Rum Reviews

  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,...

  In the year 1987, Jamaica celebrated its 25th anniversary of independence from the United Kingdom, and for that very poignant occasion, @jwncor...

  It was only a few days ago that @masamindependentbottlers shared some photographs of the late Mr Silvano Samaroli with a selection of his bottl...

  Jamaican rums are having a real moment - and for good reason, these ester fruit bombs are smack-you-in-the-face tasty and you don’t need to be b...

   Last night at @limehouseasia to celebrate the release of their second official bottling with @preciousliquors - a single cask 1994 New Yarmout...