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mistercoughy

Swashbuckler | Member since 2015 | United States

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Mount Gay XO Extra Old

Finally, an XO that is worthy of the name. Wow, this is just a perfect rum. It's impossibly smooth, naturally sweet, full of molasses and toffee, some oak, and a whole lot of perfection. Compa

Hurricane Nantucket Gold

They put the cane in Hurricane. All the way from Nantucket, Massachusetts, "the sailors' graveyard", where as many ships rest at the bottom of the ocean as those that sail on it. Thi

Germana Heritage

World-class Cachaca. If you love cachaca you'll want to drink this all day long. It's been pot-stilled and aged for ten years in oak. Delightful flavors - tobacco, melon,

Mount Gay 1703 Old Cask

This is why we drink rum. Chewy molasses, rich butterscotch, fragrant toffee, a light touch of vanilla and cocoa - this rum has it all. I read an interview with RL Seale, (the

Compagnie des Indes 2003 Barbados Foursquare 12-year

Wow, this is spectacular. This is a 12yo Bajan rum from Foursquare, aged in the tropics in a Buffalo Trace bourbon barrel and bottled at 90 proof. It pours into the glass as da

Creative Whisky Company 1997 Caroni 17-year

Caroni Perfection Butterscotch. Overripe tangerines. Burning tires and melting plastic. Yep, you guessed it...Caroni. I love this rum. It's 19 yo, single-barrel, un

St. Nicholas Abbey Rare Single Cask Ltd Reserve 15-year

Miraculous. I've promised myself that I will drink this rum all the time. It looks good, it smells great and the taste is pure Bajan gold. There is absolutely not

St. Nicholas Abbey Single Cask 5-year

Glorious rum. Hard to believe this rum is only 5 years old. Uncommonly smooth, with a delicate fragrance and a light presence. Because it hasn't been resting in woo

Superb. This is some top shelf Cachaca. Sweet, peppery, smooth as silk. I prefer it straight up. Not sure what kind of caipirinhas it will make, given its del

Rum Nation 1990 Demerara 23-year

Near-Perfection. This magnificent rum was distilled in Guyana in 1990 and bottled at 90 proof in Italy in 2013. It's a full-flavored Demerara bombshell of tasty oak, s

Duncan Taylor 1997 Guyana 17-year

Tropical Heaven. This is a single cask rum (one of only 302 bottles) from the now-defunct Uitvlugt Distillery in Guyana. It was distilled in 1997 and aged in oak for 1

Santa Teresa 1796

Fantastic. This is one smooth rum without any cloying sweetness or added flavorings. It's a perfect straight-up sipping rum, one of the best in the $50 US catego

Providence Estate 1990 Trinidad

Really tasty. This is some very flavorful 22-year-old rum from Trinidad. It spent part of its life aging in used sherry barrels before being bottled at a healthy 92

Flor de Caña 25-year

Oh yes, it's fantastic. Top-notch flavors, beautiful color and aroma, smooth and naturally sweet. What's not to love in a rum this good? It's not just twice as good as the 12

Hamilton Jamaican Pot Still Black

It's black, but it's pure gold... Really hard to find this any more. Got the last bottle at one of my local haunts, hiding behind the Hamilton Jamaican Gold. Speaking of which, I've re

Compagnie des Indes 1998 Guadeloupe Bellevue 16-year

Mighty fine. For a French distillery that normally produces agricole rhum, the Bellevue folks in Guadeloupe hit a home run with this molasses-based gem. Rich and v

Swedes 1999 Trinidad

Swedish sugarcane? No, not likely. This is a 15yo rum from the Caroni Distillery in Trinidad, bottled at 122 proof in Sweden by The Rum Swedes (don't ask). It's an odd m

Gleann Mor 1999 Caroni Trinidad 16-year

Caroni = Joy The Gleann Mor Whiskey Co. in Scotland bottled this 16yo, 100 proof Caroni from a single cask. It's really tasty. Fresh leather, red wine, green grape

Mezan XO Jamaica

Outstanding Jamaican rum. This is an elegant masterpiece, smooth yet full of overripe fruit, pot still funk, freshly sawed sandalwood and a touch of allspice. Not nearly as int

Berry's Grenada 8-year

A winner. The aroma of freshly polished leather gives way to sweet fruit flavors, mostly ripe apricots and peaches, and a touch of nutmeg. Positively delicious.

Bristol Classic 1998 Caroni

Classic Caroni This 15yo rum from Trinidad gives you a noseful of tobacco and dried fruit. The taste is full of wood, wood and more wood, plus butterscotch and spice

Pusser's British Navy Blue Label 40 3-year

Love this rum. Finally got around to reviewing this excellent, funky pot-still classic. The full-flavored Guyanese component makes this an especially delicious sippi

Hamilton Jamaican Pot Still Gold

Set your funk-o-meter to 11. This is pot still gold rum from the world-famous Worthy Park Estate in Jamaica. The aroma fills the room with spice and dunder and almost off-putting

Penny Blue XO Batch 001

Deserves the many prizes it has won. Very tasty, very smooth sipping rum with fragrant oak, toffee and spice. Similar flavor profile to top-tier Bajans. It has a natural sweetness despite

