Rum Reviews

  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 ...

  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...

  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...

   @velierspa has always been synonymous with impressive Demerara rums, especially during its golden age between the mid-2000s and the early-2010s...

  The Caribbean string of islands are quite possibly responsible for being the primary microcosm that supports the rum universe – the majority of ...

  The Foursquare-Velier collaboration is one of the bastions of the rum world going gaga in the real time. What do I mean by that? The rum world (...

  The last of the @velierspa Flora Antillarum tastings was also the oldest - the @rhum_montebello 2002, distilled at the eponymous distillery in ...

  The next rhum from @velierspa’s Flora Antillarum series was the 2009 @rhum.karukera. But before diving into the rhum itself, I thought to shed ...

  The first from @velierspa’s Flora Antillarum series was the 2014 @rhum_bologne, which also holds the accolade for being the oldest distillery i...