Hmpdn 2012 – Low Esters (59,1%, Swell de Spirits ‘Pop’ for Inter Caves France 2023, ex-bourbon cask, 310 btl.)
Foursquare 2006 (59%, Swell de Spirits ‘Private Garden’ for Cave Versus 2023, bourbon cask, 281 btl.)
Caroni 25 yo 1998 HTR (59,2%, Swell de Spirits ‘Private Garden’ for Intercaves Limoges 2023, bourbon + recycled rum cask, 140 btl.)
New Yarmouth 27 yo 1994 (66,7%, Swell de Spirits ‘Flashback #2’ 2022, barrel #435058, 359 btl.)
Hmpden 9 yo 2013 C<>H (66,3%, Swell de Spirits ‘Anniversary Cuvée’ 2023, New Yarmouth finish, cask #05086, 150 btl.)
HMPDN 10 yo 2011 <>H (67,4%, Swell de Spirits ‘Wonders of the World’ 2021, cask #05086, 392 btl.)

Diamond / Port Mourant 22 yo 2001 (45,2%, Precious Liquors ‘100 Aspects of the Moon’ 2023 btl.)
Panama Don José 22 yo 2000 (46,3%, The Whiskyfind for Whisky Picnic Bar Taiwan 2022, bourbon barrel#13, 241 btl.)
T.D.L. 21 yo 2002 (46,5%, FRC 2023, armagnac + cognac matured / Ruby Port finish, 241 btl.)
Fiji 21 yo 2001 – South Pacific (47,3%, The Colours of Rum, ex-rum barrel #17, 222 btl.)
Diamond 26 yo 1996 (50,2%, Distilia ‘The Golden Age of Piracy – Hornigold’ 2023, cask #5, 156)
Trinidad Rum 4 yo ‘Feli y los Malos’ (50%, Rhythm & Booze Records #2, 50 cl, 400 btl.)
Enmore 32 yo 1990 MEV (53,6%, Rum Sponge 2023, various types of cask, 197 btl.)
Jamaica Premium Blend 14 yo 2008 (58,9%, The Colours of Rum 2023, ex-rum cask #40, 233 btl.)
T.D.L. 13 yo 2009 (62,8%, The Colours of Rum 2023, ex-bourbon barrel #107, 256 btl.)

A review of the whisky year 2023, with a list of our favourite new releases, favourite cognacs and rums, as well as some whisky stats and thoughts.

The Duo: LP 1998 + HD 2014 (56,9%, The Whisky Jury 2023, refill casks, 143 btl.)
TDL 2009 (62,9%, The Whisky Jury 2023, refill barrel #3, 259 btl.)
Heavy TDL 14 yo 2008 (64,9%, Swell de Spirits ‘That’s the Spirit’ 2023, used bourbon cask, 356 btl.)
TDL 2005 (62,5%, Swell de Spirits for Salon du Rhum Spa, ex-bourbon cask #1763 + Caroni cask finish, 180 btl.)
Secret Fiji 9 yo 2014 (66,1%, Swell de Spirits ‘Wild Nature’ 2023, 366 btl.)

Montebello 23 yo 1998 (43,3%, The Colours of Rum 2022, ex-rum cask #4, 155 btl.)
Bellevue 23 yo 1998 (54,3%, The Colours of Rum 2022, ex-rum cask #2, 252 btl.)
Rhum J.M. 2015 (55,1%, OB for Kirsch Import 2021, bourbon barrel #200376, 254 btl.)
Uitvlught 25 yo 1998 (60%, Decadent Drinks 2023, refill rum barrel, 194 btl.)
TDL 31 yo 1991 ‘Black Bart’ (62,7%, Distilia ‘The Golden Age of Piracy’ 2023, cask #R2455, 205 btl.)
New Yarmouth 28 yo 1994 (67,4%, Flenburg Rum Company 2023, 84 btl.)
Belize Rum 15 yo 2008 (68,1%, Swell de Spirits ‘Private Garden’ for Cave Deymier 2023, 200 btl.)

Clarendon 22 yo 2000 (44,3%, Decadent Drinks 2023, refill rum barrel, 146 btl.)
Long Pond 22 yo 2000 JMLW (49,6%, Decadent Drinks 2023, refill rum barrel, 198 btl.)
Enmore 28 yo 1994 ‘Victoria Amazonica’ (51,8%, Distilia for Catawiki 2023, 193 btl.)
New Yarmouth 27 yo 1994 (60,1%, Thompson Bros 2022, refill barrel, 285 btl.)
Caroni 1998 (61,9%, Swell de Spirits ‘Private Garden’ 2023)
Hamden C<>H 2007 (66,2%, Flensburg Rum Company 2023, 265 btl.)

