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Bottle of Hamilton Saint Lucia 8 year next to a glass of rum

Review #097: Hamilton Saint Lucia Pot Still 2006 8 year

A sought-after bottling from Ed Hamilton with a cult following

A bottle of Foursquare 2007 next to a glencairn of rum on a kitchen counter

Review #096: Foursquare 2007

The earliest ECS vintage I have gets a look

Bottle of TCRL Mauritius 2017 sitting next to a rum-filled glencairn

Review #095: Transcontinental Rum Line Mauritius 2017

The first Mauritian rum in the independent bottler's portfolio

A bottle of Ten to One White next to a glencairn of rum

Review #094: Ten to One Caribbean White Rum

Jamaican and Dominican rum are combined to achieve an ideal blend

A bottle of Doorly's XO next to a glencairn of rum

Review #093: Doorly's 8 year

Another mixable rum from Foursquare gets evaluated

A bottle of Riverset Rum Barrel #08 next to a glencairn of rum

Review #092: Riverset Rum - 901 Wine & Spirits Single Barrel

This rye-finished Venezuelan rum was bottled here in Memphis

A bottle of Denizen Merchant's Reserve next to a glencairn of rum

Review #091: Denizen Merchant's Reserve

A combination of two different islands' rums constitutes this blend

A bottle of Privateer DD Fathom next to a glencairn of rum on a kitchen counter

Review #090: Privateer Distiller's Drawer - "Fathom"

This release employs double pot still distillation

A bottle of Hampden LROK The Younger next to a glencairn of rum on a kitchen counter

Review #089: Hampden Estate LROK The Younger

This 5 year old is the second single-marque release from Hampden

A bottle of Hampden 2010 LROK next to a glencairn of rum on a kitchen counter

Review #088: Hampden Estate 2010 LROK

This rum contains some of the oldest stock from the notable Jamaican distillery