Dhivehi Raajje in Dhivehi means "Kingdom of the Dhivehi people". The name may derive from the Sanskrit word "maladvipa" meaning "garland of islands". ![]() The word "Maldives" means "the islands (dives) of Male". The Maldives is named after the main island and capital of Male. The Maldives ( / ˈ m ɔː l d i v z/ ⓘ MAWL-deevz Dhivehi: ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, romanized: Dhivehi Raajje, Dhivehi pronunciation: ), officially the Republic of Maldives ( ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, Dhivehi pronunciation: ), is a country and archipelagic state in South Asia in the Indian Ocean. United States dollar ( USD, used in Maldivian resort islands).It has a richness and depth, with a discernible caramel flavor favored by those who like dark rums with bittersweet. Their newest is Master Distiller Ron Call’s blend of its dark rum together with others from Barbados, Dominican Republic, Panama, Venezuela and Florida, bottled at 43% alcohol. Based in Key West and inspired by the intrepid Ernest Hemingway’s life, Pilar’s distillery has a range of rums from different countries. Prices in the company’s website are oddly all over the place, with a bottle of Lost Monarch Blend offered for between “$29.99 - $50.59” (on-line stores sell it for about $35) and availability is iffy. All of its grains are from California, and its water comes out of the Russian River. Established only in 2015, the distillery’s stocks were first placed in glass barrels, but they now own the largest rick house (stacking facility) of oak barrels in the state. Redwood Empire Whiskies include three offerings: Pipe Dream Bourbon, Emerald Giant Rye, and Lost Monarch, a whiskey blend of Bourbon and Rye. Offerings have been highly praised by both the press and consumers. REDWOOD EMPIRE WHISKEY-This California limited-edition, straight-from-the-barrel cask-strength, uncut bottling was a big hit when it debuted last October, and fans have been awaiting its release for this year. Its 50% alcohol packs a punch, but it also has a characteristic Irish whiskey softness on the palate.Ĭalifornia's Redwood makes limited release full cask strength liquors. The first edition of the series won 2022 World Whiskies Awards as the World's Best Single Pot Still. The name comes from Jack Teeling’s commitment that each bottle purchased will aid the Tree Council of Ireland in the reforestation of a designated area of woodland with exclusively native Irish trees. TEELING IRISH WONDERS OF WOOD ($100)-This is Teeling’s second release in the Wonders of Wood series of Single Pot Still Irish whiskey, triple distilled in Dublin, then matured in virgin Portuguese oak barrels. Its alcohol is 40%, yet it is a full-bodied rum made for sipping straight or on the rocks. It is distilled in Las Cabras de Pesé, Panamá. ![]() The labels are always colorful paintings by Humberto Benitez. In Panama she met renowned Cuban Maestro Ronero (rum maker) Francisco José “Don Pancho” Fernández Pérez and they collaborated. ![]() LA MARIELITA 18-YEAR-OLD RUM ($60)-As the story is told, Cuban-born Janet Diaz-Bonilla, an award-winning screenwriter and director, wrote a screenplay titled La Marielita, which “stimulated her entrepreneurial spirit” to undertake creating a rum by the same name. La Marietta's labels are paintings by Humberto Benitez. It is currently available only in New York stores and top restaurants like Marea and Benoit. It is a blend of 45% alcohol light whiskey from 60% corn, 36% rye and 4% barley malt and rye bourbon, aged three years. Inspired by the Harlem Renaissance during Prohibition, Harlem Standard donates a portion of proceeds to the Jazz Foundation of America’s COVID-19 Musicians’ Emergency Fund. HARLEM STANDARD STRAIGHT WHISKEY($39)-This blended whiskey was “born in Harlem and blended in Kentucky,” although it’s actually distilled in Lawrenceville, Indiana, before blending and bottling in Bardstown, Kentucky. ![]() Having previously removed age statements from its bottles, this is a return to competition with its rival Suntory, and it is already soaring in price well above SRP. NIKKA YOICHI SINGLE MALT 10-YEAR-OLD ($175)-No one any longer debates the high quality of Japanese whiskies made along the lines of Scotch and other spirits, and Nikka has achieved the distinction of being named in 2022 one of Japan's "Important Cultural Properties.” The Yoichi Single Malt 10-Year-Old comes from the Yoichi Distillery founded in 1934 by Masataka Taketsuru near Hokkaido’s coastline, whose salty air lends a fine briny character to it. One of the leaders of the post-war Japanese liquor business, Nikka has been named one of Japan's.
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