Rum Reviews

  Hampden has come a long way in fully realising its place as one of the great rums of the world - its distinctiveness gives the Jamaican distille...

  Dekolaj refers to the first rum in the morning, where in Martinique tradition, it is taken neat and chased after by a gulp of fresh krazé water ...

  Vietnam is beloved by folks all over the world for its cuisine, the freshness of its multitudes of fruits and herbs, a burgeoning craft beer sce...

J. Bally Millesime 1999 LMDW 18 Year Old, 54.5% ABV - Review J. Bally's Millesime 1999 is the second ever Brut de Fût (cask strength or full proof...

  Neisson is probably the most exciting thing coming out of Martinique at the moment - and they've been around for a while! But really they're onl...

  I really am kicking myself that I did not pen this review sooner, having sat on the tasting notes from quite some time ago back in 2022 when I w...

  We're headed to Ecuador, courtesy of Velier! Well, our noses and palate anyway. This is El Amparo, Velier's latest haul from Ecuador's Jipijapa ...

  Renegade is a burgeoning rum distillery from Grenada that is pretty much exerting all its weight into breaking into the rum community's consciou...

  Brugal finds itself in Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic. As you might've guessed, the large "1888" emblazoned on the bottle is the year th...

  We're four releases into the Foursquare - Velier universe (and almost as if to be a time traveller of sorts, as of 2023 there will have been eig...

  Way before the indie bottlers we know today got into rums as the revival of the cane spirit gets underway, lesser known is that several of the w...

  Lime House is a Caribbean focused restaurant in Singapore that houses within it a very well stocked rum centric bar. The restaurant takes its na...