Berry Bros. & Rudd (BBR from now on because I’m lazy) is Britain’s oldest wine and spirit merchant, having traded from the same shop since 1698 – at least that’s what their website say. They have some rums in their portofolio such as Penny Blue and their BBR Classic range (reviews here, here, here and … More Review: Berry Bros. & Rudd Fijian Rum 11 Year Old
I was scrolling on the Master Of Malt new rum releases, just like anybody else does after they get paid, and given I try to focus more on the white rum category, my eyes landed on this bottle of Merchant’s Choice Guyanese White Rum. While you can find plenty of rum from Guyana on the … More Review: Merchant’s Choice Guyanese White Rum
The USA prohibition in 1920 was the push the Cuban rum production needed as Americans were jumping boats to get to this paradise where rum was flowing to get the party started and its popularity remained even after the prohibition ended in 1933. One year later, the Archebala family established the Havana Club brand, which, … More Review: Havana Club Especial vs Cuba Club
Limin’ Beach Club is a vibrant bar and restaurant situated on the South Bank, in London, UK. To my embarrassment I have yet to visit it, but it’s definitely on the list. Last year the people in charge of it, Sham ‘Mr. Limin’ Mahabir and Paolo ‘Mr. Rum’ Molinaro, began their rum venture with Threeways … More Review: Threeways Rum
I’ve ordered a few bottles of this last month as I wanted to make myself a batch or two of hot buttered rum punch* and needed a “dark” rum, so I decided to keep a sample for review at a later time. *For the record, the punch was in the decent-but-needs-working range. Went deep onto … More Review: Robert Watson’s Demerara Rum
That Boutique-y Rum Company were always the odd ones (in a good way), with their limited releases and cute 50cl bottles – I have to say I’ve enjoyed more than one of their offerings. Lately they have decided to be a bit more “mainstream” and created two constant and continuous releases in… are you ready… … More Review: That Boutique-y Rum Company Signature Blend #1
As recent events have moved most activities we would normally take for granted in the online environment there’s no surprise there are a number of companies and brands adapting to offer such services at you door like, let’s say, hmm… rum sampling. A good example are the online tastings (here and here) done by the … More Rum News: The Rum Slinger Rum Subscription Service & Box 001 Review
Cotswolds Distillery located in, well, Cotswolds was established in 2014 and entered the market with their Cotswolds Dry Gin, although the main focus of the distillery was always whisky production. Their flagship, the award-winning Cotswolds Single Malt whisky launched in 2017, is one of my favourite single malts out there and when I saw they … More Review: Cotswolds Treacle Rum
Black Tot Day is known as the day the British Royal Navy ended a over 300 years old (intermittent) tradition as on the 31st of July 1970 it stopped issuing rum rations to the sailors. This year’s 31st of July marked the 50th anniversary of the Black Tot Day and to celebrate it the Black … More Review: Black Tot 50th Anniversary
When a spirit matures in oak a percentage of the liquid in the cask evaporates depending on the climate, pretty simple, right? Well on our side of the world the simpler explanation was that the angels were taking their share to make the spirit (most often whisky) taste good, hence the angels’ share. In the … More Review: The Duppy Share