Rum Rogues Australia (Beenleigh) single barrel 16 year – Swashbucklers at the Gold Coast (55.3%)

N: gasoline, wood glue and wet wood and antique books, lighter notes of pineapple and orange and peach

P: broadly rummy—light tropical esters, glue and nail polish, caramel, the smallest amount of mint—and less distinctively Beenleigh. Feels much softer than 55%. Good, but hardly a stand out

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Riverbourne 3 year batch 1 That Boutique-y Rum Company (49.6%)

N: orange danish, maybe apple too, frosting and pastry dough and all. Mild to moderate esters

P: more high toned and estery than Beenleigh, with less petroleum. Fruitier, too, orange and apple and peach, in a very pastried way. Could use some more definition and oomph, but it’s good

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