Rum Reviews

  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...

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

  With @whiskylivesingapore just around the corner, I thought I’d better get on with a tasting that has been long delayed, partly because I’ve bee...

  We come back to the independent bottler @dead_reckoning_rum by Justin Bosley today with a rather unique bottling - a nine-year-old Australian ru...