Tag Archives: Rum
Papa’s Pilar “Never a Spectator”. Pilar was the name of a customised boat commissioned by Papa – Ernest Hemingway. If you don’t know who Ernest Hemingway is then you can either visit the rum’s 
Westerhall Estate is situated on the Caribbean Island of Grenada. Since its inception it has existed in various guises. Presently Westerhall Estate blend and bottle their range of 6 rums.
Prior to this the estate has been an agricultural estate farming bananas, coconuts, limes and cocoa. It has also processed sugar cane, at one point it even had its own small distillery.
Another independent bottling up for review this time a Port Morant Demerara Rum from English bottlers Bristol Classic Rum. Rather than bore you all with yet another monologue about Demerara Distillers Ltd/Diamond Distillery I will instead focus on the possibly incorrect labelling of this rum.
In both Guyana and Jamaica there are towns called Port Mourant (Jamaica) and Port Morant (Guyana). In times gone by both these towns have lent their names to Rum Estates/Distilleries. In more recent times the Guyana version of Port Morant is, as well as a town now a name given to a double wooden pot still taken from the Port Morant Estate.
The Scarlet Ibis is the national bird of Trinidad. Unlike the label and as the name suggests, The Scarlet Ibis is a bright red beauty of a bird. This rum was originally commissioned by the Ultra Trendy New York bar “Death & Co.”.
The rum is blended using aged stocks of Trinidad rums and is released in limited batches when it becomes available. As a result the rum can be quite difficult to find. Once again I was able to source a bottle from The Whisky Exchange.
Chairman’s Reserve White Label is the latest white rum up for review. Regular readers will be aware of my fondness for the regular Chairman’s Reserve and other offerings from the excellent St Lucia Distillers.
St Lucia Distillers produce a fine range of blended pot and column still rums and I would thoroughly recommend anyone who is serious about authentic rum seeks out their offerings. I’ve reviewed most of the rum that is available in the UK and decided to round off a recent round up of a few white rums with this offering.
Over two centuries ago Lehmann (Lemon) Hart was named an official purveyor of rum to the British Royal Navy, subsequently establishing the Lemon Hart Rum Company in London, England, in 1804.
Whether Mr Hart ever intended a 151 Lemon Hart to become Tiki staple is improbable but this particular rum is the most iconic of Lemon’s legacy. What is even more improbable is that the Lemon Hart Rum Company of late would be based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. That is however what has become of the man’s legacy.
El Ron Prohibido or Ron Habanero. I’m really not quite sure quite how to introduce this rum. The front of the bottle is written mostly in Spanish so that doesn’t really help. The back of the bottle gives more clues as its all in English – Ron Prohibido is the registered Trade Mark on the back so I’ll go with that.