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October 25, 2018 Patrick Smith

Hot Takes with La Maison & Velier's Kate Perry
We love nerding out with passionate people about particular products. To celebrate the Habitation Velier line's arrival, Kate Perry, rum expert, former GM of Seattle's Rumba, and now North American Market Manager for La Maison & Velier, graciously let our own rum devotee, Patrick Smith, pepper her with questions. Get informed and thirsty!
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September 20, 2018 CJ Best

Xaymaca: Plantation's New Funky Treat (And How To Say It)
Plantation has long been known for their uncanny ability to source incredible rums, releasing them in both blends or single varietals for aficionado and layman alike. In 2018 we are fortunate to get a new addition to their permanent line up with the Xaymaca (pronounced zay-muck-uh) Special Dry release.

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September 8, 2018 Joe Barwin

The One Rum Our Buyer is Sipping Right now: Worthy Park
Getting back into rum production after a 45 year hiatus, the Worthy Park distillery first began releasing rum again under the Rum-Bar label in Jamaica in 2007. Although the US has gotten hints of what they've been up to through independent bottlers (if you've had Hamilton Jamaican, The Funk, or Doctor Bird, you've had Worthy Park), the company was waiting for their first premium bottling to mature before they made their official debut.
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July 16, 2018 CJ Best

Crazy for Clairin, Haiti's Wild Ancestral Rum
Attention all amateur and professional rum fans! With the much anticipated launch of La Maison & Velier in the United States comes their coveted Clairin releases. For the uninitiated, Clairin (meaning “clear” in the native Haitian Creole) may seem like a standard unaged rum but is really much more. There is so much culture and terroir in this juice that it deserves recognition and understanding of what this spirit is and how it came to be.
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May 30, 2018 Mish Sukharev

The Empress, The Monkey, The Elephant and The Tiger: An Enchanted Cult Gin Quartet
Deep in the juniper jungles of gin country, broaching the borders of the known map of gin flavors, live the treasures only known as the cult gins. The intrepid gin-splorers who ventrue to lift the veil of mystery surrounding these mystic bottles are often rewarded with some of the most flavorful and unique gins out there.
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April 11, 2018 Mish Sukharev

Wright & Brown Barrel #27 Release #2 (Brandy Barrel Finish): Release and Tasting
Oh boy, it’s here! - On Tuesday Earl of Wright & Brown dropped off the second half of our Barrel #27 Rum, the half that spent an extra 6 months being finished in several Brandy quarter cask barrels. And man, was it worth the wait!
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Hot Takes with La Maison & Velier's Kate Perry

Xaymaca: Plantation's New Funky Treat (And How To Say It)

The One Rum Our Buyer is Sipping Right now: Worthy Park

Crazy for Clairin, Haiti's Wild Ancestral Rum

The Empress, The Monkey, The Elephant and The Tiger: An Enchanted Cult Gin Quartet

Wright & Brown Barrel #27 Release #2 (Brandy Barrel Finish): Release and Tasting