Clairin Sajous
Michel Sajous (imported by Velier) · Distillerie Sajous
The Chavaillon Ti' Punch
Nose
Tropical fruit, banana, mango, pineapple, grassy sugarcane, mineral quality, peppery spice
Palate
Tropical fruit, sugarcane grassiness, funky earthiness, citrus and pepper
Finish
Agricole, Tropical Fruits, Citrus (Generic), Banana, Fusel Oil, Spice (Generic)
- Base Ingredient
- Fresh-pressed native Haitian sugarcane juice
- Distillation
- Crystal clear
Cocktail Suggestion
Griot (Haitian fried pork) with pikliz (spicy pickled cabbage)
Food Pairing
Featured in Velier Clairin Collection. 93 Points, Rum Ratings.
Redbreast Lustau Edition
Irish Distillers (Pernod Ricard)
The Lustau Edition is Redbreast's most layered expression — a whiskey that seems to change shape in the glass. That final year in Lustau's first-fill Oloroso butts doesn't overpower the pot still character; it adds a last chapter to an already complex story.
Cragganmore 12 Year Old
Diageo
Cragganmore 12 is the Speyside malt that rewards the patient nose. Where many single malts deliver their story in one dramatic chapter, Cragganmore reads like a novel with slow-building subplots. Those unique T-shaped lyne arms create a spirit of genuine complexity that unfolds over an hour in the glass.
Old Grand-Dad 114
Beam Suntory
Old Grand-Dad 114 is the thinking drinker's value bourbon — a bottle that punches so far above its price point it almost feels like a mistake. That 27% rye mash bill, nearly double the industry average, gives it a backbone of spice that would overwhelm a lesser whiskey, but here it serves as architecture for layers of caramel, chocolate, and charred oak to hang upon. The high proof isn't a gimmick — it's a magnifying glass, amplifying nuances that lower-proof expressions wash away. At under thirty-five dollars, this is a bottle that seasoned bourbon drinkers quietly recommend to one another.
Chairman's Reserve The Forgotten Casks
St. Lucia Distillers Group of Companies
The Forgotten Casks is the rum world's most eloquent argument for the virtue of accidental patience. Those extra years of unplanned aging produced a rum of remarkable layered depth at a price that would be impossible if it were intentional.
Chairman's Reserve The Forgotten Casks
St. Lucia Distillers Group of Companies
The Forgotten Casks is the rum world's most eloquent argument for the virtue of accidental patience. Those extra years of unplanned aging produced a rum of remarkable layered depth at a price that would be impossible if it were intentional.
The Real McCoy 12 Year Old
The Real McCoy Rum Co.
The Real McCoy 12 is the Barbados rum that should be famous — and it would be, if it did not share a distillery with Foursquare’s own celebrated bottlings. Richard Seale blends pot and column still rums aged twelve years in ex-bourbon barrels, and bottles them with zero additives.
Clément VSOP Rhum Agricole
Groupe Bernard Hayot (GBH)
Clément VSOP is the most eloquent argument for rhum agricole’s place among the world’s great aged spirits.
Smith & Cross Traditional Jamaica Rum
Hayman Ltd. (UK)
Smith & Cross is rum with its gloves off. Bottled at a scorching 57% — the old British proof strength — the point at which spirit-soaked gunpowder would still ignite, a benchmark used by the Royal Navy to verify their rum had not been watered down.