Rum Reviews

  Background: I came across this yesterday, while browsing a brick-and-mortar shop. It was my first time seeing a Velier Foursquare in the flesh,...

  Background: I figured it is time to start reviewing the white rums I have. It just seems natural to review a white Port Mourant as a follow-up ...

    Background: another one of those reviews with short titles. Really, Foursquare OBs are the only rums of which age I don’t bother to indicate ...

  Background: this is an impulse buy I made when browsing my favourite craft beer shop. I had forgotten my disappointing run-in with a Monymusk s...

    Background: I am practically new to rum, and have been mostly a whisk(e)y drinker for the past few years. I started with bourbon, moved int...

  The fifth and latest instalment, the Sonson, was released in 2021, having more in common with its predecessor, Le Rocher, than the original trio...

  Ah tricky one! This Clairin, launched in 2017, breaks the trend – it isn’t made by a person named Le Rocher. Instead, it is crafted by one parti...

  As you’ve probably begun to spot the trend, Clairin Casimir is produced by none other than Faubert Casimir, who took over the remote 50-hectare ...

  Also part of the original trio, Clairin Vaval features Clairin made by Fritz Vaval at his distillery Arawaks, that sits on the southern Haitian ...

  Part of the original trio, Clairin Sajous is named after its maker Michel Sajous, who produces the Clairin out of his small 30-hectare distiller...

The @appletonestateja’s Hearts Collection is a rather interesting collaboration with @velierspa, first launched in 2020 with three different vinta...

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