Great purchase with exquisite rum!
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Wow! Is that the new Long Pond from The Duchess? I cannot find it here in Italy 
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Indeed it is, was lucky and fast enough to reserve a bottle. The Duchess was sold out in 45 minutes.
But itâs a joint bottling with Sample X. There are still some available in shops in Belgium.
Oh, Iâd love to see shops like this in my area. I am totally dependent on the internet.
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Itâs very stressful for the wallet 
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Amazing selection! Iâd love to get my hands on that Beenleigh 2015 (I have the 2006)âŚ
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Damn⌠that Shop is a Dream comes true. Would love to bye the SBS 2006 RAV⌠
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UhmmmâŚdear @Tom, can we use you as our personal Rum-mule? 
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Is it really that different? I always think that everyone has other things they can get a hold of more easily. For example: Velier Caroni, RA, V&M and Nobilis are not that easy to come by over here. But RA is easy (or easier?) for Germans, is it not?
And given the secondary market, It looks as if Velier is (or perhaps was?) easier for Italians?
I have like two shops that are within a 30 minute drive where I buy most my rum. Then TasTToe is about an hour away. But thatâs about it (supermarkets not included). Next stop would be Corman Collins or Luxemburg.
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It is indeed trueâŚSome bottlers are better distributed in their respective homelandâŚbut in Italy, if youâre lucky, you can find some Velier and Samaroli bottles in the same liquor store, although most of the times we are talking about the most common ones.
Unfortunately, it is easier (and usually cheaper) to buy online
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It is that different⌠because its a physical shop that cannot be âcleanedâ via online orders (well at least if the owner decides to keep some stock for the physical shop).
In my area are effectivly 0 shops which sell rum (ok some do a few bottles, but the standard ones like Plantation Barbados XO or Zacapa stuff), so I have to order online if I want to get certain bottles
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Sure in Germany itâs a bit easier to get RA bottles, but the chances are still almost 0 to get e.g. the 2000 Rockley one (sadly)
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I think I buy 95% of my bottles (maybe even more) in a physical shop. Itâs also upholding the relationship with the shopkeepers that can help sometimes with obtaining a bottle (f.e. the SBS Guyana 2006 or The Duchess Long Pond that I bought today). I donât like it when I âhaveâ to order a bottle online 
Especially not if itâs from these gigantic websites.
Well, for what itâs worth: if you should ever think I could help you to get a hold of a certain bottle, send me a PM and weâll talk about it 
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Thatâs nice to hear. I would like to do the same, but⌠mhmm itâs only 3,5h with the car⌠
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I donât know if you already tasted it or not⌠but the Inner circle navy strenght 5yo is really good for less than 50âŹ. I liked the velier 2006 not much better than the inner circle⌠(better yes, but not a lot). So if you canât find the 2015 from Velier, I think the inner circle could be a really good substitute.
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Nah, where I am the Whiskey selection usually is very good, and Rum is mostly a third or less of the sale space. It amounts to the typical crowd pleasers (sweeter Spanish style). One Wisky store has added 8 year Hampden and some Clairin to their small Rum selection. Another store (with best selection so far) is actually a delicacy store (spirits coffee, oil, vinegar⌠You get the drift), and has some Clement single Cask, a bit of Plantation, the Ship themed line from St. Lucia and the entry level Rum Artesanal. Thatâs it. For everything âfancyâ I need to go online, but the selection online is fortunately, very good for us in Europe in general.
I think it has to do with history. Germany never had a strong navy rum tradition (what navy, for most of the time?) and also got very high taxes from the British when importing. So imports where those extremely high Ester Jamaicans (like those Continental marks from Hampden) that would be mixed with cheap industrial alcohol to produce Rum for the German market. That, however, wasnât always the best quality and not the same as the original, so it ruined Germany for rum a little bit. Most guys I speak to about Rum are astonished that you can drink it neat, as they only know it for mixing. That also reflects in the store selection.
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VerhältnismäĂig gĂźnstig zu haben
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Somebody emptied the shop recommended by Tom just before my brother arrived there. At least he got the last REV and Mhoba Plastic for me 
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Was there so much gone then?
Iâm guessing @MrRumantic wonât be too happy that the REV is gone