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Review
Jamaica's most celebrated distillery delivers a 12-year-old expression that balances tropical fruit intensity with the d...
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Joe Whitfield
August 6, 2026
Review
From the world's oldest rum distillery comes an extra-old blend that showcases the refined elegance of Barbadian rum-mak...
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Review
Cuba's most famous white rum — a crisp, clean expression that has fuelled countless Mojitos and Daiquiris since the dist...
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Review
Venezuela's most decorated rum — a luscious, dessert-like expression aged for up to twelve years that has won more award...
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Review
Hampden's high-ester LROK mark meets ex-sherry cask maturation — Habitation Velier delivers a cask strength Jamaican of ...
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Review
A compelling agricole rum from Caribbean, Clairin Sonson 2020 balances tradition with distinctive personality across the...
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From production methods to tasting technique, everything you need to know about aged rum — the spirit that is converting whisky drinkers and rewriting...
David Thornton
December 1, 2025
A practical guide to the flavours, aromas, and textures you will encounter in rum — from the caramel and vanilla of aged expressions to the funky este...
David Thornton
November 20, 2025
The Daiquiri, the Mai Tai, the Rum Old Fashioned, the Dark and Stormy, and the Mojito — five essential rum cocktails, explained by someone who has mad...
David Thornton
October 30, 2025
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Cocktail
Cuba's forgotten classic — white rum stirred with dry vermouth, orange curaçao, and a whisper of grenadine. A cocktail o...
David Thornton
January 15, 2026
Cocktail
One of sour, two of sweet, three of strong, four of weak — the oldest rum recipe in the world, encoded in a rhyme that h...
David Thornton
January 10, 2026
Cocktail
Three kinds of rum, falernum, lime, and grenadine — the Zombie is tiki culture's most potent and legendary cocktail. Two...
David Thornton
January 5, 2026
Cocktail
Born on Bourbon Street during World War II, the Hurricane is New Orleans' most famous rum cocktail — dark rum, passion f...
David Thornton
December 20, 2025
Cocktail
The Old Fashioned template — spirit, sugar, bitters, water — works beautifully with aged rum. Warm, complex, and deeply ...
David Thornton
December 15, 2025
Cocktail
Puerto Rico's national drink and the taste of every beach holiday you have ever taken. Made properly with real coconut c...
David Thornton
December 10, 2025
News
The Barbadian distillery has claimed the top honour at the ISC for its Exceptional Cask Selection 2010, beating over 1,7...
Bishop Mercer
February 27, 2026
News
The legendary Jamaican distillery has opened its doors to the public for the first time in its 270-year history, with a ...
Bishop Mercer
February 15, 2026
News
The inaugural Caribbean Rum Festival will take place in Barbados this November, bringing together 50 distilleries from a...
Bishop Mercer
February 1, 2026
News
New data from the IWSR confirms the global rum market surpassed £15 billion in annual sales in 2025 — with the premium-a...
Bishop Mercer
January 15, 2026
News
A record 1,840 rums from 42 countries were entered in the 2026 World Rum Awards, with Jamaica, Guyana, and Martinique do...
Bishop Mercer
January 8, 2026
News
Guyana has submitted a nomination to UNESCO to recognise Demerara Distillers' collection of heritage wooden and metal st...
Bishop Mercer
December 20, 2025
Article
From Barbados to Jamaica, distillery tours are becoming a cornerstone of Caribbean travel — and the rum industry is inve...
Article
For decades, rum was the spirit you mixed. Now, aged expressions from Barbados, Jamaica, and Guatemala are competing wit...
Walter Graves
February 20, 2026
Article
Barbados makes elegant, refined rum. Jamaica makes funky, fruity rum. Guyana makes heavy, complex rum. The reason is not...
Walter Graves
February 10, 2026
Article
Every rum begins in a still, and the type of still used shapes everything about the spirit — its weight, its texture, it...
Walter Graves
January 25, 2026
Article
Three ingredients, no garnish, and two hundred years of argument about the right way to make it. The Daiquiri is the coc...
Walter Graves
January 5, 2026
Article
The raw material defines the rum. Molasses produces the rich, sweet rums of the English and Spanish traditions; fresh su...
Walter Graves
December 15, 2025
