Rum tastings, events, cocktails, & bars! From the West Coast to the East Coast!

Let's taste some rum as I tell you about how I went from Long Beach to Los Angeles to Boston to DC to New York for a bunch of rum events, tastings, & bars over the course of 2 weeks.

Raising Glasses Jablesse 21-year-old Trinidad rum California Edition:
~$90, 61.4% abv
Distilled at Trinidad Distillers
TML marque
Fermented from molasses
Column distilled
Aged 15 years in Trinidad and 6 years in the UK

rum et al. queens share for Raising Glasses:
not on the market yet, 71.2% abv
Distilled at Dead of Night Distillery in LA
Redistilled heads, tails, & dunder from rum et al. baseline, variable (dunderclap), & variable (tailspin)

coffee mai tai with rum et al. variable (tailspin)
2 oz variable (tailspin) unaged pot distilled molasses rum
3/4 oz lime
3/4 oz orgeat
1/2 oz Mr. Black coffee liqueur

Alamique Serrano Zona verde (barrel #19):
64.9% abv.
Distilled by Rommel Krassel in Feb 2022
Wild fermented fresh cane juice from the java varietal
Copper alembic pot distilled
Aged for 21 months in new French oak casks
Bottled Dec 2023
Only 141 bottles

Striped Lion Overproof Rum:
60% abv
Made by Kevin at Striped Lion in Woodbury, NJ
Molasses-based
Double pot distilled

Hampden Estate The Maverick:
59% abv
Exclusive release crafted by Christelle and Matthew to celebrate the birth of their son named Maverick, who was born in May 2024
Blend of 50% HGML 2018 + 40% LFCH 2020 + 10% C-diamond-H 2021
Aged in ex-bourbon barrels

0:00 Hello!
1:32 Rum Curious Summit (Long Beach, CA)
4:31 Raising Glasses Jablesse
7:04 Caña Rum Society (LA)
9:01 rum et al. queen's share
12:25 Shore Leave (Boston, MA)
14:07 Coffee Mai Tai
16:32 The Green Zone (DC)
18:00 Alambique Serrano Zona Verde
20:03 NY Rum Fest (Brooklyn, NY)
20:30 Striped Lion Overproof Rum
22:35 The Remix (Brooklyn, NY)
24:08 Hampden Estate The Maverick

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