Havana Club 11 yo (50%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2023, American white oak, 2400 btl.)
Ninefold 3 yo (62,2%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2023, bourbon cask, 207 btl.)
Renaissance 2019 (64,7%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2022, first-fill Léoville Poyferré finish#19145, 252 btl.)

Foursquare 14 yo 2008 (57,1%, The Roots 2023, cask #1, 271 btl.)
NAS 15 yo – Foursquare 2005 & 2007 (50%, Decadent Drinks 2023, refill barrels)
Barbados 15 yo 2005 & 2007 MBFS (57,1%, Rum Sponge 2023, refill barrels, 275 btl.)
Foursquare 16 yo 2005 (59,9%, HNWS Taiwan 2021, bourbon barrel #41, 265 btl.)
Foursquare 15 yo 2006 (61%, The Colours of Rum 2022, ex-bourbon barrel #10, 264 btl.)
Foursquare 15 yo 2006 (61,5%, The Colours of Rum 2022, ex-bourbon barrel #9, 276 btl.)
Foursquare 11 yo 2010 (61,8%, The Colours of Rum 2022, bourbon barrel + whisky cask #3, 259 btl.)

HD 32 yo 1990 (53,1%, The Whisky Jury 2023, refill barrel #CH1990)
HD 10 yo 2012 (58,3%, The Roots 2023, cask #25, 229 btl.)
Jamaican Rum JMWP 14 yo 2007 (58,1%, The Whisky Blues for The Alcohol Bar & The Whiskey Seeker 2021, barrel #61, 274 btl.)
Long Pond 18 yo 2004 (60%, Rum Sponge 2023, refill barrel, 284 btl.)
Long Pond 2007 (66,6%, Spirits Project 2023, refill barrel, 247 btl.)

Enmore – Versailles 32 yo 1990 (50,9%, The Whisky Jury ‘The Many Faces of Rum’ 2022, refill barrel #22, 222 btl.)
TDL 19 yo 2003 (62,7%, The Whisky Jury ‘The Many Faces of Rum’ 2022, cask #4, 222 btl.)
HD 2007 (62,3%, The Whisky Jury ‘The Many Faces of Rum’ for Care for Craft / The Purist 2022, refill hogshead #8, 239 btl.)

Diamond 26 yo 1996 (47,3%, The Taste of Whisky 2022, bourbon barrel #110, 190 btl.)
Port Mourant 9 yo (58,6%, Sample X Rum 2022, single bourbon cask, 294 btl.)
Enmore (Versailles) 36 yo 1985 ‘MEV’ (50,4%, Distilia ‘Greenheart’, 101 btl.)
Privateer Letter of Marque – Yankee 4 yo (57%, OB for Kirsch Import 2022, single cask #P574, 228 btl.)
A.F.D. 11 yo 2010 (57,1%, Watt Rum 2022, refill rum barrel, 264 btl.)
Hampden C<>H 15 yo 2007 (62%, Kinghaven 2022, bourbon hogshead + sherry finish, 264 btl.)

Caroni 22 yo 1998 (66%, Precious Liquors ‘Tortuga I’ 2021, cask #2286, 230 btl.)
Caroni 23 yo 1998 (59,9%, Precious Liquors ‘Tortuga II’ 2021, cask #35)
Long Pond 38 yo 1983 ‘Vane’ (52,5%, Distilia ‘Golden Age of Piracy’ 2022, cask #8, 108 btl.)
Long Pond 23 yo 1998 (52,7%, Wealth Solutions ‘Colours of Rum’ 2022, ex-rum cask #1, 163 btl.)
Enmore 33 yo 1988 (48%, Wealth Solutions ‘Colours of Rum’ 2022, ex-rum cask #109, 185 btl.)
Enmore (Versailles) 31 yo 1990 MEV (51,6%, Distilia ‘Greenheart Collection’ 2022, cask #7, 227 btl.)

A review of the whisky year 2022, with a list of our favourite new releases, favourite cognacs and rums, as well as some whisky stats and thoughts.

