Now here’s a rum I wasn’t really aware of until I attended the Paris Rhum Fest 2024. This is a brand hailing from Disaronno which might already raise some eyebrows, but you shouldn’t dismiss it until you try it. Rump@ablic was launched in 2022 in both Italy and France and it will make its debut … More Review: Rump@blic Sicilian Legacy Line – Barbados, Jamaican & Jamaican & Venezuelan
Manchester Rum Festival debuted in 2017 thanks to David Marsland’s (Drink Enthusiast) initiative and it’s Manchester’s first and only dedicated rum festival. David is also the UK Brand Ambassador for all things Saint Lucia (Chairman’s, Bounty, Admiral Rodney) and during the Covid lockdown he started a video series called Rum On The Couch which delved … More Review: Manchester Rum Festival & Infinity Barrel
Diplomatico doesn’t need much introduction as a brand, many of us, including yours truly, were introduced to the category via their Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva which was often described as “smooth”, “sweet” or “easy to drink”. Some moved away from it due to its sickly sweet profile, others remained adamant fans, and so, Diplomatico managed to … More Review: Diplomatico Planas
Santa Teresa 1796 was created to commemorate the bicentennial of the Hacienda Santa Teresa after the fourth generation of the Vollmer family (Alberto J. Vollmer) challenged the Master Distillers to elaborate the best crafted rum in the world. You can read more about this expression and some background information about the company in my review … More Interview: Marlo Gamora – Brand Ambassador for Santa Teresa 1796
MOB33 is a new spirit brand on the block coming from the (also new) UK distributor, Legacy Brands – it was literally announced around a week ago. The MOB33 theme revolves around the American Prohibition with the “Mob” (gangsters) being the ones who were responsible for selling/making alcohol on the black market at the time … More Review: MOB33 Gold Heist Rum
Recently I have reviewed the Pampero Anejo Especial which wasn’t bad at all, and today I’m having a look at their “white rum” version, Pampero Blanco. As mentioned in the Anejo review, Industras Pampero Distillery was founded in Venezuela in 1938 by Alejandro Hernandez, the son of a fisherman from Margarita Island and it’s today … More Review: Pampero Blanco
Pampero is a Venezuelan rum bottled in Italy. Dived as deep as I could on google, but couldn’t find as much info as I would’ve liked. Industrias Pampero Distillery was established in 1938 by Alejandro Hernandez and his friend. Pampero was the very first Venezuelan rum to be given the “Anejo” denomination by the Venezuelan … More Review: Pampero Anejo Especial
I reviewed a sample of this a while ago and I decided to “reboot” the review today complete with a pretty picture. Santa Teresa Estate (Hacienda Santa Teresa) was founded, unsurprisingly, in 1796 in Aaragua Valley, in Venezuela, where they were growing cocoa, coffee and, of course, sugar cane. Santa Teresa 1796 was born in … More Review: Santa Teresa 1796
From 40g of sugar (??) per litre to 0g/litre is quite the jump, and Diplomatico managed to release a (limited) range of unadulterated rums. The Distillery Collection has three releases, each distilled in one of the three stills used in blending Diplomatico’s core range: – No1 is distilled in a Batch Kettle Still – No2 … More Review: Diplomatico Distillery Collection No1 (Batch Kettle Still)
Most of you know Diplomatico from their flagship Reserva Exclusiva, which while it’s… well… very sweet, it’s also one of the bottles that made me have a closer look at rum. The Diplomatico brand hails from Venezuela, more exactly from DUSA (Destillerias Unidas S.A.) which is also involved in the production of a couple other … More Review: Diplomatico Distillery Collection No3 (Pot Still)