The Mamy Wata White Rum comes from a new company called Socially Spirited. Their aim is to provide easy to use ingredients for making drinks in the comfort of your home. They have visited multiple spirits producers for the past 18 months in order to create new and interesting bottlings – if you visit their … More Review: Mamy Wata White Rum
Hannah Boon, a former sales manager for Diageo GB, launched Distinct Distillers in order to make a product that would challenge the norms (hence the name) while keeping it as sustainable as possible. I’ve first experienced the Distinct rums just ahead of my British Rum Expo event last year when Annie, their Head of On … More Review: Distinct British Rum – No.41 & No.57
Devon Rum Co was established in March 2020 and is located on Island Street in Salcombe, Devon. Despite the company’s name, they source their distillates from Jamaica and Guyana to which they add Devonian spring water that comes from Start Point, 10 miles away. Their range consists of 4 expressions: Gold Rum, Premium Spiced Rum, … More Review: Devon Rum Co Premium Gold Rum
DropWorks is the newest British rum brand to appear on the market – you could say it’s the new cool kid on the block. I went to their launch party earlier this year in May at the Merchant House and I have to say it piqued my interest. Well, I was already reeled in as … More Review: DropWorks Funk Drop Rum
The story of Husk Distillers started in 2009 in Martinique where the founder, Paul Messenger, was inevitably put face to face with the local agricole rhum. He enjoyed it so much he was inspired to bring this style of rum back to Australia. Since then Paul along with his wife Mandy and daughters Harriet, Edwina … More Review: Husk Pure Cane Rum
Cutwater Spirits is an American company based in San Diego that produces various spirits such as whisky, gin, vodka, tequila and rum and they use them for their RTD cocktails. The said spirits are not available in the UK, but it looks like their canned cocktails are. The current distillery started off as a brewery … More Review: Three Sheets Cutwater Rum
Now here’s a showdown between two rums with similar specifications, yet miles apart when it comes to reputation. Wray is a celebrity, a star, even a religion for some, both in Jamaica and abroad and its label is arguably the most recognisable worldwide whereas Monymusk is probably the most “underground” Jamaican overproof even compared to … More Review: Wray & Nephew Oveproof White Rum vs Monymusk Overproof White Rum
J. Gow is one Scottish rum brand that’s on my radar, especially when it comes to new releases. The rum is named after an infamous Orkney pirate called John Gow. While most rum brands that use pirate lore as their marketing point are usually not worth checking out, J. Gow is the exception and, honestly, … More Review: J. Gow Culverin
Today I have a sample of unaged full bodied rum from Mhoba Distillery located in South Africa. It’s sugar cane juice based, with the cane coming from their own estate. Fermented for around 3 weeks with dunder (stillage) added in order to enhance the ester count and batch distilled in their handmade pot stills at … More The Barrel Sample: Mhoba High Ester 68% ABV