Rum Reviews

  The Sponge is today a beloved independent bottler of a wide range of spirits, having started from whiskies before progressing on to rums, Cognac...

  I fondly remember the first Long Pond rums I had chanced upon during my initial foray into this rabbit hole of mine - Plantation’s (or now Plant...

  This is the second TDL rum (Trinidad Distillers Ltd) of what should be a total of six single casks that were all distilled on the very same day,...

  To be honest, people don't go loco for Trinidad's sole surviving rum-maker Angostura (or more specifically, its rum-producing subsidiary, TDL, ...

  Background: this is a dram I had at The Auld Alliance, one of the great whisky bars of the world. An old Hampden bottled in 2019 from a vat of ...

  Background: Guyana rums are confusing. There are all these stills that give very different distillates, and all these defunct distilleries thro...

  Background: my second rhum agricole, this time from J. Bally, a brand known for their vintage releases, something really quite rare among rum O...

Some delicious Caroni rums, a 1999 from Corman Collins and a 1997 joint bottling by The Auld Alliance and @colheitas. Both are an absolute joy t...