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Review
Jamaica's most uncompromising distillery releases its finest expression — Hampden Great House is high-ester rum at its m...
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Joe Whitfield
June 4, 2026
Review
Barbados's best-kept secret — Doorly's 12 delivers astonishing quality for its price, a testament to Foursquare's commit...
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Ash Carrington
June 4, 2026
Review
Raw, unaged, and utterly unique — Clairin Le Rocher is Haitian cane spirit at its most elemental, a window into rum's ru...
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June 4, 2026
Review
Cornwall's most recognisable rum export — Dead Man's Fingers is a crowd-pleasing spiced rum with vibrant flavour and und...
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June 4, 2026
Review
The latest Exceptional Cask Selection from Barbados's finest — Sovereignty is Richard Seale's masterwork, a rum of stagg...
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May 28, 2026
Review
From the sugarcane fields of Martinique to the glass — HSE VSOP is a masterfully aged agricole that bridges the gap betw...
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May 28, 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
A twelve-year-old rum from Barbados and a twelve-year-old rum from London are profoundly different spirits. Climate is t...
Walter Graves
June 4, 2026
Article
Every bottle of Caribbean rum carries the weight of history. Understanding that history — sugar, slavery, and empire — i...
Walter Graves
May 28, 2026
Article
When a bottle says "23 years" but uses a solera system, what does that number actually mean? The answer reveals one of r...
Walter Graves
May 21, 2026
Article
It is the only cocktail in the world protected by a trademark — and the story of the Dark 'n Stormy is inseparable from ...
Walter Graves
May 14, 2026
Article
From the banks of the Demerara River comes a rum tradition like no other — preserved in wooden stills that exist nowhere...
Walter Graves
May 7, 2026
Article
Three ingredients, infinite variations — the Daiquiri is the cocktail that proved rum could be elegant, and its story is...
Walter Graves
April 30, 2026
