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Oct 85 min read

Transporting and storing rum - 2 experiments!

Oak barrels at Bielle distillery in Marie-Galante. Nothing to do with the article, just a great day at an awesome distillery Experiment...

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May 266 min read

Rum Travels - Jamaica

Rum travel hints and tips from the incredible island of Jamaica

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Jan 188 min read

Hampden C<>H blind side-by-side tasting review

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

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Jan 11 min read

Would you like to try my rums of the year?

Rum is for drinking. Rum is for sharing. So I'm offering a set of samples of these amazing drams to one of my readers. No catches. No...

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Dec 27, 20235 min read

Rum Of The Year 2023

What a year. Scarily quick. Scary generally. Personally a milestone year, saying goodbye to our beloved home and basement bar. And a...

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Dec 16, 20235 min read

Vieux Sajous side-by-side review

Clairin (or Kleren) - the artisan sugar cane spirit of Haiti. Made by over 500 tiny agricultural producers across the island, this unaged...

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Dec 8, 20235 min read

Demerara Reviews 2023 - Secret Rum Bar Finale

The stand-out rums from 4 previous tastings - it's going to be fascinating pitching these side by side today to see how they fare....

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Nov 29, 20235 min read

Continental Aged Guyana - Silver Seal & Rum Shark

For my final set of new rums in this Guyana series, we have four more Port Mourants. Three of these were majority (80%+) 'continentally...

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Nov 23, 20235 min read

Continental Aged Guyana - Colours Of Rum

Following my comprehensive El Dorado Rare Collection reviews (here and here), I'm going to stick with Guyana for a few more articles....

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Nov 19, 20233 min read

Foursquare Covenant Vs Isonomy

Covenant - release 23 of the Exceptional Cask Series from Foursquare distillery in Barbados. Another year on, another Foursquare...

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Nov 18, 20234 min read

El Dorado Rare Collection - The Finale!

Exciting doesn't come near ... it's time for my champion to be decided! Following last weekend's comprehensive run down of the full Rare...

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Nov 11, 202311 min read

El Dorado Rare Collection side-by-side tasting

A very special review this weekend of these iconic, limited release, Guyanese rums. Tasting reviews are obviously subjective, however [as...

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Jun 25, 20237 min read

Rum Travels: Guadeloupe - Part2 Basse Terre & Grand Terre

A quick 1hr ferry back from dreamy Marie Galante to Pointe-à-Pitre and we're ready for part 2 of my Guadeloupe rum travels blog. If you...

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May 10, 20237 min read

Rum Travels: Guadeloupe - Part1 Marie Galante

What a dream trip. 2 weeks in Carribean rhum heaven. It would be a travesty not to share what I learned and experienced. Getting there -...

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Dec 27, 20225 min read

Rum Of The Year - 2022

What an amazing year - this year I have reviewed a quite astonishing 110 rums from 16 different countries!! That fact alone really...

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Dec 19, 20224 min read

Aged Madeira Rums - quick-fire reviews

Following my recent Maderia unaged head-to-head (here), it's time for (a lot of) aged Madeira rums! This being the fourth, and final...

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Dec 10, 20224 min read

Madeira Rums - 5 distillery, unaged, head-to-head review

All 5 Madeira distilleries, a cracking bottle from each, how do they measure up? The third article in our Madeira series. The first...

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Dec 3, 20223 min read

Hampden Great House 2022 - review

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

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Nov 8, 20227 min read

Madeira Rum pt2 - The distilleries and bars

Following on from my overview article about Madeira Island and its incredible rum history (here), today I'm going to provide little...

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Nov 5, 20225 min read

Madeira Rum - the most important rum article you'll read this year - pt1

Madeira - the most important place in the history of rum...!?!? In 1426, just 7 years after the island was discovered, decades before...

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