 10 Year Old Rip Van Winkle to the aged 23 Year Old Pappy Van Winkle, they are all sought after. I recently had […]
William Larue Weller Bourbon Tasting Notes
This is one of those chase bourbons that most people will never get a chance to try at non-secondary market prices. I wondered if this bourbon would stand up to the hype. It stood up and then some. From the first sniff to the finish, this was a really good bourbon. Nose With the first […]
Review of George T Stagg by Darrell Martin
Last week I sat down and reviewed the 2014 Sazerac Rye 18 Year and so I felt it was appropriate to turn to another item in the 2014 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection offerings, the George T. Stagg. The 2014 Stagg was composed of barrels aged no less than 16 years and bottle uncut and un-chill filtered […]