Mezan 2000 Jamaica

Another Mezan winner. Resplendent with the aromas of tropical fruit, filled with the flavors of fresh peach pie, green peppers and baking spices. Wow. Smooth, very tasty, c

Mezan 2004 Panama

The canal is good, but the rum is even better. Mezan comes up with another solid choice, this time rum from Panama. A bit fiery despite its modest 80 proof, loaded with aromas and flavors of prunes

Cana Brava Light

A white rum for the ages. You need to try this rum. It's molasses based, yet with the aromatic vegetality of a fine agricole and enough fruity overtones to make it an outstandi

Mezan 2005 Guyana

Mezan produces another hit. I've become a big fan of the Mezan line of rums. They are unsweetened, uncolored, very tasty and affordable. This one is from the wooden double pot st

RL Seale ABV 43 10-year

Spectacular and... ...it's $22 in New England. That is comically cheap for a world-class rum with pure (unadulterated) flavor, smooth body and very little afterburn. I l

Bristol Classic 1988 Guyana Enmore

Oh yes it's great. I'm sipping this ridiculously delicious perfection from Guyana while listening to "The Ship" by Brian Eno, imagining floating over the rain forests al

Foursquare 2004 Zinfandel Cask Blend 11-year

This is more like it. This is Seale's Zin-Cask rum and it is out of this world. Whereas the port-finish offering from last year overpowered the rum rather than added to it,

Black Tot Royal Navy

An explosive time-capsule from 1940... Aged in wood for 30 years, this is a 108-proof bombshell of aromas and flavors blended from 4 of the world's most compelling rum producers (Trinidad,

Duncan Taylor 1997 Trinidad 16-year

Caroni rocket fuel As soon as you crack open a bottle of excellent Caroni (such as this one) you are assaulted with the unmistakable aromas of lacquer, varnish, tar and

Clement XO 6-year

Rhum superbe. All those years soaking in oak have resulted in a truly delicious, aged agricole. It's bone dry and very smoky, and combined with its lacquer overtone

Real McCoy Single Blended 12-year

Another Bajan gem from RL Seale Naturally sweet (that means no added sugar), smooth, and full of oak and bourbon overtones. This is one of Foursquare's finest. It's 180 degrees away

St. Nicholas Abbey 10-year

Superb. Although this is a Bajan rum made at Seale's Foursquare distillery it is more delicate - and yet more nuanced - than his other, more traditional molas

Berry's Guyanan 14-year

Wonderful. In the glass this is a beautiful pale yellow, with a very light bouquet to match. Peaches predominate. The taste is very smooth and buttery, with almo

Hamilton Guyana 151

The best overproof rum out there. There aren't many 151 proof rums that are actually delicious, but this one is. You could try it in this order: first, sip some straight up. Yes, it's

Full-flavored Cachaca The sugar cane for Abelha is organic and fresh. It is processed the same day it is harvested, and then aged in barrels for 3 years. When you pour this

Clement 15-year

Exceptional rhum Aged 15 years in the tropics, this old agricole rhum from Martinique is for special occasions when you want to sip something extraordinary. Very stron

Rum SixtySix Family Reserve 43 12-year

Yet another winner from Foursquare Had a chance to sample this excellent Bajan offering from RL Seale, who should be appointed President of Rum or something. King, maybe. Anyway, this i

Foursquare 2004 11-year

A rum for rum lovers. It seems that every single rum coming out of Foursquare can be rated as at least very good. Many of them are among the best that you can buy at any pr

Caroni Trinidad 17-year

Magic from Trinidad Near-perfect rum from the Caroni Distillery, 110 proof and 17-years-old. Burnt sugar, gingerbread, raisins, nutmeg...and the always-present freshly pa

Hamilton 86 Demerara

Great rum from Guyana. No less a luminary than Beachbum Berry has said that Ed Hamilton's Guyana 86 proof is "One of only 6 rums that a Tiki enthusiast will ever need." It i

Compagnie des Indes 2004 Haiti Barbancourt 11-year

Wonderful. A superbly aged agricole. This is an 11yo Haitian agricole rhum distilled by Barbancourt and bottled at 86 proof after sitting in a Limousin oak cask from 2004 to 2015. I love

Compagnie des Indes 2002 Guyana Port Mourant 13-year

Dry and flavorful. This 13yo rum was distilled in 2002 at the Port Mourant still in Guyana, and bottled in 2015 at cask strength 118 proof. It's quite dry, with flavors

Appleton Estate 21-year

Very nice. Lots to enjoy here - oak and toffee primarly - plus some mild scent of vanilla. Very smooth and dry. Not sure it's worth the price, however. Better-ta

Really good Brazilian rum. Although I'm a fan of molasses-based rum I find Cachaca to be a great change of pace. It's fermented sugar cane juice without a whiff of molasses, and

Plantation Trinidad Original Dark Overproof

A delicious overproof sipper? Yep. At 146 proof you'd expect to feel an unpleasant burn, but this rum is smooth and tasty. Overtones of chocolate and bananas provide a delightful sweetn

Lost Spirits Navy Polynesian 66

Hot prunes. That's good. First, I had a couple of sips straight up. It's 132 proof and it goes down hot. Fire, plus ester and prunes all the way. Then I added a few drops of w

Spicy chocolate Don't be afraid of the 151 on the label. This is actually a delicious sipper, with the same chocolate and port wine flavors as its 80 proof sibling. I

