Rum Reviews

1941 is hardly a year that comes to mind when it comes to rum vintages, as most rums then were sold in bulk or blends, and there was simply no mar...

I’m starting this review rather in a rather unorthodox fashion, because I’ll be stating this upfront - that the 1977 Jamaican “Overproof” Rum bottl...

A very interesting bottle of Fair Drinks' Jamaican rum, a 5-year-old Worthy Park Estate rum aged in American oak barrels and bottled in the Cognac...

Saturday mornings are made for this - a little rum tasting of Black Tot Rum’s 50th Anniversary Rum, a blend of rums from the four cornerstones of ...

Tasting one of the all time classics Appleton Estate 12 Year Old Rare Blend, long considered as the gateway to Jamaican rums! The first nosing o...

Today we look at a very unique blend - the Kaiman, by Compagnie Des Indes for their 5th anniversary. The blend is a mix of 72.2% 1973 Guadeloupe a...

Tasting a really great single cask Hampden bottled exclusively for @the_rum_cartel by @lamaisonandvelier with an outturn of 380 bottles. The rum w...

The other half of Plantation’s Extreme No.3 - the Jamaican HJC 22 year old, distilled in 1996 and bottled at cask strength 56.2% abv. The HJC marq...

Tasting Plantation’s Extreme No.3 Jamaica ITP 22 year old, distilled in 1996 at the famed Long Pond Distillery! The rum is bottled at 54.8% abv an...

Tasting some of that great Hampden Estate 8 year old 46% at Straits Clan today! I must admit I did not exactly enjoy the rum when I first tried it...

Mondays with Plantation Xaymaca, a blend of 100% Jamaican pot still rums from five different marques of the Long Pond and Clarendon distilleries! ...

Headed out to stock up on some stay home essentials, including this amazing 22-year-old Plantation Extreme No. 3 Jamaica HJC 1996 from the famed L...