Quick Fire Rum Tasting Notes

Havana Club Tributo 2020

Cuban Rum

40% ABV

Nose: An affluently alluring abundance of espresso coffee, vanilla bean paste and a bar of Lindt 70% dark chocolate. Along with stewed stoned fruits, Frank Coopers muscovado marmalade, spiced poached pears, Werther's Originals, sugared almonds, a slice of Delia’s creole Christmas cake, Luxardo Maraschino cherries, polished oak furniture, dried leather, tobacco leaf and subtle yet confident suggestions of smoke.

Palate: A decadently delicious duo of espresso coffee and a slice of black forest gateau. Along with a bar of Cadbury Bournville Old Jamaica chocolate, tea stewed prunes, mixed candied peel, Monin vanilla syrup, oak infused kirsch liqueur, anise, ground cinnamon, a grate-ette of nutmeg, wood spice, a tease of sweet smoke and a hint of something very Angostura bitters-esque.

Finish: A long lip lickingly lush and sassily spiced finish, which is fully rounded, rewarding and dare I say rum-arkable! 

Summary: This is the fifth Tributo bottling from Havana Club, a series which uses some of the distillery’s oldest rum stocks and pays tribute to the history of rum production in Cuba. Since launching in 2016, these bottles have become an annual rum release highlight. I have to say that I wasn’t completely bowled over by last year’s bottling, but the 2020 edition is a beauty and has well and truly restored my faith in what has otherwise been a delicious series of rums. Roll on 2021! 

Puffing Billy Steamed Vodka Flash Blog

In addition to our teeming throng of industry leading Tweet Tastings, and as we continue to celebrate all things spirited and sippable, we’re thrilled to announce our latest Flash Blog event.

To help celebrate the launch of the new Puffing Billy Steam Vodka, we’ve teamed up with The Borders Distillery to give our next group of Flash Bloggers, the opportunity to pour and explore their new small batch vodka, which has been produced using malted barley and filtered by being steamed through charcoal inside Puffing Billy; their rare Carterhead still.

If you would like to be one of our spirited Flash Bloggers, here are all the details you need to know:

* If you’re a Blogger, Vlogger, Tweeter, Facebooker, Instagrammer or YouTuber, we’d love for you to write a review of the new Puffing Billy Steam Vodka. Then after 10am on May 28th, post your review on your blog, linking and promoting it via tweets, posts and stories on your social media channels. Making sure you include the hashtag #PuffingBilly 

* We will of course get the sample to you in plenty of time of the Flash Blog date of May 28th, so you’ll have plenty of time to pour, explore and review.

* On the day of the Flash Blog and in the spirit of good Flash Bloggery, we would also kindly ask if you could also share and re-tweet the reviews and posts from your fellow Whisky Flash Bloggers.

To register to take part click here to email your name, postal address, date of birth and social media deets, remembering to mark the subject line: Puffing Billy 

The closing date to register is April 30th, and if you are registering to take part please make sure that you will actually be free to review and post on May 28th!

For more information on Puffing Billy Steam Vodka, visit: thebordersdistillery.com

Registration open to over 21's only!

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Hinch Distillery Tweet Tasting

Continuing our teeming throng of always self-isolated, industry leading Twitter trending Tweet Tastings, we’re thrilled to announce that on May 20th, well be teaming up with the County Down – Northern Ireland based Hinch Distillery, for an evening of Irish whiskey dramfotainment.

Ahead of the June opening their new £15m whiskey and gin distillery, which is located just south of Belfast in the grounds of the Killaney Estate, we’re very much looking forward to pouring and exploring a bounty of their bottled belters.

Full details including dramming line up to follow, but if you fancy taking part click here to register your interest by emailing your name, address, phone number (for sample courier), date of birth and Twitter handle. Please remember to mark the subject line of your email: #HinchDistillery

The closing date to register is April 23rd, and if you are registering to take part please make sure that you will actually be free on the night!

Even if you're not one of the selected Tweet Tasters, it'd be great to have you following the evening’s dramfotainment. So we look forward to seeing you over on Twitter on May 20th from 7pm BST via #HinchDistillery

For more info on Hinch Distillery, visit: hinchdistillery.com

Registration open to over 21's only!

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@hinchdistillery

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