Rum Reviews

  It was a truly remarkable evening yesterday as we were hosted by @gregory.neisson at @restaurantjagsg for an excellent six-course dinner pairing...

  Neisson is located near Saint-Pierre, Martinique, at the foot of Mount Pelee, a volcano whose last great eruption in 1902 almost wiped out the ...

  In the last of the “special tastings, I take a look at, and of course a taste of, @rhums_neisson’s Nonaginta, dedicated to the 90th anniversary...

  After tasting @rhumj.bally’s 1929 millesime, it seemed appropriate for me to follow-up with a review of another old rhum from J. Bally’s select...

  J. Bally is one of the more prominent rhum agricoles, most of which comes from either the islands of Martinique or Guadeloupe. Rhum agricoles th...

  I never thought I’d have the opportunity to taste this rhum, not only because of its scarcity, but also the price that comes along with a rhum ...

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

  This one’s a unicorn, I’ve been told. And because it was primarily meant for the Japanese market (more on that later), and the only known bottle...

   Amongst @velierspa’s Elliott Erwitt Edition Magnum Series #1 is, for the first time in its 257 years of history, an independent bottling of @r...

  Its been awhile since my last review, thus I thought I would do something old, something special, like an old agricole rhum that dates back to ...

  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...

    Background: a pure canne bleue distillate, tropically aged in an ex-bourbon cask for 11 years and 7 months. I have not tried any rum from Cle...