Uitvlugt 31 yo 1990 (48,4%, The Colours of Rum 2022, Edition n°4, ex-rum cask #18, 161 btl.)
Uitvlugt 32 yo 1989 (64,1%, The Colours of Rum 2022, Edition n°3, ex-whisky cask #18, 222 btl.)
HD 29 yo 1992 (58,1%, The Colours of Rum 2022, Edition n°5, ex-rum cask #9, 250 btl.)
HD 29 yo 1992 (58,2%, The Colours of Rum 2022, Edition n°4, ex-rum cask #6, 251 btl.)
Foursquare 22 yo 1999 (61%, The Colours of Rum 2022, Edition n°14, American oak cask #16, 210 btl.)
Foursquare 22 yo 1999 (61,9%, The Colours of Rum 2022, Edition n°13, ex-rum cask #13, 228 btl.)

Uitvlugt 1989 (46,7%, The Whisky Jury for Nanyang Singapore 2022, refill barrel #8, 203 btl.)
Clarendon 15 yo 2007 (57,1%, Rum Sponge 2022, refill barrel, 262 btl.)
Clarendon 26 yo 1995 (57,1%, Precious Liquors for Auld Alliance 2022, cask #433941, 196 btl.)
Caroni 21 yo 1999 ‘Blackbeard’ (65,7%, Distilia ‘The Golden Age of Piracy’ 2021, cask #197, 228 btl.)
Australian rum 2012 (66,9%, Swell de Spirits 2022, single cask, 368 btl.)

New Grove Emotion 1969 (47%, OB +/- 2021)
Barbados 21 yo 2000 (49%, Rum Sponge 2022, refill barrel, 241 btl.)
New Yarmouth 27 yo 1994 (57,1%, Precious Liquors 2022, cask #435038, 292 btl.)
Caroni 24 yo 1998 ‘Chaconia’ (60,2%, Distilia ‘Floral rum series’ 2022, 139 btl.)
Foursquare 12 yo 2009 (61,5%, Whisky AGE 2021, barrel #16, 250 btl.)
Hampden 8 yo 2012 OWH ‘Chestnut Bellied Cuckoo’ (59,3%, OB for Whisky Live Paris 2020, bourbon barrel #667, 250 btl.)
Fiji SPD 2001 (62,4%, The Whisky Jury 2022, refill barrel #13)

Foursquare Indelible 11 yo ‘Mark XVIII’ (48%, OB ‘Exceptional Cask Selection’ 2021, single blended rum)
Enmore 1988-1990 ‘Alpha & Omega’ (51,6%, Jack Tar 2021, cask #40+42+55, 252 btl.)
Bellevue 24 yo 1998 (54,4%, The Whisky Jury 2022, cask #19, 237 btl.)
Hampden Pagos 3 yo (52%, OB 2022, Oloroso + PX sherry casks)
Long Pond LSO 23 yo 1998 (59,6%, Rest & Be Thankful for LMdW 2022, cask #10269, 188 btl.)

JMH 29 yo 1992 (57,7%, The Whisky Blues 2021, barrel #11, 253 btl.)
TDL Distillery 29 yo 1991 (59,9%, Thompson Bros 2021, 15 years tropical ageing, 205 btl.)
Foursquare 14 yo 2006 (60,6%, Swell de Spirits 2021, 50 cl, 360 btl.)
Caroni 1997 ‘La Lune’ (61,3%, Jack Tar 2021, cask #84, 225 btl.)
Caroni 1997 ‘Le Soleil’ (63,8%, Jack Tar 2021, cask #60, 221 btl.)
Caroni 1999 ‘Limbo’ (63,7%, Jack Tar 2021, cask #186, 217 btl.)

Rhum J.M. 21 yo 1999 ‘Single Barrel’ (43,6%, OB for Kirsch Import 2021, bourbon cask #180007, 369 btl.)
Labourdonnais 10 yo 2010 (51,9%, Liquid Treasures 2021, refill ex-Islay butt, 353 btl.)
Bellevue 23 yo 1998 (53,2%, The Whisky Jury for TastToe 2021, refill barrel #10, 245 btl.)
Uitvlugt 30 yo 1990 ‘Early landed’ (55%, Rum Sponge 2021, refill barrel, 226 btl.)
DOK (HD) 2009 (56,6%, TastToe 2021, 198 btl.)
Saint Lucia Distillers 15 yo 2005 (61,5%, OB ‘Master’s Selection’ for Grape of the Art & Rum X 2021, cask #06012000, 232 btl.)