Gosling's Black Seal

Full of flavor I love full-bodied, dark rums with lots of flavor and this one fits the bill nicely. Chocolate and port wine come through with every sip. Beautiful co

Real McCoy Single Blended 5-year

Great price for very good rum Starts with oak and spice, finishes with burnt sugar. Very smooth. Really tasty straight up, especially after you let it breathe in the glass for a mi

Delicious sipping Cachaca. Don't be swayed by the haters...they admit that they don't like cachaca in general. This particular brand is naturally sweet and buttery, with some fr

Lost Spirits Navy 68

Really good. At 136 proof you'd expect third degree throat-burn and not much else...but this stuff is packed with flavor and follow-through. I drink it straight up

Wood's 100 Old Navy

Navy Grog heaven. It's 114 proof and full of flavor. Chocolate, spices, root beer...it reminds me a lot of Gosling's, another one of my favorites. Try making a Navy Gro

English Harbour 10-year

Very tasty but comically overpriced. This is a delicious rum for sipping neat because it has an abundance of warm flavors...toffee, coffee, vanilla, burnt sugar and some spice. It's might

Bristol Classic 1974 Trinidad

It's very old, and it's good. I think I detect the presence of fusel oil in this ancient classic, which would explain the acetone - gasoline - lacquer taste and aroma which other r

Excellent light rum. Not a big fan of your average, vodka-like white rum. That said, I'm a new fan of this one. It's full-bodied and chock full of flavor, with a natural,

Smoooooth cachaca. I know you're supposed to make caipirinhas when you drink cachaca but this stuff is perfectly delicious all on its own. Lots of earthy, vegetal aromas

Bristol Classic 1998 Diamond Distillery

A diamond. Straight from the banks of the Demerara River in Guyana comes this marvelous 12-year-old rum. Although it has no added sugar (are you listening, El Do

Doorly's White 3-year

Pretty great for a toddler. This rum is only 3 years old but you'd never know it. It's extremely well-behaved...dry but not too much, fruity but only enough to be interesting, an

Bristol Classic 1990 Port Morant Demerara Rum

Guyana goodness. Fun Fact: Port Morant (the way it is spelled on the label) is a rum-distillery town in Jamaica...but this rum is actually from Port Mourant, a rum dis

Berry's Haitian 9-year

Unapologetic aged agricole. This is a nine-year-old agricole with lots of fruity aromas which, surprisingly, don't come through in the tasting. It's a very dry rum, bone dry in f

Mezan 2003 Jamaica

Jamaica. Bananas. Ripe bananas, overripe bananas and rotting bananas. Did I mention bananas? Lots of oak as well. It's very tasty, especially if you like bana-- okay, y

Monkey Toasted Coconut

R.I.P. Scooter. After reading the rave reviews for this rum I thought, "Scooter would have loved this stuff". Scooter was my pet colobus monkey, who met his untimely

Flor de Caña 12-year

Very good. Not great but very good. It's dry, which I like, and the heat dissipates quickly, which keeps it smooth. But, the flavor also disappears too soon, and it's not at all complex.

Banks Guyana Jamaica & Nicaragua Connoisseurs Cut

In Your Face. This 128 proof blend of juice from 3 excellent rum-producing countries is big, bold and not interested in taking prisoners. Lots of flavor, lots of he

Very good cachaca. The alcohol dissipates quickly, leaving you with a nose full of bananas, spice, and even a little vanilla. The flavor is really nice...more bananas, s

Westerhall Plantation

Really nice. I like this rum. The aromas of freshly baked pound cake and vanilla cream are tempered by fairly strong, but not unpleasant, alcohol overtones. The ca

Very tasty Cachaca. It's been aged two years and it's delicious. Very little alcohol aroma which disappears after just a couple of minutes in the glass, leaving you with

Blackwell Black Gold Special Reserve

Very good Jamaican. Now this is more like it. Smells like cherries jubilee in the glass, tastes like molasses and spice, finishes full of fruit and liquorice. Wonderful,

Flor de Caña 18-year

Delicious, but... ...it needs to sit in your glass for a few minutes, swirled every now and then, to help the alcohol vapors make way for the wonderful flavors to follo

Admiral Rodney Extra Old 12-year

Fine rum, except for the finish. A very nice molasses-and-caramel presentation, quite smooth on the palate and richly flavorful. Sweet but not at all sweetened. Deserves a higher rati

Banks Guyana Connoisseur's Cut 59.58%

Strong and tasty. This is a 16yo rum from the banks of the Demerara river in Guyana. It's been bottled at 120 proof and brings the fire without apology. Pleasant aroma

Coconut Heaven No matter what brand of coconut rum you're drinking, I guarantee you it's nowhere nearly as delicious and authentic as this Koloa Coconut. The stuff a

Gosling's Family Reserve Old

Oh yes it is. If you like to sip Gosling's flagship Black Seal rum, you're gonna really enjoy this much smoother, more elegant version. It's rich, thick and full of

Ron Del Barrilito 3 Star

Really tasty. Sherry, molasses and wood, plus some spice and enough heat to remind you that it's an adult beverage. Delicious straight up, but I'm going to try it i

Virgin Gorda 1493 Spanish Heritage

A blend of 4 great rums. This is a blend of rums from Trinidad, Jamaica, Guatemala and Barbados. According to their website, “no color, flavor or aroma additives are used”. T

