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Review
A Venezuelan aged rum that balances approachability with genuine complexity — Diplomático Mantuano is the gateway to ser...
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Joe Whitfield
July 23, 2026
Review
A Barbadian masterpiece finished in French oak Cognac casks — Plantation XO 20th Anniversary bridges the Caribbean and c...
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Review
From the volcanic slopes of Martinique, Neisson L'Esprit is a rhum agricole of extraordinary purity — raw sugarcane dist...
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Review
Puerto Rico's best-selling rum brings a gentle golden hue and a soft, honeyed character that makes it an ideal introduct...
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Review
The bartender's secret weapon — Smith & Cross is high-ester Jamaican pot still rum at navy strength, a flavour bomb that...
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Review
Twenty-one years in the Guyanese tropics — El Dorado 21 is a monument to the power of time, heat, and the world's most u...
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July 16, 2026
From production methods to tasting technique, everything you need to know about aged rum — the spirit that is converting whisky drinkers and rewriting...
David Thornton
December 1, 2025
A practical guide to the flavours, aromas, and textures you will encounter in rum — from the caramel and vanilla of aged expressions to the funky este...
David Thornton
November 20, 2025
The Daiquiri, the Mai Tai, the Rum Old Fashioned, the Dark and Stormy, and the Mojito — five essential rum cocktails, explained by someone who has mad...
David Thornton
October 30, 2025
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Cocktail
Cuba's forgotten classic — white rum stirred with dry vermouth, orange curaçao, and a whisper of grenadine. A cocktail o...
David Thornton
January 15, 2026
Cocktail
One of sour, two of sweet, three of strong, four of weak — the oldest rum recipe in the world, encoded in a rhyme that h...
David Thornton
January 10, 2026
Cocktail
Three kinds of rum, falernum, lime, and grenadine — the Zombie is tiki culture's most potent and legendary cocktail. Two...
David Thornton
January 5, 2026
Cocktail
Born on Bourbon Street during World War II, the Hurricane is New Orleans' most famous rum cocktail — dark rum, passion f...
David Thornton
December 20, 2025
Cocktail
The Old Fashioned template — spirit, sugar, bitters, water — works beautifully with aged rum. Warm, complex, and deeply ...
David Thornton
December 15, 2025
Cocktail
Puerto Rico's national drink and the taste of every beach holiday you have ever taken. Made properly with real coconut c...
David Thornton
December 10, 2025
News
The Barbadian distillery has claimed the top honour at the ISC for its Exceptional Cask Selection 2010, beating over 1,7...
Bishop Mercer
February 27, 2026
News
The legendary Jamaican distillery has opened its doors to the public for the first time in its 270-year history, with a ...
Bishop Mercer
February 15, 2026
News
The inaugural Caribbean Rum Festival will take place in Barbados this November, bringing together 50 distilleries from a...
Bishop Mercer
February 1, 2026
News
New data from the IWSR confirms the global rum market surpassed £15 billion in annual sales in 2025 — with the premium-a...
Bishop Mercer
January 15, 2026
News
A record 1,840 rums from 42 countries were entered in the 2026 World Rum Awards, with Jamaica, Guyana, and Martinique do...
Bishop Mercer
January 8, 2026
News
Guyana has submitted a nomination to UNESCO to recognise Demerara Distillers' collection of heritage wooden and metal st...
Bishop Mercer
December 20, 2025
Article
Long before cocktail bars and craft mixology, there was punch. The story of how rum, citrus, sugar, water, and spice cre...
Article
What makes Jamaican rum taste like nothing else on earth? The answer lies in esters, pot stills, wild yeast, and a rum-m...
Article
Born in 1944 Oakland, refined through decades of tiki culture — the Mai Tai is the cocktail that proved rum could be the...
Article
While the rest of the rum world distils from molasses, Martinique insists on fresh sugarcane juice. The AOC that protect...
Article
From the bars of old Havana to every cocktail menu on earth — the Mojito's journey is a story of simplicity, myth, and t...
Article
Cuba's rum heritage is among the richest in the Caribbean — but trade embargoes, trademark battles, and political comple...
