Rum Reviews

  Background: the 1995 batch of IB Clarendons contain some of my favourite rums; it is a wonder I have not reviewed any one of them till now. This...

  In 2022 when the Hampden Pagos was first announced, Pagos to mean "Cru" in Spanish, it certainly raised a brow of interest given the Jamaican di...

  Has it been five years already? Hot damn! I still recall when Hampden had first released their inaugural Great House Edition in 2019, which at t...

  My series of Appleton rum tastings ended with the Appleton Estate Joy Anniversary Blend - a rum celebrating Joy Spence’s 20th anniversary as the...

  Just when I thought that my Appleton Estate journey couldn’t get better, @rum_come_save_me came along with a sample of one of the “unicorns” of ...

  Not often is a rum released to so much fanfare and anticipation, but the Appleton Estate 17 Year Old Legend (henceforth referred to as the Legen...

   Long Pond is a distillery that is much beloved by the rum community, but has been plagued but several start-stops in its recent history. Each t...

"Woodes Rogers" New Yarmouth 1994, 27 Year Old, 67.1% ABV; "Samuel Bellamy" Uitvlugt 1991, 30 Year Old, 62% ABV; "Charles Vane" Long Pond 1983, 38 ...

  Hampden's are big - so when the Jamaican rum distillery releases a new mark, you'd be forgiven for being surprised that the interest in it would...

  Background: when it comes to Jamaican rums, Hampden is my go-to distillery; there are just so many bottlings of very old continentally aged Ham...

  Hampden is basically the gold standard of Jamaican rums these days - some might even in their fervour venture as far as to place the estate syno...

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