Rum travel hints and tips from the incredible island of Jamaica

A monster high ester mark ... a monster tasting. 8 outstanding Hampden C<>H - it's a knockout!! (hope not literally) Starting the year...

Warehouse#1 - A new and exciting independent bottler based in the Czech Republic. Their first foray into rum bottling is this line of...

A quick review today, otherwise known as 'a bit of new years eve indulgence' - especially as I'm tasting this against two of my...

A firmly established and much anticipated date in the rum calendar - release of the new Hampden Great House! 2022 being the 4th rum in...

LFT - Long Fermentation Type. A new, super unique, highly anticipated, likely unobtainable 2022 release from Foursquare (and Habitation...

... and now for something completely different! These hairbrained rums sit at the very extremes of the global rum spectrum. In fact,...

Well the buzz words are all there ... Velier, limited edition, bigger bottles! But do these recent releases contain juice that warrants...

Following on from my epic Clarendon/Monymusk tasting article last year (here) - I'm stepping things up another level! Today I'm...

Velier Pagos and Papalin rum review Hampden Worthy Park

Episode six of my Hampden series! And the third review dedicated to a specific 'mark'. Over a month since my last review, damn day job...

You might remember from last year's Hampden <H> tasting the glaring omission of the legendary Velier 70th anniversary 2010 bottling. If...

Hampden distillery. One of the oldest sugar estates in Jamaica. Wild, funky, bold rums. Dunder pits. Heavy pot still rums. Unique and...

A rainy December Friday off work. Clearly time to tackle this absolute beast of a tasting. I love Long Pond rums and have been looking...

Clarendon distillery - Jamaica, built in 1949, home to Monymusk rum and (of course) the world-famous Captain Morgan. Lesser-known of...

I'm back after a brief break. My real job, and our project house (aka the money pit) have been getting in the way again. And what a way...

As a follow up to my previous side by side review of seven 25 year tropically ages Wray estate rums -I've a potential treat in store...

Time for some fire :-) A quick comparison of two high ester overproof Jamaican rums. These unaged beasts hail from Hampden, the...

Another Hampden tasting. This time just two rums - but don't let that fool you. Two absolute smashers. I'm allowing plenty of time for...

Jamaican rum has an exciting mystique. It stands apart from other rum producing regions with it's instantly recognisable fruity, funky...