Rum Talk: What‘s in your glass today?

MoparRules · September 27, 2026, 6:02pm

not my last of course

FoAx · September 27, 2026, 8:41pm

The Whisky Jury New Yarmouth 2009 RX26043

Kaktus_Kontrafaktus · September 27, 2026, 10:43pm

Not quite the style of aged agricole I prefer (the “grassiness” I’ve fallen in love with is too discrete) but undeniably great for the price.

Rather muted in the nose, slightly watery mouthfeel (both by cask strength standards) but in terms of complexity it’s a generous step up from most standard bottlings of aged agricole.

I wonder how representative of the average cask in La Favorite stocks this is. Is this in some way special or unusual, or could you pull a random 6-8yo ex-bourbon cask from the warehouse and get something of similar quality?

I’ve long wondered how the standard VSOPs & XOs would taste bottled at higher strength (50%+, same cask selection), I like many of them, but they all feel overdiluted.

I wish aged agricole was treated like Bourbon when it comes to bottling strength. Make 45% the minimum strength (beyond the absolute bottom shelf), 50% the standard (there’s plenty of affordable Bottled-in-Bond Bourbons, similar to the common 46% in Scotch), and liberally jump to cask strength (e.g. Wild Turkey Rare Breed).

MarMih092 · September 28, 2026, 4:54pm

Florent_Apl · September 28, 2026, 5:40pm

Online masterclass with Vagabond Spirits and Rum Explorer, discovering specific casks influence on the same base white Savanna.

zabo · September 28, 2026, 6:13pm

They had that one at the GRF too, a nice set to train your taste buds

Florent_Apl · September 28, 2026, 7:05pm

For anyone interested, I really recommend trying the set. You can even take one set and split it into 5 to have 2ml of each, but I can tell that each cask really gives a different result. Even though the rums are young, the influence is there, and for the sake of the experiment it’s worth it.