Distinctive Cachaca. Flowers, pepper, incense, vanilla and oak. This Brazilian cane juice has it all. Only had a sample, but I like it enough to add a bottle or two of thi

Denizen Merchants Reserve 8-year

Great in cocktails, wonderful straight up. Martin Cate (Google him) writes that this Denizen 8yo rum is all he uses for making Mai Tais, in sharp contrast to Jeff "Beachbum" Berry (definitely G

Smith and Cross Traditional Jamaica Navy Strength

Funk and Dunder Unmistakably Jamaican, pre-industrial pot-still firewater. This type of rum drove the Spanish distillers to create overly-filtered, flavorless white r

Plantation 3 Stars Artisanal

One of the best light rums. A full-flavored, multi-dimensional light rum. Very different from your average, vodka-like light rum which has been mass-produced in factories. It's a

Doorly's XO 6-year

Dry sherry plus good rum. This is very good rum - perhaps not top shelf, but I doubt you'll find better for 16 bucks anywhere. It's nice and dry, with a nutty, oak profile that

Chairman's Reserve Spiced

Top-Shelf Spiced Rum It's unfortunate that so many of the best-selling spiced rums taste like they've been made with pine cones and boiled diapers. (Maybe that's why they'

Even their rum is Boston Strong ... They've been making pot-still rum in Boston for a few centuries. All that practice was well worth it. This Medford Rum (there's no "Gold" in the name,

Bristol Classic 1996 Trinidad

A good introduction to Caroni rums. If you're curious about trying rums from the Caroni distillery (closed 2002) but have been intimidated by their typical descriptions...lacquer, fresh

Rumbullion Navy Strength

Spectacular Spiced Rum If you love spiced rum you're going to have to try this. Positively bursting with flavor, helped by being bottled at 114 proof, it will warm you up in

Berry's Grenada 9-year

Berry Bros Grenada 9 Wonderful dry rum from Grenada. The aroma of flowers and ripe plums brings an initial tasting of golden raisins, spice and leather, but the finish is

Samaroli 1999 Trinidad

Samaroli Trinidad 1999 A bit milder than traditional Caronis, this 16yo rum from Trinidad (the distillery isn't named) offers some of the familiar flavors...fresh wood, lacq

Barbancourt 5 Star Reserve Especiale 8-year

You need to try this for a Trader Vic's Mai-Tai Vic's recipe, according to B. Berry, calls for 2 rums: an aged agricole and a dark Jamaican. (There is some confusion about whether Barbancourt is tru

Banks 7 Golden Age

Really tasty sipper. I love this rum straight up, but I imagine it would make high-end cocktails really shine. A solid top-shelf choice. Yum.

Barbancourt Pango

Liquid fun! This rum is perfect for those times when you want to sip something out of the ordinary. First of all, it's made by Barbancourt, which means 100% ferme

Depaz Blue Cane Amber 1-year

A delcicious agricole. Light, smooth, tasty. Very little of the noxious vegetality which can sometimes overpower unaged agricoles. This rum - err rhum - is very easy to sip

Mezan 1998 Grenada

Pound cake and butter. Oh yes. I'm a big fan of the hard-to-find Westerhall Plantation rum out of Grenada, so when I heard that Mezan had bottled one of the Westerhall casks I had t

It's really good, but I like Ed's better. LH 151 was a legend in the world of Tiki and exotic cocktails for decades, an indispensable ingredient for classic drinks such as Zombies and Jet Pilo

Royal Jamaican Blackstrap Dark

Blackstrap Bombshell This rum is so new that it's not even mentioned on the Royal website yet. I picked up a bottle at Liquorland (best name ever for a boozatorium) in Bos

Excellent Overproof This rum has a wonderful molasses and toffee flavor which makes it indispensable for many Tiki cocktails. It was made to be mixed, so if you're drinki

St. Nicholas Abbey Rare Single Cask Ltd Reserve 18-year

Thank you, Santa Claus. Forget all that nonsense about the North Pole and the toy workshop. The REAL St. Nicholas is alive and well in Barbados...making rum. The 15-year-old

Thomas Tew Authentic

This is really good! Plenty of flavor, despite having none of the fruit or sugar overtones of more famous "premium" rums. It reminds me a lot of Bajan gems like Seale 10-y

Kill Devil (Hunter Laing) 2001 Barbados 14-year

Kill Devil Foursquare 14yo Hunter Laing, the whiskey guy, has bottled some fine rum from Barbardos, specifically the Foursquare distillery. This has been aged for 14 years, bott

Siesta Key Toasted Coconut

What's better than sugary rum? Why, buttery rum, of course. This stuff is positively delicious. It's a flavored rum, but without any sickening sweetness or questionable additives. The toasted coconut flavor is

Clement Creole Shrubb Liqueur D’Orange

Really tasty liqueur. The people who make this call it Orange Liqueur, not rum, and yet here it sits on a rum website. Probably because it's made with rum. Be that as it ma

Ancient Mariner Navy

Worth joining the British Navy for some of this. They stopped giving rum rations to British sailors in 1970. Too bad they missed out on this smoothie from the Caroni distillery. It's cask-strength, 1

