Rum Reviews

   This might look like an otherwise unassuming bottle of clear liquid, frankly it looks no different than water. But to the rum world, this was q...

  Last night’s affair at @mandalaclub.sg was an excellent one with @matthieugouze who brought us through the various rums from Jamaica, Barbados,...

  You’re walking through a liquor store or browsing through the website of an online spirits retailer. Perhaps you want to try something new, grow...

(Image Source: Distilia)   When it comes to rums, there’s an element that you can’t really escape, and that’s the often cited influence of the Na...

  @velierspa's Elliott Erwitt Magnum Series I am tasting today is one from the @mountgayrum distillery in Barbados. What makes it stand apart fro...

  Background: as per the title, these are two private bottlings of Foursquare from two casks, two vintages, selected and/or imported by a local i...

  Background: I recently pulled the trigger on two sets of rare rum samples curated for the upcoming TWE Rum Show. So, 5 very rare rums, 20ml eac...

  Image courtesy of whisky-maniac.de Background: another of those interesting bottles I get to sample from my ever-generous rum chat group. This ...

  Background: my first taste of Foursquare 2013 happened at The Bar at 15 Stamford, a cosy bar with an extensive rum menu located in The Capitol ...

  Background: my first bottle of IB Foursquare from some time ago. I remember it being a very sippable rum. Aged tropically in ex-bourbon casks f...

  Background: I came across this yesterday, while browsing a brick-and-mortar shop. It was my first time seeing a Velier Foursquare in the flesh,...

  Introduction: The Auld Alliance very recently put up a tasting set of six samples, one for each Silver Seal rum release this year. Three of the...