Rum Reviews

(Image Source: @exceptionaldrinks on Carousell)   Background: for my taste, 1996 is the best vintage for a Caroni rum. This particular one comes ...

  I’ve written several reviews now about how there is a sort of divide when it comes to rums – heavy style versus light style. Readers have put up...

  In the first of a three-part review, I thought I’d share my experience with @barbancourthaiti - a rhum brand that many of us would be familiar ...

Editor's note: This is Part 2 of Jigs' 3-part series on Transcontinental Rum Line (TCRL). Jigs continues his conversation with La Maison & Veli...

  In the year 1987, Jamaica celebrated its 25th anniversary of independence from the United Kingdom, and for that very poignant occasion, @jwncor...

Editor's note: This is Part 1 of Jigs' 3-part series on Transcontinental Rum Line (TCRL). Jigs interviews La Maison & Velier's TCRL brand mana...

  You’re walking through a liquor store or browsing through the website of an online spirits retailer. Perhaps you want to try something new, grow...

  After nearly a year of waiting and enquiring, I was very pleased when I finally acquired a bottle of this 38-year-old rum distilled at the Gard...

  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...