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2024 Q2 Memphis Quarterly Market Report
What's new in Memphis for Q2 of 2024
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Memphis Rum Club to Join the Rum Round Table
An exciting opportunity is coming for the MRC to collaborate with other American rum groups
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Review #009: Appleton Estate 15 year
The newest addition to the prolific Jamaican distillery's vertical lineup
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Review #008: Black Tot 50th Anniversary Edition
This navy rum combines some of the finest rums in the world to commemorate 50 years without the Royal Navy's "daily tot"
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Review #007: Habitation Velier Privateer 2017
The first American rum to be released under the Habitation Velier label
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Review #006: Foursquare Indelible
Six years after the beloved Zinfandel Cask Blend, Foursquare revisits a blend aged in casks formerly containing this red wine varietal
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Review #005: Holmes Cay Mauritius 2007
Another Holmes Cay bottling of an African (island)-based distillery's cane juice-based rum
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Review #004: Foursquare 2009
We couldn't review anything else for review number four(square)
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Review Ratings Explained
This post explains the rating scale used in reviews
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Review #003: Diplomatico Distillery Collection No. 3 Pot Still Rum
We take a look at an interesting project from a prolific Venezuelan rum distillery
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Announcing Barrel Pick #001: Riverset Rum
The Memphis Rum Club's first selection of Riverset Rum is a collaboration with Joe's Wines & Liquor