Plantation Pineapple Stiggin's Fancy

Yum! This is some delicious stuff. The pineapple flavor and aroma are there, but in perfect proportion to the rum itself, so it doesn't at all taste like r

Xtabentun Huana

Stingless bees? Huana is a very tasty rum-based liqueur made in the Yucatan from an ancient Mayan recipe. It's packed with the flavors of fermented honey, strawberrie

This is one-of-a-kind. Xtabentun ("ish-ta-BEN-toon") is an ancient Mayan liqueur made with fermented honey and rum, lightly flavored with anise and bottled at 70 proof. It's

Tasty sipping rum. It is EXTREMELY easy to sip glass after glass of this rum, straight up, before you realize that you're laughing and nodding in agreement with people w

El Dorado 8-year

Not bad. Less sugar than ED 12 and 15. This 8yo rum is pretty smooth until the finish, which is a bit boozy. Smoky burned butter and leather predominate. I prefer it straight up, followed b

Clement VSOP 4-year

The rum for Scotch drinkers It's smokey and very thin, unlike the molasses-based industrial rums (which I prefer). Not bad for an agricole, almost pleasant in fact. Although it's

Appleton Estate V/X

Not great, perhaps, but very good Naturally sweet, with some (but not too much) of the familiar Jamaican funk. This rum, btw, is miraculous in Mai-Tais, paired with an aged agricole an

Great in banana daiquiris. There are so many excellent rums out there to drink straight up, and this isn't one of them. It's a middle-shelf spirit, fine for flavored drinks, but

Gee, it's not that bad... I like this cachaca. My fellow reviewers did not. It's a bit thin, I admit, but there is enough here to keep me interested. Some spice, some grass, so

Taylor’s Velvet Falernum

Indispensable If you're a fan of Beachbum Berry (download his app right now!), you'll be using Falernum in your Tiki cocktails with regularity. This is one of the b

Cruzan Black Strap

Corn 'n' Oil! Forget Dark & Stormy for a moment. You really must try a Corn 'n' Oil cocktail, which is pretty spectacular, and for that you need black strap rum. Mo

Coruba Original

If you make Tiki cocktails... ...you'll need a few bottles of this in your bar. This is a perfect example of a rum that was made to be mixed in good drinks because it blends in so

St. Nicholas Abbey White

Good, not great. The aroma in the glass is grassy, almost cachaca-like. The taste, however, is somewhat of a let-down; nothing unpleasant, just pretty bland. Imagine d

Duncan Taylor 1990 Hampden 22-year

Not for everyone. At least not for me... This is a 22yo Jamaican single barrel pot-still rum bottled at 106 proof. It is not for the faint-hearted. Whew. I was almost knocked out by the overp

Trigo Reserva Aneja

Smells nice, tastes good. Light-bodied, with a mild aroma and a fairly smooth finish. Nothing too complex going on here, making it easy to drink neat. Perhaps not a top-shelf r

Swedes 2002 Guyana

Not my cup of rum. Some vanilla, some wood, some fruit, but the acetone and lacquer overpowers everything else. This is an 11-year-old pot-still Demerara from the old Po

Berry's St Lucia 14-year

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Old Man Spirits Project Three Dark Expression

Tasty-ish. Smells great - toffee, molasses, fruit - and the taste is certainly agreeable: toffee, coffee, cinnamon. It's a blend of Caribbean rums bottled in Ger

Old Ipswich Tavern Style

Very good local rum. It's great to see so many rums coming out of Boston and vicinity once again after an 80-year lapse. Old Ipswich Tavern Style is a very dry molasses ru

Doorly's 43 abv 12-year

Very good, but not his best work. Seale's Real McCoy 12yo and Seale 10yo are better rums, in my opinion, because the flavors sing in delicious harmony. This one, on the other hand, doe

Banks Guyana Connoisseur's Cut

Guyana medicine. Had a sampling of this intense cask-strength Demerara rum which was initially housed in oak and later re-casked in cognac barrels. Uncolored and unswe

Dictador XO Insolent

Lots of flavor - but is it real? I'm suspicious of this rum because so many of the brands from South America seem to be doctored with flavorings, colorants and added sugar without the

Foursquare 2005 Port Cask Finish 9-year

Just okay. The aroma of port wine is immediately present and powerful, and so my senses were primed to taste aged port...but instead I got rum with very heavy po

Copacaiba Light

Finally, a Cachaca for your Cornflakes. Smelling this cachaca is like walking through a cornfield on a summer day. The aroma of fresh corn and green grass fills the senses. It's a very smoot

Twenty Boat Amber

Like a dry sherry. Very easy to sip this rum as you would a good, dry sherry. It's been aged for just one year and so there is very little oak presence, allowing room fo

Denizen Aged White

Good. Not great. The label promises a lot - rums blended from Trinidad and Jamaica - but the result is only fair. It's closer to your standard vodka-like white rums th

Kill Devil (Hunter Laing) 2003 Jamaica 12-year

It's good, but Mezan's version is better. Had a chance to sample this rum before it sold out at MoM. It's very similar to the Mezan 2003 Jamaican, also distilled at Monymusk. Bananas rule the

Kill Devil (Hunter Laing) 1998 Guyana 18-year

Good, rare and expensive. This is an 18yo Guyanan rum from the famed (but alas, defunct) Uitvlugt distillery. It seems that anything which came out of Uitvlugt is bound to be a

