Where do you get your rum in the UK?


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Mark 🇬🇧 | 11 ratings Author Posted 3 Oct '15

With supermarket rum choice being pretty standard where do you get your 'special' bottle from? Amazon also has a relatively limited choice. Your feedback would be much appreciated.
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Rob 🇮🇪 | 92 ratings Replied 3 Oct '15

When living in the UK The whiskey exchange has quite some potential. Unfortunately their international shipping fees are quite high for 1 or 2 bottles.
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Andy (PREMIUM) 🇬🇧 | 143 ratings Replied 3 Oct '15

From what I've seen the Whiskey Exchange within Vinopolis near London Bridge (not sure if they have multiple locations?) has the widest selection in London. http://buff.ly/1PbQWlZ
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Tom 🇬🇧 | 2 ratings Replied 30 Oct '15

Master of malt is also a very good for good site for quality rums. .
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Charles M 🇬🇧 | 149 ratings Replied 30 Oct '15

Depends on which rum.... I know and have bought and sold to the owners of Whisky Exchange for about 20 years. I like them, so I buy from them. However, the amount I drink it can get rather expensive!!!! So I tend to go through spurts of buying good stuff and buying everyday stuff. For my everyday rums, I seem to have settled on 4 which I get from the supermarket. The last two are M&S own labels. Angostura 1919 Chairman's Reserve M&S Bajan M&S Guatemalan I recently also got a Flor de Cana 5 from Sainsbury's who have just started listing it, as I thought it might be nice to extend the "house" rum selection. I guess it is OK, but as it is more expensive than the Chairman's Reserve and not as good, so I won't be buying it again.
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Don Hemingway 🇬🇧 | 0 ratings Replied 31 Oct '15

When it comes to price (and admittedly variety too) Master of Malt and The DrinkShop are both a really good starting point. The Whiskey Exchange is a bit pricey but definitely worth the visit if vintage bottles is your cup of tea. However, going a bit deeper into the Internet and international commerce abyss.., I found some interesting prices on ebay.de (German ebay). Considering the euro-gbp exchange rate and the prices found it's definitely worth the hassle of translating every single page...
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Mark 🇬🇧 | 11 ratings Author Replied 1 Nov '15

I've used masters of malt recently and found them very good. They do drinks by the dram too, so you can try before you buy that expensive bottle..
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Rob 🇮🇪 | 92 ratings Replied 1 Nov '15

Masters of malt has an rum holiday calendar available now. Beats the chocolate ones for kids. However at over 200 Euro I think its too expensive.
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Mark 🇬🇧 | 11 ratings Author Replied 1 Nov '15

I've noticed, and been tempted. It is a little steep for a random 75cl of rum though.
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Mark 🇬🇧 | 11 ratings Author Replied 28 Nov '15

Master of malt are online. They're based in the uk but I believe they ship worldwide. I use them a lot now.
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Rob 🇮🇪 | 92 ratings Replied 28 Nov '15

My gf ordered me a bottle of St Nicolas Abbey 10 year old through Masters of Malt today. :)
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A.Greenleaf 🇺🇸 | 51 ratings Replied 3 Dec '15

Have you tried berry bros and rudd? Don't live in London. I have one rum from them I haven't tried yet but thought I would suggest.
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Charles M 🇬🇧 | 149 ratings Replied 3 Dec '15

I work in the UK booze trade and can recommend both Berry Bros own label. Doug is pretty fastidious when it comes to quality and he has a great palate so not much will slip past him. The other brand worth a look is Britsol Spirits with the only draw back for me being that they bottle at 46%. I prefer my rum neat and prefer it at 40-42%. I know pretty much where they get their casks from, so maybe we should have a Rum Ratings bottling!!! :)
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Mark 🇬🇧 | 11 ratings Author Replied 3 Dec '15

I can also recommend Bristol Spirits. I have a bottle of worthy park 8yo at the moment.proper old fashioned unsweetened Jamaican rum at 43%.