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    Quote: from JOHN REEKIE on 11:08 am on Jan. 26, 2002

    CJ ...You have raised an interesting situation, which I will add my thoughts to. On returning to the States, instead of rums easily available in the States. So why not bring back rums that anybody would be envious of, but are more or less impossible to find in the States. Forget H15 at 跌, wait for your traveling friend and aquire one at ๠-贄.

    We do not know your circumstance and how much you intend to bring home. But maybe you should make it a 'case of rum' and pay the taxes and duty, its well worth it. I think a returning American is allowed the first five bottles anyway.

    My suggestion is to find British -imported, barrel aged, blended, married, finished and bottled Caribbean rums.

    You have already found Cadenheads of Scotland, do you know that they have a store in 'Covent Garden' in the center of London. Well worth a visit if you can get there. Maybe discuss that they do the shipping for you, to the States to one of their agents, saves you the bother of lugging it around, breakage etc.

    To any body in the forum, William Cadenhead, in Scotland, bottles 15 different rums from individual Caribbean stills, all of diferent maturities and each bottling slightly different from the previous one.-Wonderfull Rums!. A limited amount and selection of these rums can now be found in the States.

    Also another Scotish rum from -Gordon & mcPhail, Demerra distilled in 1974, then shipped to Elgin Scotland -bottled in 2002, cask no.99-100,46%(Thats 27 years in oak).I have a bottle of this fine rum.

    Then there are the -Bristol Spirists 'Classic Rum's -6 rum bottlings  aged 10 to 23 years. All from individual Stills in the Caribbean. These are becoming available in the states, here in Canada I will never be able to get them.

    United Rum Merchants ,thats Lambs, put out a -'Special Consignment -1949 Limited Edition -Distilled in 1939'. (but still only a 10 year old rum. cost $$$)

    Thomson's 'Estate Mark 1989 -Barbados from WIRR'. and Thomson's 'Estate mark 1980 -Demerara from the Diamond Distiller. Are two other examples of British importing ageing etc and bottling.

    Holsons various rums ,-Holsons 9 yr old/46%, barbados from WIRR. - Holsons 11 yr old/46%, Versailles still, Demerara.  -Holsons 16 yr old/46%, Enmore Distillery , Demerara.  Then the -'Holsons West Indies Rum British Navy Rum'-Distilled 18th September 1940. Bottled 20th September 1993 -53 years in oak.

    What I have been trying to say is why bring back rums from mega bottlers available anywhere. Find the true rums(out of the islands that is ).But at the same time watch out for the British cheap dark young blends of navy rums.

    Being in Britain , with the European Open Market, you should be able to hunt down some exceptional rare French rums, thorogh the agents.

    Also in London there are a couple of Pubs/bars specialising in rums with up to a hundred or so rums, I am told, but unfortunatly I have no reference to these. Ask around for them,it would be a wonderfull experience if you found them. Can anybody in the forum give any information to CJ. also let us know what experience you have in one of these 'Rum Pubs'

     

    CJ -Good luck, I would be interested to find out how this ends up.

    If you look for seldom rum please

    look

    at

    http.//www.macha-rum.de

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