Rum Reviews

  The next bottle in our tasting was named The Cane, and no surprises here that it was a Jamaican rum from 2008 bottled by @preciousliquors for @d...

  I'll just come out and say it - these are some of the coolest labels I've seen on rum bottles. Now, bear in mind, unlike whiskies where the labe...

  One of the interesting (and slightly obscure) features of whiskies and rums within the spirits realm is that if you're observant, you'll notice ...

  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...

  The Last Ward is a little bit of a mini arc contained in the tapestry of Velier's works - it's like One Piece or Pokemon where in one of those e...

  Mark Reynier, the man behind Renegade Rum, is likely one of the spirits industry's greatest champions. His is a resume that's incredibly difficu...

  Following closely after was @lamaisonandvelier’s Caroni Paradise Series #4, a single cask #3786 Heavy Trinidad Rum (HTR) distilled in 1996 and a...

  In a similar way that the Caroni Paradise series #1 and #2 by @lamaisonandvelier were introduced during @whiskylivesingapore 2022, 2023 brought ...

  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...

  Continuing with the theme of @whiskylivesingapore, I thought I’d share a couple of detailed tastings of some rather unique rums I had last week,...

  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...

  Every year Velier gives us a whole haul of new rum goodies to be excited about - it's always a mix of the good ol' stuff you can't go wrong with...