I was looking through my shelves looking for a rum to get back on more regular writing and tucked away I found these 2 bottles that were made in New Zealand. Unfortunately, from what I can see, they are not available in the UK, but I’m excited to add New Zealand to the list of … More LWF Distilling – White Rum & Spiced White Rum
I’m back everyone, and this time with more British rum. Revival Rum is made in Northamptonshire by the founder of the company, James Singlehurst. He made the decision to start producing rum during the 2020 lockdown as his previous occupation, farming, wasn’t feasible during the COVID period. James took advantage of the government launching the … More Review: Revival Rum
Here’s an English rum made near Milton Keynes by someone with hospitality and culinary experience. Luke and Fiona Garnsworthy established Three Counties Spirits Co. and started making rum in September 2023. Luke’s background as a chef helped him a lot when it came to create Landlock, a molasses based rum made from scratch at their … More Review: Landlocked White Rum
Well, I can somehow proudly say I’ve seen and tasted hundreds of rums, and while I know there are many more out there, I wasn’t expecting something like this. I never thought I’d have to write these words on my blog in this day and age, but yet here we are. This is a brand … More Review: Big Titty Rum 44D
Ho, ho, ho and 24 drams of rum! Well, here we are again! Christmas is coming and so are the Advent Calendars from Drinks By The Dram. This is my 4th year in a row where I review and describe their Rum Advent Calendar without giving actual spoilers – it’s not that easy, you know? … More Review: Rum Advent Calendar (2023 Edition) – Drinks By The Dram (Spoiler Free)
Around the 11th Century the Devil was visiting Wales in the high mountains near Aberystwyth when he met an old woman who seemed upset. Her cow had wandered across the river and she couldn’t get her back. The Devil saw the opportunity and told the woman that he will build a bridge to help her, … More Review: Devil’s Bridge Spiced Rum
Reitrbution Distilling Co is a company from Frome, Somerset, UK which started off as a brewing side-project and turned into a spirits producing company. They make pretty much anything, from gin to new make spirit soon-to-be-whisky and of course, rum. I did review their unaged expression and I have to say I was very much … More Review: Retribution Spiced Rum
This is a sample from a That Boutique-y Rum Company bottling that is part of the Return To Oz range – this release consists of some limited-in-numbers rum expressions made in Australia. I enjoy these kind of bottlings as they offer the possibility to try rums that otherwise wouldn’t be available on the UK market. … More The Barrel Sample: That Boutique-y Rum Company – Mt Uncle Distillery 12 Year (Batch 1)
Foursquare Distillery is always praised for its Exceptional Cask Selection limited releases, but sometimes it overshadows their main continuous brand, Doorly’s. I have previously reviewed Doorly’s bottlings at various points in time so I decided to revisit the whole range and write a comprehensive review about their expressions. Doorly’s is an important brand in the … More Review: Doorly’s Rum Range
Every year during December I’ve come to look forward for a new Cotswolds Treacle Rum release. Cotswolds is an English distillery situated in, well, Cotswolds and their main focus are gin and whisky production. The rum was a little experiment that one of Cotswolds’ Senior Distillers, Leon, conducted under the guidance of the former Wray … More Review: Cotswolds Treacle Rum – 2022 Batch