Alleyne Arthur's Special Barbados

Cheaper than fried rice. It's a scientific fact: most $12 rums are made with squirrel urine and cheap additives in big factories which sell the stuff to frat boys and frat gir

Brinley Gold Shipwreck Spiced 4-year

Really good in coffee. Looking for the perfect rum to add to your after-dinner coffee? This spiced rum is not that tasty on its own yet it mixes perfectly with strong black

Duppy Share Caribbean

Very nice Young rums from Barbados and Jamaica have been blended to make this pretty fair juice. It presents with both an initial soft sweetness and a fiery fol

Diplomatico Reserva

Not as complex as the older sibling Somewhat more boozy and brash than the mellow Exclusiva, but still worth sipping straight up or in a better cocktail. Not top shelf, but a definitely

Mount Gay Black Barrel

Very good mid-range. LOTS of oak and spice, some alcohol afterburn. It's good, but there isn't enough going on here when you drink it neat. An ice cube brings out some swe

Old Brigand Black Label 2-year

Pepper, allspice, oak. It's a Seale rum, so you know it's at least drinkable, if not especially spectacular. Very spicy, and with an oddly thin mouthfeel. Not his best work,

Doorly's 5-year

Not top shelf, but very good. Dry, wth just a little sweet vanilla, oak, and enough of an alcohol afterburn to keep it from being great. But for $12 you get a very decent Seale rum

Mezan 1999 Trinidad

Weak Caroni - disappointing. I absolutely agree with reviewer laurent...although this is a delicious rum from Trinidad's Caroni sugar factory, it's been watered down far too much.

Clement Single Cask Fut de Bourbon 8-year

Unique agricole. This rhum has none of the familiar vegetal tones usually associated with agricoles. It is a fiery and aggressive assortment of flavors: bourbon is ver

El Dorado 5-year

Less sugared than the older EDs. This has only a little bit of the good flavors and body which make ED 12 and 15 so enjoyable to so many fans. You'll taste the smoky sweetness which i

Flor de Caña Gran Reserva 7-year

Nothing special. Starts off with some nice caramel overtones, but the alcohol aftertaste is pretty unpleasant. Not enough going on here to make it a compelling sipper,

Flor de Caña Extra Dry 4

Not bad for a cheap white rum. A good entry-level light rum. At this price, most light rums have been filtered into a bland sameness, a little better than vodka. But this one actual

Old Ipswich White Cap

Pretty standard white rum. Defintely not a top-tier light rum. More like the common vodka-ish rums which give the whites a bad reputation. Kind of boozy. Try Doorly's or Plantat

Plantation Barbados 5-year

Tasty, but loaded with added sugar. Vanilla and toffee = sugar added to enhance the flavor. Hard to take this rum too seriously.

Plantation XO 20th Anniversary

Rating downgrade. Loaded with added sugar, so who knows what this rum really tastes like? Everyone mentions vanilla - that's all the extra sugar. Fake elegance.

Pusser's British Navy ”Nelson’s Blood” 15-year

Rating downgrade. Loaded with added sugar, which completely masks this rum's true flavors. Big disappointment.

Lost Spirits 151 Cuban Style

Not bad for a 151, but... At 151 proof, you can imagine that this will put fire in your belly...and it does. Problem is, it's not particularly tasty when compared to, say, Hami

Rebellion Black

Forgettable. This rum is imported from "The Caribbean" (whatever that means) and bottled in Holland. It's cheap and not worth your time, really.....unless you like

El Dorado Special Reserve 15-year

Too much sugar. It's tasty rum but with 9 spoons of added sugar per liter (that's 7 per bottle), I cannot take this stuff seriously. Come on, El Dorado, cut the crap.

Compagnie des Indes Caraibes

Disappointing. It's been sweetened. Well, it was too good to be true. The owner of Compagnie des Indies has admitted that he adds sugar to some of his rums. This Caraibes, for example, h

Abuelo Gran Reserva 12-year

Rating downgrade. This rum contains a very large amount of added sugar which makes it seem "sweet and smooth", but which masks the rum's actual flavors. What does this

Morant Bay Spiced Red

Pink rum. Yes, Pink. Morant Bay Rum Company distills and bottles pot-still rum from Jamaica in England, where it is infused with hibiscus (hence the color), spices and oth

Mysteries abound. This would be a nice substitution for Coruba or Myers rum in your tiki cocktails. Too many unanswered questions, however, keep this from being a rum t

Appleton Estate Extra 12-year

Too tame. Needs more of everything in it. Absolutely nothing offensive about this rum - and that's the problem. I've yet to try an Appleton product that has any real funky Jamaican presence. L

Kaniche Reserve

Not your typical Bajan. This rum is both sweet and spicy (cinnamon?) and also very smooth. That's because it's been sweetened with sugar. I prefer the drier Bajan rums, the o

Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva

Chocolate rum A very tasty, sweetened rum with lots of flavor. I've read that the sweetness and flavor have been added. If that's true it would be hard to take this

Berry's Guadeloupe 16-year

A swing and a miss. Aroma of spices and ripe melon. Mild ethanol vapors dissipate quickly with a few swirls in the glass. Flavor is disappointing – thin mouthfeel, tastin

