This was bought purely as an easy to review rum from a few nips to make judgements and cocktails without knowledge of it’s importance. We’ve often lauded the superiority of Bacardi that is mostly unwarranted, but it seems we weren’t alone. Truly there are 2 names of rum in Cuba, and this is the other. SHIT. We got the Puerto Rican version.
Timmerman’s Blanche Lambicus: 5.0 – It’s got the lambic and white ale quality, it’s a bit pineapple if not other tropical flavoring. While it may be easy to drink its not fantastic. Overall fairly standard lambic ale.
Price Average: Timmerman’s Blanche Lambicus $14
Website: http://brtimmermans.be/en/
Stone Xocoveza: 3.5 – Oh god the amount of coffee and mocha there is obnoxious. A coffee flavored beverage can often be okay, but this bitter and dark-chocolate, and spiced monstrosity is for people who want to appear to drink beer. The problem being those people hate beer, and now we’re catering to them. The small number of points here is purely for a serious coffee lover would enjoy this enough to balance the score a little.
Price Average: Stone Xocoveza $16 for 6-pack
Website: http://www.stonebrewing.com/
So we’ve actually done 4 different Laphroaig reviews. (The Select, Three Wood, An Cuan Mor, and 15 Year); however despite having bought this very whisky multiple times in the lounge – it recently came to our attention it hadn’t been properly reviewed. Time to solve that. Laphroaig’s 10 year is most notably for being a constant companion in the Buffalo Lounge, not a year goes by without it gracing the shelves for a few short months, and that alone is a true marker of quality more than the other transient spirits in the lounge.
Ta Henket: 5.5 – It’s kind of bland – especially for a Dogfish Head but it does have some unique character to it via the citrus zest and a bit of spice. Overall though it’s nothing special aside from the aesthetic.
Price Average: Name $13
Website: http://www.dogfish.com/
The Hum Low Frequency Porter: 7.0 – It is a delicious porter. It’s got the right amount of depth of flavor, it doesn’t lean too far in a single direction, it has an aftertaste that linger but it’s very muted to give it almost a clean finish. It’s certainly not standard due to how average porters are often like, but then it’s not exactly award winning either.
Price Average: The Hum Low Frequency Porter $8
Website: http://www.mystic-brewery.com/
So as those of you might recall we’ve previously had another entry from the Explorer’s Club Collection – The Spice Road. However as shown we had 2 slightly different takes one by The Buffalo, and the other Justice. Now historically Justice has been a lot more forgiving in scotch reviews which was shown in his entry. We therefore decided for this top-tier entry to meet up and discuss as a group.
