Rum Reviews

  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...

   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 ...

  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...

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

  Background: as far as age goes, this is probably unsurpassed. 58 years of cask influence to the dunder-y Jamaican distillate of singular charac...

  What an amazing rum flight this evening thanks to @the_rum_cartel. Hard to pick a favourite among such great rums, but if I had to, the Diamo...

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...

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...

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...