gibt es schon nähere Infos, wann genau die RA HD Abfüllung für den Whisky Tempel in den Verkauf geht? Die Rahmendaten (1993/2021, C<>H, 61,9%) finde ich auf jeden Fall schon mal sehr spannend 
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It’s 46% but have you tried it? It doesn’t always have to be at Cask Strenght to be a wonderfull product. Wait untill it has arrived, it’s a wonderful introduction to Jamaica for beginning rum lovers who are not to familiar yet with the high ester rums we’re used to. @Tom will have a taste of it as soon as we have them in stock, I’m sure he’ll be delighted.
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Hi and welcome to the community! Always nice to have retailers on board 
Indeed I have not. And I totally agree with your statements. But as you said yourself, for “beginning rum lovers” (again, not saying exclusively, pros might also find it interesting) and therefore I don’t find myself amoung the target group. Would I drink it when offered? Absolutely! And I’m sure I would enjoy it a lot. But would I buy a whole bottle? Unlikely. I’d rather pick something with higher strength - especially given the tight situation in my wallet and my cupboard 
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Hello @DevidedByZero, thank you for welcoming me and your reaction as well. I agree with your statement as well concerning the Hampden PX. And since you welcome me as a retailer 
I would like to suggest for are more experience rum lover, the French Antilles 2009 aged on Virgin Oak. Sorry but I remain a retailer so can’t except no for an answer at the end 
FYI : Coming from Galion it’s a long fermented molasses rum so it has the necessary esters and the aging on a heavily charred virgin oak barrel adds a firm smoky depth to it. When I opened up the sample it was first like candy in my nose then the smokiness came and it kept changing every few minutes in the nose and the taste… Sorry but I think I fell in love with this expression 
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I spotted this picture at RomDeLuxe website:
The labeling of the middle and the right rum is clearly fake. As we know they are from Ten Cane and Bellevue. But from where might the rum in the left cardbox originate from? Not from Barbados - for sure!?
Looks like the Hearts Collection is getting two vintages added soon. They were already spoilered on the velier webpage. (Screenshot courtesy of a friend)
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+/- 1k€ für den 84er
+/- 250€ für den 03er.
Ohne Gewähr.
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Retail oder 2. Market 
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Habe die Info von einem belgischen Shop. Gehe also von Retail aus.
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Hatte letztes Wochenende die 3 Hearts im Glas. Der 94er hat am meisten überzeugt, danach der 99er, der 95er war mir zu holzig. Für die 240€ Ausgabepreis bin ich beim 94er hin und und hergerissen, die anderen zwei sind für mich das Geld nicht wert.
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Danke für den (Termin-)Tipp, ich bin ein großer Appleton-Fan und werde versuchen, den 2003 zu kriegen. Der 1984 ist mir zuviel Holz (sowohl Reife als auch finanziell). Ich hoffe, die sind nicht zu schwer zu kriegen, für die Flipper/Dreher ist ja die Appleton Hearts-Serie keine Erfolgsgeschichte. (260 GBP für den 1994 auf Rumauctioneer).
Ich hab eine offene Flasche 1999, der hat nach einem Jahr die Kräuter/Lakritzlast abgeworfen und ist sehr in Richtung getrocknete Früchte gewandert. Toll, aber nicht sehr komplex. Der 1995 gefällt mir sehr gut, bei 1994 steht die geschlossene Flasche noch im Keller.
Any more infos on this bottling?
I’m curious about this one too
If I hadn’t gone over my rum budget so much in recent weeks, I would happily take the bottle. Maybe in a few weeks if it’s still available.
And this one should be a Versailles or a Port mourant
The 1998 Column Still Batch hasn’t had one good rum yet and they’ve been much cheaper before. I’d save my money for other bottlings.
The 2007 Hampden’s had been rare and are all over the place now. The kill devi s had been very good nevertheless and the price seems to be ok - at least rransted into german prices 
Edit: but as @Rodolphe wrote it’s probably not a Hampden but a WP.
The 2004 is a colored Versailles (MDXC as it was called by some bottlers). The best of this batch are good. The worst are mediocre.
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Speaking of Kill Devil… kann es sein, dass Rum&Co den 2000er WIRD als Foursquare verkauft hat? Das Bild ist verschwommen, aber ich meine da “West Indies Rum Distillery” lesen zu können 
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Ist mir auch schon aufgefallen:
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Jo, nur dass Rum&Co den für 115€ verkauft haben (vs. £199 bei whiskyshop und £158 bei TWB). 
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Are we sure that’s a hampden? Pot still could be worthy park too or maybe another ?? i’m not specialist enough.
You’re absolutely right! This is probably not a hampden. Just looked at my label. The label says hampden and the month is 11/07.
So we don’t know what we’ve got here. But Monymusk/Clarendon usually allows their name on the labels and WP doesn’t. So I believe you’re right and its not a Hampden.
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Definitely Worthy Park:
https://www.thewhiskybarrel.com/mystery-rum-worthy-park-14-year-old-2007-kill-devil
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Thanks