Rum Reviews

  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...

  We're back with another of Distilia's flagship series - one that has been quite popular for its extensive range and collection of Guyana's Demer...

"Woodes Rogers" New Yarmouth 1994, 27 Year Old, 67.1% ABV; "Samuel Bellamy" Uitvlugt 1991, 30 Year Old, 62% ABV; "Charles Vane" Long Pond 1983, 38 ...

  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...

  Introduction: The Auld Alliance very recently put up a tasting set of six samples, one for each Silver Seal rum release this year. Three of the...

  Rum drinkers today would know that the Golden Age of @velierspa Demerara rums was a pivotal moment in rum history, where the world was introduc...

  Background: another local bottling, this time from the Uitvlugt French Savalle still. A friend passed me this sample in exchange for my tasting...

  In part two of my @nobilisrum tasting, we look at the Uitvlugt 1989 from the Port Mourant double wooden vat still, a single cask aged for 31 ye...

  Across the rum world, old @velierspa demerara rums are increasingly difficult to find, and even more so to find an open bottle considering that...

  Some of the rums at a midweek tasting with @the_rum_cartel at The Auld Alliance! A special mention for Berry Bros & Rudd’s 1977 Jamaican ...