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Rob Pettigrew

Connoisseur | Canada
20 Ratings

“Rum lover, from a family of Navy men and women. Guess where I got my love of rum!!!”

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Hamilton Jamaican Black

We got da funk! Got to have the funk! My second time drinking this one (in a Jet Pilot). Got a big whiff of licorice which I didn't the first time. Regardless, ama

Amazing rum! I was introduced to this rum by a Dominican friend. Impossible to get in Canada. He brings it back from the Dominican, but I managed to find it on a

Kirk and Sweeney 18-Year

Great rum!! I found this rum by accident. I was in Texas looking for some rum we can't get in Alberta. The store manager at Spec's is a fellow rum guy and has a

Chairman's Reserve Spiced

My favorite spiced rum I discovered St Lucian rums on our honeymoon...to St Lucia. We took a distillery tour and sampled all their rums. Well, I did and my bride drove! T

The best Brugal I was able to find in Ottawa Went on a work trip with my hermanos from the Dominican. He is the one who introduced me to rum from the DR. We bought this planning on mixing it, a

Packs a punch I get the hints of toffee and molasses, but mostly this is a mixer for my tiki drinks. I also used this as the base for my homemade allspice dram, wh

Cana Brava Light

Great Rum Not sure how to describe. Very complex and made an outstanding daquari. Will have to try it in other cocktails or a Cuba Libre, but by far the best

El Dorado 12-Year

My go to rum I discovered good rums with El Dorado 15, which is (sometimes) hard to come by and expensive in Canada. I bought the 12 to try and I was pleasantly s

El Dorado Special Reserve 15-Year

My favorite rum This was my intro to really good rum. Smooth, sweet, notes of honey, oak and dried fruit. And just add ice to drink straight. I've used it in a Mai

English Harbour 5-Year

Smooth, but not outstanding A very good rum with hints of molasses and some tannins from the oak. Ok on its own but better in tiki drinks.

Appleton Estate 12-Year

My go to rum for Mai Tai's I got into tiki drinks in a big way a few years ago. I now make my own syrups and spiced rums at home in fact. Planning a small tiki bar in the base

Pusser's British Navy

A good rum I drink this one mixed with coke or in my Three Dots and a Dash tiki drink.

Havana Club 7-Year

A great rum for mixing I first drank this mixed with coke in a Cuba Libre. I thought it was very good for the price range. Then I made it in a classic rum punch. Let's ju

Big funky Jamaican Dark Jamaican rum. Great in a Mai Tai. Full bodied with a hint of spice. Funky!

XM Royal Gold 10-Year

A gift from a Guyanian client I was just getting serious about rum. When I got the gift I didn't know this was from Guyana. El Dorado was my favorite. It took a couple of years

Saint James Hors d'Age

Not as vegetal as I was expecting I have been drinking Clement VSOP for my agricole Rhum, and I bought this one when I was in Europe last year (very hard to find in Canada) to try and

My other Mai Tai rum I want to like this in its own but for me it is better mixed in my Mai Tai! Don't get me wrong it is OK mixed but not outstanding on its own.

A good spiced rum but not great! Maybe I am used to my own spiced rum (I made my own pimento dram) or a very good spiced rum like Chairman's Reserve, but this lacked "bite". It was g

My very first rum! I come from a long line of Navy men (and one woman!). Lamb's Navy was their rum, and thus became my first rum. A definite mixer, but not terrible.

Very sweet but tasty Right out of the gate, giant nose of vanilla and banana. First sip confirms the vanilla and waaaay too much sugar. Tasty though!

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