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This was pretty early in your hampden journey compared to where you are now. If you had to guess what mark do you think it is? Or likely a blend so what level Ester?

the only one of those I ever bought was the Jamaica because you don't have to drink it to know it's the best of the bunch because of where it's from. I pretty much have stopped buying rum from different places. I have about 5 or 6 distilleries to buy from and not waste time or money on other stuff. I have kind of come to the same place in malts also. I have come to the conclusion that it's more important what not to buy than what to buy and chasing around stuff made all over the globe like some kind of F-ing newbie idiots do to charge their egos. Too little time to F around with BS and I know what is good and what is goos has been good forever. The latest greatest scam is for fools. I'm good with Springbank and Hampden and still have not tasted anything to touch them nor will there be.

Not sure where these have distribution (probably Europe only) but if glass #6 (Grays) sounds interesting, these are worth looking for: Compagnie des Indes Mauritius 11yo 2010/2022 (RX12865) Compagnie des Indes Mauritius 13yo 2009/2022 (RX12864) 1731 Fine & Rare Mauritius 7yo (RX9651)

Fast forward to 2024 and the 2010 lrok lingers on the shelf while the 2020 climbs and 2021 are long gone. Well done sir 👏🏼

Thanks for reviewing these. I regularly see them in my area and have been curious.

I also have these samples and need to taste through them… now I’m inspired to taste them blind!

Great review! I miss your reviews like these. The best Clynelishes I've had were not fruity. The older ones, from before they tried to be a Speyside wannabee. Back before the "fall" of the whisky industry to international cabals, when Brora was only recently mothballed

I just learned this yesterday as I saw the new name on the bottle for the first time. Well, this is the last bottle of their rum that I will ever buy. Go woke, go broke.

The tapatio of the rum world as far as the perception of the packaging to quality is concerned 😏

Great video!!

Reason ? What, people should not be paying 3x or more for Buffalo Trace products and Springbank products ? Online and Social media is mostly monkey see monkey do and that is what drove this to happen and it goes way beyond liquor. Brainwashed people are just that and there are a lot of them

hey, quick question. how could i find out the price for a 1964 Chateau Du Breuil Calvador Foudre No.68 2L bottle

This is epic! A history of philosophy through spirits! You should do a whole episode dedicated to "The phenomenology of spirit(s)"!

THIS is what no other spirits reviewer can give us. THIS is why we like you.

How do I know that when I typed this in my search you'd be who pops up 😂

ARCORE Germany. Is all about Armagnac and Cognac, so thats some brandy. And mezcal ther is like 50 channels about that, and i make very bad video reviwes of Calvados.

Canada makes my go to Daiquiri now and only $40 for a 1 liter. trader joes 80 proof Foursquare white with a splash of Rum Fire is the poor man's Probitas and makes a great Daiquiri. Trader Joe's $7.99 Foursquare is kind of hard to beat for an all around great deal mixer rum with no B.S. in it and you can get the white or the gold for $7.99. Same place that has Wild Turkey 101 for $18.99. Still the best bang for the buck in bourbon and all around general use bourbon. Benchmark Full Proof for $24 is hot on it's heals

My Rum Diaries is a decent channel but Just Drinking rum channel is without a doubt the worst and they almost refuse to go into good rum area and they have enough experience now where there is no excuse. It's not 3 years ago. Rum Revival , this Blog's Neat and Rum Champion are all pretty decent and they are here in the L.A. area. It seems Rough Spirits channel kind of disappeared but i never took him serious. You are still the best and i wish you and Eric at Malt Muser would do some stuff together in malt and rum because you both have real palates and drink the good stuff and don't waste your time on every $30 bottle of 80 proof sugared rum. L.A. is the rum channel capitol for now but we get a lot of the good stuff here thanks to K&L and Mission. L.A. is Tiki Town and there is a little bit of interest in rum here. Too many damn Tiki bars here in L.A. !!! the girls are cute though and malt whisky draws about 3 girls total in the world unfortunately

get your liver, kidney,. gallbladder, and thyroid tested. do the blood tests. just to be sure you don't have any complications. I'm an intuitive. I never say something like that to reviewers on YT. this is out of the blue. I just got an instinct and followed it. A wild hair, so to speak. All the best.

Just picked up that La Luna on a whim. Super excited to try it

I'm curious about the down island aged version at 62 abv 🤔

Are you wearing a nomos watch too?

There's loads of producers in Zacatecas. I'm starting to learn more about this state more recently and its fascinating. Recently discovered there's a fair amount of sotol production as well. Also I'm headed to see Juan Conde in two weeks. They've converted an old Hacienda into their vinata. Super excited to see their production!