Bristol Classic Trinidad Blended

Not their best work. This is a blend of rums from Trinidad. The problem is, we're left with a rather bland mixture which neither excites the senses nor satisfies the need

Rum Nation Barbados Anniversary 12-year

Added sugar? A couple of Rum Nation's offerings have tested with moderate-to-high amounts of added sugar (see Jimbo's list). It would certainly explain why this Ba

Dictador XO Perpetual

Too much coffee. Very strong coffee taste and aftertaste. It's not necessarily bad, just really weird. Also, it's a little too boozy and not in a good way. This is a d

Canadian Club Rye Whiskey That's exactly what this rum reminds me of. In fact, the resemblance is uncanny. Blindfolded, I couldn't tell you which was which. It's just fair, as

Kirk and Sweeney 12-year

The rum that wasn't there. Maybe it's me...but I detected very little aroma, either from the bottle or glass, and very little flavor when I tasted it. Two good-sized pourings la

SangSom Special

C'mon, it's not THAT bad... Friends brought this back from a pan-Asian rumfest (don't ask). I was immediately struck by the distinctive aroma of flowers and incense. A little wei

Admiral Nelson's 101

I'm shocked. I'm not a fan of spiced rum so I expected this to be as horrible as the others, but it's actually quite tasty. Vanilla, caramel, honey and spice, plus

Foursquare Spiced

It's okay, I suppose. I don't drink a lot of spiced rum. The main reason I bought this was because R.L Seale's name was on the label, and his rums are almost always excelle

Pretty good Cachaca Aroma of orange blossoms, taste of spice and flowers. A bit of harshness detracts from my enjoying this fully, as the flavors are okay but they can't

Antioqueno Aguardiente

Pablo Escobar's favorite. Aguardiente (literally, “fire water”), is Colombia's favorite alcoholic beverage. It's made from sugar cane and flavored with anise and bottled at onl

Matusalem Gran Reserva 23-year

It's okay, I guess... First of all, the "23" is misleading. Years? I doubt it. For a rum that's supposedly been baking in wood in the tropics for a couple of decades, this

Chairman's The Forgotten Cask 6-11 Years

Not bad, but is that good enough? Nice and dry, with some oak and spice...but it all goes away quickly. Freud said that there are no accidents. So, maybe there was a reason they "forgo

Dictador Solera Ultra Premium Reserve 12-year

Dunkin Donuts makes rum now? What's up with Dictador rums and their sweet coffee taste? This 12yo juice is very flavorful...if you like coffee liqueur. There is no way that their

El Dorado ICBU Single Barrel

El Dorado never fails to fail... From the 300-year-old Uitvlugt sugar distillery in Guyana comes this sweet-smelling but bone-dry-tasting rum. It's nutty like a fine Amontillado sherr

Ron Zacapa 23 Solera

Dreary and bland. This stuff tastes like Diet Coke, and yet it's the most popular rum on the website. I don't get it.

El Dorado 2 You've had the El Dorado 5? 8? 12? 15? 21? Well, this is El Dorado 2. Yep, 2 years old, and pretty raw. There's some molasses and toffee, but the mou

Mount Gay Eclipse

You can do better. This rum is an under-achiever. It's only mediocre, with no remarkable qualities to speak of. Regardless of what it costs where you live, you can find

Barbancourt 3 Star 4-year

Not really. For just a few dollars more you can get the much better 5-star 8-year-old version. This 3-star rum is 4 years old, and has a very thin, grassy taste.

Myers's Original Dark

You can do better. Not much flavor here and absolutely zero complexity. Yes, it's popular but there are much more flavorful Jamaicans which produce tastier drinks. This

El Dorado 12-year

Too much added sugar. Has some nice flavors but the absurd amount of added sugar masks what otherwise may have been good rum. El Dorado is notorious for sugaring their rums

Stroh Original 80

My pet monkey loves this stuff. Stroh 160 Tasting Notes: Aroma: Used bowling shoes. Fresh horse urine. Burned Christmas ornaments. Taste: Charcoal briquette lighter fluid. Plut

Ogasawara White

Japanese Rum. Well, this is interesting. It's made from molasses, from sugar cane grown on Ogasawara Island, 600 miles south of Tokyo. It's very dry, nutty, smoky,

English Harbour 5-year

It's (yawn) okay... Sherry and molasses nose, but watery, simplistic taste with zero mouthfeel and no follow-up. There is nothing terrible about this rum, but these days

Too much added sugar. A fine young rum, but it's been heavily sweetened with added sugar. Downgraded from 7 to 5.

Abuelo Centuria

Rating downgrade. This rum contains a large amount of added sugar. Downgraded from 10 to 5, because I thought it was naturally sweet and smooth and came to find out tha

Plantation 2005 Guyana

A little disappointing The El Dorado 12 and 15yo rums are tasty, albeit loaded with sugar. This batch, on the other hand, is nowhere near as complex or delicious and it's tw

Diplomatico Añejo

Only as a mixer There isn't enough flavor, complexity or aroma for this rum to be enjoyed neat, but it's a worthwhile mixer, on par with, say, Bacardi 8. In other

Another sugar bomb. Lots of added sugar makes it hard to take this rum too seriously. Another confection from the Plantation factory.

