Capn Jimbo's Rum Project Forum

I would always prefer to try something which is as original as possible and something that has information as to the year of distillation, year of ageing, location, cask information, distillation style and no additives. Have tried and have few rums which are lets say generic but always will prefer t...

Do the IB bottlers have so much stock that it has not sold out?

Over the week saw that Master of Malt had new arrivals of Bristol Rum which has been bottled over some time.

And I ordered a rum, which the retailer informed me that he would receive next bottles in 1-2 weeks (has been bottled in 2012).

So your Cadenhead PM was not for sale since 2006?! I am interested in seeing many rum releases being available many years after the bottling date. Is this due to not being released at the bottling date or lack of demand? Wonder how many of the IB do manage to go for example to Guyana and select cask...

Not sure tbh. I think we can try cover as many IBs as possible.. Perhaps ask a certain set of questions and see if they respond. For example, there are lots of Guyana releases which use names of old distilleries. How many are products of these or the corresponding stills (as BAT has analysed). How d...

So this is based on how we think that the IB bottlers might be buying rum.

Could they be buying casks?
What casks do we expect that distilleries might be using?
If IB 's are maturing the rum, how long would they wait?

Thanks mamajuana! I was not aware that they would be using IBC. Therefore it could be possible that during travelling rum from different distillation could have been mixed ? Thus the way of moving the rum from one location to another, introduces an element of uncertainty as to the the rum included i...

CJ, If they buy in bulk then that means that the rum does not age at all in the location of distillation and is immediately transferred abroad? Do they use casks for this rum or do they use other "vehicles" to carry it? Would the use of "vehicles" with high capacity means that th...

Thanks! I wanted to ask information about the independent bottlers. Would it be ok if i asked this in the Rum in the UK post? I can see that in most cases these are the guys that promote rum single cask bottlings and I am trying to understand how would it be possible that rum casks might have travel...

Hi Bearmark, Do like them abit peat/smoky. I was suprised with the Longpond I tried. It was quite a revelation. Shall I try to find Hampden now? Is there any other rum producer in Jamaica that I should look for? I was quite impressed with the fact that the rum in Jamaica has to follow strict specifi...

Taste is so intangible and different depending on our own taste buds that it is always difficult to understand if whatever one persion experiences is the same for others. I like the part of reviewing (generic speaking) that offers information on bottles/bottlings that I am not aware. I like the hist...

Hi to all. Whisky drinker trying something new here. I have always thought that understanding what you drink (history/ingredients/process) is as important as the drink itself sometimes. This is why I asked CJ to join the forum since I am looking for more info about rum (or at least a place to discus...