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
Now that’s a title right there, this is a Guyanese rum from Demerara Distillers Limited (the house of El Dorado rums) bottled by That Boutique-y Rum Company whose ethos is taking a “no BS approach” – they are all about transparency, information and purity and I rate that. The Versailles still is a single wooden … More Review: That Boutique-y Rum Company – Diamond Distillery, Versailles Still, 14 Year Old (Batch 3)
Diamond Distillery, Guyana, has no less than 12 stills (although not all produce rum) under their roof from which three of them are made of greenheart wood – Enmore Coffey Still, Versailles Single Pot Still and the infamous Port Mourant Double Pot Still. Spoke a bit more about their stills and heritage in my That … More Review: El Dorado 12 Year Old
Wood’s has been around since 1887 and has been owned by William Grant & Sons since 2002. Its stubble bottle packaging has been around since 2016, I saw pictures around of the old one and I have to say I am happy I met it in its current form. The label states “Original navy recipe” … More Review: Wood’s Old Navy Rum
During these uncertain times the online alcohol sales have gone through the roof, (I might’ve contributed to it myself) so, as a cocktail bartender and rum blogger, I decided to put together a list to guide anyone on a budget looking to put a/another bottle of rum in their spirits cabinet. Either for homemade drinks, … More Article: My Top 10 Value For Money Rums
Before rum was called “rum” it appeared in a few documents from the 17th century Barbados as “kill devil” – a pretty cool fun fact I might say. The Kill Devil range comes from Hunter Laing, a Scottish company that mainly deals with blending and bottling whiskies. They are independent bottlers sourcing rum from different … More Review: Kill Devil Guyana Uitvlugt 17 Year Old
Not many spiced rums reviewed on my blog, but I found this one odd enough to give it a try. Three Tides Smoked Demerara Rum is a spiced rum from Beaufort Spirit, a “spin off” from their main company, Beaufort London, that deals with producing perfumes and fragrances. The company’s name comes from the Royal … More Review: Three Tides Smoked Demerara Rum
Hamilton 151 was made as an alternative for other 151 overproofs and became a staple tiki ingredient like Lemon Hart 151 for drinks such as the Zombie. Unfortunately it’s mostly available in the states, therefore I could only get hold of a sample here in the UK. Hamilton 151 is a blend of rums from … More The Barrel Sample: Hamilton Overproof 151
Rum Exchange began as a Facebook group where people could trade… well, bottles of rum. Now the company itself which was started by Andreas Isopp is involved in importing and distributing various small brands and also has its own range of rums sourced from various distilleries/countries – I reviewed their first bottling that hails from … More Review: Rum Exchange Guyana – Port Mourant 11 Year Old