Rum Reviews

  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...

  Hampden is basically the gold standard of Jamaican rums these days - some might even in their fervour venture as far as to place the estate syno...

  After the Caroni 1996 Guyana Blended Paradise #1, it was only natural to taste the second bottling of the Paradise range too - the Caroni 1998 ...

  @whiskylivesingapore was a pretty hectic affair, having squeezed all my various rum samplings into one Sunday afternoon. Yet there were some ve...

  This reminds us of... a trip through the rainforests with all the diversity of every shade of flavor profile. Try this if... you're big into ...

  It isn’t everyday that we have the chance to taste a rum from the golden age of @velierspa’s Demeraras, when Velier brought to the world a sele...

  Background: a head-to-head between two old continentally-aged demerara rums of great repute. Much has been said of Velier’s contribution to “pr...

  Here we have another single cask Uitvlugt 1989 for tasting, this one bottled by @cormancollins in 2022 at an abv of 49.5% (cask strength I pres...

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

  The final piece in my Barbancourt rhum tasting is one from the 2004 vintage that has been rather comprehensively bottled by various independent...

Editor's note: This is the final Part 3 of Jigs' 3-part series on Transcontinental Rum Line (TCRL). Jigs continues his conversation with La Maison...

  The second @barbancourthaiti sample I had was probably their most exquisite release yet - the Reserve Veronelli. This was borne from a once-off...