You're about to have me mixing clairin and benchmark sib or maybe eagle rare 😂

Just found one of those wp in a store for 60 bucks, been there almost 10 years

i ordered a pommeau! can't wait

Excited to see you try these in a Copita. It enhances the aroma and taste.

Enjoyed the neighborhood sounds FWIW. A welcome and indulgent return to espadin. Always helpful to hear how not-all-the-same it can be.

Just today I got hold of a bottle of Pussers overproof spiced rum, I think it's relatively new, but same abv as the one your reviewing so I'm guessing it's the same with some added goodies. My goodness it's good, I wasn't expecting complexity but it's all here, hopefully no one is mixing this with coke or anything as that would be very sad indeed

It's young Stagg Jr/ GTS and most tater chasers can't tell the difference.

Enjoying this one a lot. My other half says I smell of plantain and bubble-gum after drinking it.

Did something change with the regulations? I thought a straight bourbon whiskey had to be aged a minimum of 2 years. I love this stuff. Killer deal. The bonded and the top floor were a miss for me. But this one and the single barrel are great great deals. The new mellow corn is a great way to put it.

Amazing and fun video!

Two of my favorite price friendly spirits, I have a bottle of both sitting on the bar right now within grasping range. Theoretical question, if Wray and Nephew were aged four years. what would it be like? I also sense a naming contest coming for the W&N Benchmark FP cocktail you created. My entry: The Jamatucky Hammer.

If it's not selling, just send it over the pond... Our supply of Buffalo Trace & Eagle Rare has been quite good while those were apparently sought after in the US (my current 1l bottle of Buffalo Trace was <20€). I've gotten quite bored with basic bourbons lately (the less basic ones are either not available or rather overpriced in these parts), cheap aged agricles hit roughly the same spot for me in a more interesting way. I made a quick W&N+BT blend (~1:2) and it's... not too bad, actually. More harmonious than most multi spirit blends I've tried, I might have to go though my white rum arsenal... (Did you just go straight to Wray & Nephew or have you tried other combinations?)

Spinoza....niiice

Funny, this popped up as I was sipping a $22 bottle of Old Grandad 114 from Costco

With the bottle I had, that /floral vodka smashed into the ground with new oak/ aspect was resolute in not sticking the landing for me. Characterful yet also distinctly in an aging valley that even another 4-6 months might’ve solved. Hardly a misapplication of funds all the same, but the single barrel and top floor offerings have been much more coherent for my palate despite the strange low proofs of each.

Love it. Its like they made the label more generic in order to distinguish it from its hard to find fancy family members but its just too ugly for anyone to care. It looks like the Walmart version of Jack Daniels. Will 100% be picking this up for my home bar the next time I see it. WT 101 is my current bourbon and I hope this blows its pants off.

Another CZcamsr, Drinking Buddy, put a charred oak spiral in one of these for about 8 months and it beat out a ton of Stagg's in a blind. Got a bottle for less than $20 and the spiral was a few bucks, so a pretty low-risk experiment that I'm looking forward to. Not that it has to be better than Stagg or any other bottle, it can be just a nice improvement on the original and bring out some more age and complexity that makes it shine.

I was pretty impressed with the single barrel for the price. Actually a pretty tasty bottle

I couldn’t believe it when you pulled out the second bottle hahaha

Half and half with sajous in a daiquiri, half the alcohol and half the lime juice

I wonder if the use-by date is more about flavor deteriorating than safety.

I can see it working well with the recent-ish trend of making stirred tropical cocktails, bringing juuust a hint of acidity to a rum+modifier drink.

Get well soon !

PA, home of Boil-o. Laird's still makes Four Queens specifically for Christmas in coal country.

Unbelievably, accidentally ran across the Dad’s Hat after catching today’s review earlier this morning. Thrilled to dig in. Sounds like probably the best ~$40 I’ve spent on rye since stumbling upon a Leopold x Dickel bottle on closeout. (If finding the Leopold Dickel at that price feels unreal, what’s worse is that I only grabbed one bottle.)

Dad’s Hat is fantastic! Being in Philly we have good access to their single barrels, of the four or so I’ve had only one that was underwhelming and it was aged ~2 years in quarter casks so it hardly counts. Rumor has it that they may start aging in a brick warehouse that’s temperature controlled in a way that those Monongahela warehouses often were. If that’s true, and if they start getting their hands on some rosen rye grain as stocks of those proliferate, that could make things truly interesting and could make them a real powerhouse not just in American whiskey but spirits in general. Just missing that three-chamber component…

Hey there. It’s been a while since I last commented, but I keep following your reviews. Glad to see that you finally had a chance to try a Dad’s Hat. I still have their founders’ cask bottle I mentioned a few years ago, and I’d be happy to send a sample if you’re interested.