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Review
Double-barrel maturation from the world's oldest rum distillery — Mount Gay Black Barrel adds a bold, charred dimension ...
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Joe Whitfield
July 9, 2026
Review
Pineapple and rum united through a remarkably thoughtful production process — Stiggins' Fancy is the rare flavoured rum ...
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Ash Carrington
July 9, 2026
Review
The ultra-rare aged expression from Jamaica's most famous rum house — Wray & Nephew 17 is pot still Jamaican rum at its ...
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July 9, 2026
Review
Pure, unaged, and electrifying — HSE Blanc is Martinican sugarcane juice in its most elemental form, a spirit of extraor...
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July 9, 2026
Review
A Panamanian rum of exceptional maturity — Zafra 21 delivers the depth and complexity of two decades in oak at a price t...
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July 2, 2026
Review
A British institution since 1849 — Lamb's Navy is the archetypal dark rum, a staple of home bars and pub shelves across ...
Read more Ash Carrington
July 2, 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
Born in 1944 Oakland, refined through decades of tiki culture — the Mai Tai is the cocktail that proved rum could be the...
Walter Graves
July 9, 2026
Article
While the rest of the rum world distils from molasses, Martinique insists on fresh sugarcane juice. The AOC that protect...
Walter Graves
July 2, 2026
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...
Walter Graves
June 25, 2026
Article
Cuba's rum heritage is among the richest in the Caribbean — but trade embargoes, trademark battles, and political comple...
Walter Graves
June 18, 2026
Article
Independent bottlers are doing for rum what they have long done for whisky — uncovering hidden gems, championing transpa...
Walter Graves
June 11, 2026
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
