Rum Reviews

  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...

  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 ...

  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...

  The last rum review of 2022 leads me back to one from the final chapter of the age of @velierspa’s demerara rums - the Diamond & Port Moura...

  Background: when it comes to Jamaican rums, Hampden is my go-to distillery; there are just so many bottlings of very old continentally aged Ham...

  @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...

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

   Amongst @velierspa’s Elliott Erwitt Edition Magnum Series #1 is, for the first time in its 257 years of history, an independent bottling of @r...

  @velierspa's Elliott Erwitt Magnum Series I am tasting today is one from the @mountgayrum distillery in Barbados. What makes it stand apart fro...

  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...