Enmore 32 yo 1988 (48,9%, The Whisky Jury for Whiskay, refill barrel #9, 181 btl.)
Uitvlugt 31 yo 1989 ‘Early Landed’ (50%, Rum Sponge 2021, double wooden pot distilled, refill barrel, 221 btl.)
Finest Jamaican Rum ‘Over 25 yo’ (50,1%, Wu Dram Clan / Duckhammers 2021, 164 btl.)
New Yarmouth 26 yo 1994 (59,1%, Thompson Brothers 2021, single cask, 271 btl.)
Pure Single Jamaican Rum JMD 24 yo 1997 (59,4%, Whisky Blues 2021, barrel #3, 206 btl.)
Hampden 2011 (67,4%, Swell de Spirits 2021, single cask, 392 btl.)
Caroni 23 yo 1998 (58,2%, The Whisky Jury 2021, refill barrel #26, partially matured in the tropics 275 btl.)
Caroni 23 yo 1998 (60%, Rum Sponge 2021, heavy style, first fill barrel, 230 btl.)

Imperial 25 yo 1996 (53,6%, Watt Whisky 2021, refill barrel, 214 btl.)
Lochindaal 13 yo 2007 (57,1%, Watt Whisky 2021, barrel, 254 btl.)
Foursquare 14 yo 2007 (57,1%, Watt Whisky for The Nectar’s 15th Anniversary 2021, 11 years tropical + 3 years continental ageing, bourbon barrel, 300 btl.)

Bielle 10 yo 2009 (49,4%, Rasta Morris 2019, 226 btl.)
Caroni 23 yo 1998 (56,8%, The Whisky Jury for Spring Spirits 2021, refill barrel #45, 288 btl.)
Grand Ârome de la Baie du Galion (57%, The Nectar of the Daily Drams for Crombé Wines & Rum Robin 2021)
Mden 22 yo 1998 (57,2%, The Whisky Jury for TastToe 2021, refill barrel #5, 275 btl.)

Caroni 22 yo 1998 (57,1%, Rum Sponge 2020, heavy style / early landed, first-fill bourbon barrel, 258 btl.)
Caroni 23 yo 1998 (59,2%, Thompson Brothers, 11 years Trinidad + 12 years UK, 256 btl.)
Caroni 22 yo 1998 (60,7%, Liquid Treasures for NanYang & REJOBev 2021, bourbon barrel, 218 btl.)
Caroni 1998 (62,2%, Wu Dram Clan 2021, cask #2109)

Barbados 1998 – Foursquare 22 yo (58,8%, Colours of Rum 2021, ex-bourbon cask #25, 7 years tropics, 227 btl.)
Barbados 1998 – Foursquare 22 yo (59,9%, Colours of Rum 2021, ex-bourbon cask #12, 7 years tropics, 244 btl.)
Trinidad 1998 – Caroni 23 yo (62,2%, Colours of Rum 2021, ex-rum cask #47, continental maturation, 249 btl.)
Jamaica 1994 – New Yarmouth 26 yo (68,7%, Colours of Rum 2021, ex-American oak cask #435081, 25 years tropics, 256 btl.)

Enmore 14 yo 2002 (56,8%, Rum Nation 2016, second-fill bourbon casks #77-82, 442 btl.)
Bellevue 14 yo 1998 (52,3%, Duncan Taylor, single cask)
Monymusk MMW ‘Wedderburn’ 11 yo 2007+2008 ‘Continental Aging’ (63.9%, E.A. Scheer & Velier 2010)
Monymusk MMW ‘Wedderburn’ 11 yo 2007+2008 ‘Tropical Aging’ (69,1%, E.A. Scheer & Velier 2010)
Hampden LROK HCLF 6 yo 2010 (60%, Habitation Velier 2017)
Hampden HCLF 2010 (68,5%, Habitation Velier 2016)
Long Pond 2007 TEC (62,5%, National Rums of Jamaica)

Glenburgie 10 yo 2008  (52%, Asta Morris 2018, AM116, Foursquare rum finish, 237 btl.)
Glenburgie 10 yo 2008 (52%, Asta Morris 2018, AM106, Caroni rum finish, 259 btl.)

Don Pancho 25 yo 1992 (49,2%, Sansibar 2017, 267 btl.)
Travellers 10 yo 2007 (66,6%, Eiling Lim & The Duchess 2017, Belize rum, barrel #14, 281 btl.)
Hampden Estate 6 yo 2010 ‘LROK’ (67%, Habitation Velier 2016)

Foursquare Criterion (56%, OB ‘Exceptional Cask Selection’ for The Whisky Exchange 2017, 2000 btl.)

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