Another day, another spiced rum comes on the market. I might’ve mentioned this before, I’m not big on flavoured rums, but as a bartender I can’t ignore their importance and versatility, that’s why I will feature them here once in a while. The Mermaid Spiced Rum comes from the Isle of Wight Distillery as the … More Review: Mermaid Spiced Rum
Banditti Club is a brand of spiced rum that is part of the Glasgow Distillery portofolio. It was launched in 2018 and since then it already gathered a couple of awards. If you know me, then you know I’m not too excited about spiced rums, but I’ll never dismiss them completely, I am a bartender … More Review: Banditti Club Spiced Rum & Banditti Club Smoky Rogues Rum Batch 01
Guess it’s that time of the year again, isn’t it? It’s getting colder by the day and the streets are slowly being decorated with colourful lights – yep. Christmas is coming! While I personally prefer hot, sunny days, I would lie if I said I didn’t like the Christmas period, especially when I also get … More Review: Rum Advent Calendar (2022 Edition) – Drinks By The Dram (Spoiler Free)
Today I’m having a look at two flavoured offerings from The Bush Rum range because I do embrace sugar cane spirits diversity on my website – also I received these bottles in order to review them so why not have a look at them. I have heard about The Bush Rum before when I was … More Review: The Bush Rum Original Spiced vs. The Bush Rum Passionfruit & Guava
Suncamino is a very new rum on the UK market, I’ve actually attended its launch party just little over a week ago where I tried the rum by itself and its signature serves. The brand is distributed and sold by 31DOVER. Suncamino declare themselves the world’s first floral rum which is quite a confident statement … More Review: Suncamino Floral Rum
Market Row is made in London, Brixton, by Brixton Distillery Company which is owned by Laurent Lacassagne, former CEO of Chivas Brothers, and Patrick Venning, former marketing director for Chivas Brothers. The distillery is located in the heart of Brixton within the Market Row arcade from where they are sourcing their botanicals. Botanical Rum is … More Review: Market Row Botanical Rum
Aluna Coconut Rum came on the UK market in 2017 as a coconut flavoured rum alternative. The idea behind it was to make something that has the coconut as the main player, rather than being a sugary mess. The company sources the rum, blends it and then lets it macerate for a few days with … More Review: Aluna Coconut Rum
Langs Rum is a brand that has been “revived” by Ian Macleod Distillers’ last year. According to them, the original Langs Banana Rum was being made in the 1860s with rum imported from the Caribbean in Glasgow. The Lang Brothers brand joined Ian Macleod Distillers’ portfolio in 2003 as part of the firm’s acquisition of … More Review: Langs Pineapple Rum
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
As a rum lover I’ll always dream to make my own product, but the lack of knowledge, distilling equipment and just money generally doesn’t really allow me, so I chose the next best thing: home infusion. If you followed me at all you’ll know I took part in the Chairman’s Spice Lab competition, and while … More Recipe: Make your own spiced rum!