Trailer Happiness (the bar where I currently work) does oftenly get American and Canadian guests that are very interested in rum and tiki drinks. They are quite recognisable from their flowery outfits, which often rival mine, and their desire to sit at the bar as close as possible to the rum selection. One such person … More Review: Hamilton 151 Overproof
I have to say I love that I have this section for cocktails on my website – it just pushes me to come up with delicious drinks for my favourite rums and sometimes the result is simply chef’s kiss! Now enough bragging, let’s carry on with some drink recipes. As per usual if you’d like … More The Cocktail Barrel #8
My second review from their Autumn 2022 Rum Release, this time from Guyana which is a favourite of mine when it comes to rum – well, most of the time. I’ll say it from the get-go, keep an eye on Dram Mor, they are a Scottish independent bottler from Dumbarton Scotland bottling really good and … More Review: Dram Mor Guyana – Diamond Distillery – 2011 (Cask No. 20893)
Thanks to a fellow spirits enthusiast, ginesthesia (well, she likes gin, but let’s not give her a hard time) I managed to get a sample of this Guyanese single barrel rum bottled by Leith Spirits. Leith Spirits is based in Leith (duh!), Edinburgh and they run a distillery where they make their own range of … More Review: Single Cask Rum Diamond Distillery 16 Year Old – Leith Stillroom
Many of us, especially in the UK, have been longing for a decent Guyanese 151 rum to use in all those Zombie recipes (and not only) that ask for a “Overproof Demerara” or “151 Demerara” component – yes, the Zombie isn’t made with 3 different types of spiced rum, pineapple juice and a Wray float, … More Review: Pusser’s Select Aged 151
Legendary or not, I haven’t heard about this rum until now when I stumbled upon it on Amazon offers and just went with it. The brand itself is from Northumberland, England and was established in 1914. In time the rum went out of circulation and the recipe was lost until the 1980s when the original … More Review: The Legendary Alnwick Rum
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
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
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
El Dorado have launched limited edition rums called Rare Collection to highlight some of their marques and stills, just like the old Velier Demerara did. This one was distilled at Diamond Distillery (Guyana) in the Versailles Wooden Pot Still in 2002 and was a release of 3000 bottles. They are supposed to be additive-free, but … More The Barrel Sample: El Dorado Rare Collection Versailles 2002