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S&C Haiku Review

Sip it or mix it
The funk is strong with this one
It will get you drunk

Appleton 12 Haiku Review

Sweet Godly Nectar
The flavor of a nation
How I love you so

Appleton V/X (now signature blend) Haiku Review

Buy a big bottle.
Although the twelve year's better,
It's a great value.

Blackwell haiku review:

this will do the trick.
you can get something better
at the same price point.

Ti punch was a success.

I'm heading back to T&T for carnival, so I'll do some more research.

I've been trying to be concise with reviews, so I wrote a haiku:

New Amsterdam Gin:
sweeter than what I'm used to
but fruity and nice

I noticed the vomit/medicine aromas mellowed out since i opened the bottle. It's a little more complex now. As far as dilution goes, I had been putting ice in overproofs in the past, but after reading jarimi's review, i see how that would dull the flavor. at that point, all you taste is bland cold e...

Bouquet: Funk. Singes your nosehairs. Cough syrup. The microscopic residue of yesterday's vomit on a humid dive bar floor after it's been mopped up. Flavors: Cola. Vanilla. Wood chips. Cotton candy. Cream soda. That trini flavor. It's not just alcohol. It's a shitload of alcohol. It's a little like ...

Fruity. Maybe a little too sweet for me, but it would make for a nice gin & tonic. I think I'd rather have Gordon's.

It was pusser's for sure... I think they even used the 15 year pusser's. They were very dedicated.

And I plead a fifth as far as anything else goes.

my evidence for this being the original rum for pina coladas is anecdotal. a family member went to (what I think they said was) the original bar, and pressured the bartender into showing what they put in it.


That being said, that bottle out here is around $30, so I would rather get something else.

Bottle statement: aged fifteen years I had my last drop (and only one drop) in the 1787 bottle. It might be about as sweet as doorly's 5 year. there might not be that much sugar in this. It tastes better in some ways than vat 19 and angostura 7 year, but does not taste significantly better than vat1...

I had a shot of 97 Caroni at The Rum House in new orleans a couple days after Mardi Gras in 2016 (my consolation for not being able to go to T&T). I remember is was smokey, oakey, and okie dokie. Reminded me of of whiskey a bit! I also had an authentic $5 painkiller and a 7 year H. Club and an A...

I think this might be the original rum for pina coladas.

It's worth trying.

I probably won't buy it for a long time, since there are other rums at that price point that I would like to try.