Rum Reviews

  From the funky Boutique-y Records series released in 2021 came the Barbados Secret Distillery No.7, and while the good folks at @boutiqueyrum w...

  For a country as vast and as storied as India, it's a shame that not more quality rums come out from the country, much of which is to do with th...

  After having had a number of rather hard-hitting rums in recent times, I thought it’d be a refreshing change to explore rums from other regions...

  Background: these need no introduction. A friend happened to be at The Golden Promise in Paris, and asked if I were interested in any of their ...

  Following on the theme of Caroni rums, this bottle from @cormancollins was a rather unique one that I had the pleasure of tasting at @theauldal...

  This is the second TDL rum (Trinidad Distillers Ltd) of what should be a total of six single casks that were all distilled on the very same day,...

  To be honest, people don't go loco for Trinidad's sole surviving rum-maker Angostura (or more specifically, its rum-producing subsidiary, TDL, ...

  I had previously reviewed the whole range of single estate Clairins from Velier. A key feature of Clairins - and in my opinion, still the best w...

  @boutiqueyrum is no stranger to Caroni rums, having released at least 12 different bottlings since they started. Batch 8 was the first that I t...

  The second of @distilia_ rums that I had the privilege of tasting was one from their new Floral Rum series - the Caroni 1998 Chaconia exclusive...

  Have you ever wondered what it is like to smell or taste someone’s personality and experiences? Are our senses even capable of such a thing? One...

   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...