Quick Fire Rum Tasting Notes

Havana Club Tributo 2018

Cuban Rum
40% ABV

 

 

Nose: Werther's Original butter candies - stewed stoned fruits - grilled pineapple rings – clove studded orange – Hotel Chocolat dark chocolate covered coffee beans – smoked walnuts – musk – sandalwood – iodine - old chair leather – freshly polished oak furniture – seaweed - wood smoke and a tease of something very sweet dessert wine-esqe.

Palate: Tea stewed stoned fruits – blackberries – Princes tinned strawberries in syrup - mixed candied peel – butterscotch sauce - Caffè mocha – sugared almonds - liquorice – juniper – cloves - tobacco leaf - charred oak and the subtlest kick off capers.

Finish: A right rollickingly rich and rum-arkable ride across the senses, with a finish that is longer than a hot steamy night in Havana.

Summary: In addition to its core range of Cuban rums, which make for superb bridging sips and serves between the worlds of rum and whisk(e)y, Havana Club also has a number of special limited editions in its armoury, including this, the third bottling in its Tributo Collection, which contains rums drawn from 60 Year Old casks.

Limited to just 2,500 bottles, this latest Havana Club release has been finished in barrels that previously held smoky Scotch whisky. Although not immediately obvious, once you take the time to get up, close and personal with this epic drop of rummage, some of the notes more synonymous with Scotch, start to make themselves proudly present.

 

 

The Cognac Tweet Tasting

Not only are we thrilled top announce our 120th Tweet Tasting, we’re also delighted to announce that on April 25th, ahead of this year’s Cognac Show, we’re teaming up again with our good friends at Marussia Beverage, to host our first dedicated Cognac event.

 

On the night we’ll be pouring and exploring a cornucopia of cracking cognacs from the Le Reviseur, Maxime Trijol and Leyrat Cognac houses. If you're curious about Cognac and are looking for the perfect set of bridging sips into another sensational spirits category, or are already a full on fan, we’d love to have you join us on the night!

 

Full details to follow soon, but if you like to take part in an evening dedicated to all things Cognac, click here to register by emailing your name, address and Twitter handle, remembering to mark the subject line #TheCognacTT

 

The closing date to register is March 28th and if you are registering to take part please make sure that you will actually be free on April 25th to take part!

 

Even if you're not one of the selected Tweet Tasters, it'd be great to have you following all the evenings tweet taster, so we look forward to seeing you over on Twitter on April 25th at 19:00 BST via #TheCognacTT

 

Registration open to over 21's only!

 

For more information on Marussia Beverage’s Cognac brands, visit: marussiabeverages.co.uk

 

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Dubliner Whiskey Competition

As huge fans of Irish whiskey, and with St Patrick’s Day just a couple of weeks away, we thought it’d only be rude not to have an Irish theme for our next competition. So we’re delighted to announce that we’re teaming up with our good friends at The Dubliner Irish Whiskey, to giveaway a bottle of their 10 Year Old single malt whiskey.

Launched as a homage to the history of distilling in Dublin, The Dubliner 10 Year Old, was produced using 100% malted barley and distilled in copper pot stills, before being matured in oak casks that previously held Kentucky Bourbon.

To be in with a chance of winning a bottle of The Dubliner 10 Year Old single malt Click Here and email us your contact details along with the phrase that dramming pays:

“I’d love to sip and savour all the decadence of a decade old

dramspanking Irish dramming

ditty from The Dubliner.”

 

*Remember to mark the subject line of your email with: The Dubliner Comp

If you’re on Twitter you can also follow us via @TheWhiskyWire and RT one of our related competition tweets for another chance to win!

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The Dubliner 10 Year Old, which is bottled at 42% ABV, is available from specialist retailers, for a RRP of £50.00.

 

For more information on The Dubliner, visit: dublinerwhiskey.com

 

Competition closes at 23:59 on March 31st 2018. You have to be aged 21 years or over to enter!

Tamdhu Tweet Tasting II

Following on from the huge success of last years event as part of the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival, we’re thrilled to announce that on Saturday May 5th, we’ll be teaming up again with our very good friends at Tamdhu, for a belting bonanza of a Tweet Tasting, live from the distillery!

Running simultaneously with the distillery led event as part of this years the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival, hosted by Distillery Manager, Sandy McIntyre and Tamdhu Brand Ambassador, Gordon Dundas, the afternoon will provide a rare opportunity to share, sip and savour some truly epic drams, including a new limited-edition festival bottling.

Full details to follow soon, but if you would like to join us for some splendorous Speyside sips on a Saturday, and you missed out on tickets to the distillery event, which sold out within an hour of tickets going on sale, click here to register by emailing your name, address and Twitter handle, remembering to mark the subject line #TamdhuWhisky

The closing date to register is March 23rd, and if you are registering to take part please make sure that you will actually be free on the afternoon of Saturday May 5th to take part!

Even if you're not one of the selected Tweet Tasters, it'd be great to have you following all the afternoons dramfotainment. So we look forward to seeing you over on Twitter on May 5th at 16:30 BST via #TamdhuWhisky

 

Registration open to over 21's only!

 

For more information on Tamdhu, visit: tamdhu.com

 

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