Dictador Solera Distillery Icon Reserve 20-year

Clean the pipes! According to rum-geek D.N. Bascunan, the reason that Dictador rums all have that weird licorice/coffee profile is because most of the time they bottle

Siesta Key Spiced

n-u-t-m-e-g Wow. It's not often that you find a spiced rum that hasn't been sugared beyond reason. This one is definitely not too sweet. That's the good news.

Balcones Texas Special Release

Cowboys shouldn't make rum. They make a lot of whiskey at Balcones. Rum? Not so much. I can see why. For one thing, they used a very heavy hand with the molasses, and it pretty m

Quorhum 12-year

Another fake, "semi-premium" beverage. One-dimensional and quite forgettable. Loaded with added sugar (between 9 and 12 spoons per bottle!) and who knows what else. Of course it's got vanil

Papas Pilar Blonde 3-year

Tastes fake. Yet another rum with added vanilla flavoring and sugar...and a large marketing budget. How many people bought this for the bottle and the color? Good

Compagnie des Indes 2002 St. Lucia Saint Lucia Distillers 13-year

This is not a friendly rum. This is a 112 proof barrel-strength pot still rum from St. Lucia, a small island nation in the Caribbean. The good news is, it's untainted by added su

Vizcaya VXOP 21

Not really. Too much added sugar makes this rum hard to take seriously. It lacks depth. It's entry level stuff.

Havana Club White

Not delicious This stuff tastes like vodka, which is fine if you want vodka. If you're going to be mixing it I suppose it will do, but there is not enough flavor fo

Angostura 1824 12-year

Tobacco. Nice flavored rum, but loaded with added sugar. Too bad. Vanilla and caramel come through, as well as some smokiness. A shame it's been sweetened so h

Trader Vics Dark

Ouch. This stuff is pretty cheap at the local Vic's, and it should be. It's boozy and one-dimensional. Not for sipping unless your name is Captain Hook, in

Vizcaya Cask 12

Loaded with sugar?? I'm suspicious of rums that are "sweet and smooth" like this one, because it inevitably means they've been doctored with a ton of sugar and additives.

Wray & Nephew White Overproof

Can you get Hepatitis from this stuff? Yeah I know, mix it with Ting. Look, Ting will mask the taste of anything. Cat urine mixes well with Ting. The more useful question is, how does this

Not good enough. For the same price, you can buy authentic rums from Barbados that taste MUCH better than this mediocre offering. This is no better than the stuff they

Angostura 1919 8-year

Vanilla Coke. Many years ago, when dinosaurs walked the earth, you could order a vanilla coke made to order - by a real human - using real vanilla syrup, real Coke

Angostura Cask Collection Number 1 French Oak Cask 16-year

Expensive sugar. This stuff has eight spoons of added sugar per liter - a preposterous amount - which explains why it tastes so damned sweet and uninteresting. I love

Captain Morgan Black Spiced

Not as bad as it should be. I mean, it's pretty bad rum to begin with, but it does have some flavor which isn't totally offensive. Better than the Bacardi versions...if that mean

Absolutely no need ever to buy this. This is very bad rum for drinking straight. If you're going to drown it in cola or mixers, why not buy a better mixing rum (e.g. something by El Dorad

Captain Morgan 100

Who drinks this stuff? I can't imagine a universe where this stuff is useful, unless you're one of those people who drinks rum and Coke, in which case any booze will do.

La Favorite Coeur de Canne Blanc 50

Grass in a bottle. Yuck. If you're used to molasses-based rum, you may find this stuff, which has zero molasses, shockingly offensive. The first time I tasted it I threw up a

The worst of the overproofs There are much better overproof rums out there (e.g. Hamilton, Lost Spirits, Plantation) which actually are interesting and really tasty. This stuff,

Bacardi Superior

Hilarious! There are enough bad reviews about this rum already, but I'd like to point out that one person rated this stuff a TEN!!! Humans are doomed.

Stop it! There is no reason on earth to drink this. You will be a MUCH happier person by using better rum and freshly-squeezed lemon juice, plus whatever else

Captain Morgan Dark

Bear saliva. Why do I keep hoping that the makers of this poo will get it right just once? This stuff smells bad, it tastes bad, and it looks fake. Most of the po

Captain Morgan Tatoo

Liquid poop. Friend says to me, "Hey, you like rum, try some of this." Well, I do indeed like rum, but this is not drinkable using any definition of rum. It smells

Coffee-mate plus rum extract. It has the word "rum" in it, but it's mostly cream, chemicals and a TON of sugar with a splash of bulk rum. The alcohol content is low and the flavor

Captain Morgan Silver Spiced

Cavity prevention. Ever been to the dentist? You know how before he gives you a shot of Novacaine, he swabs your gums with a q-tip dipped in anesthetic? Well, you've tas

It's still terrible. They've re-labeled it but haven't improved it. For the same money you can get authentic rums from Barbados which taste much better.

Kraken Black Spiced

Charcoal and burnt hair. I'm guessing that they start with cheap, bulk rum and then add Worcestershire sauce or something, plus a ton of hair dye for color. This is not a deli

I found my gym socks. The chemical aftertaste is pretty offensive. Why on earth would anyone drink this stuff when they can buy hand sanitizer more cheaply (and it's probab

Malibu Pineapple

Offensive. Bad bad bad. If you want real pineapple rum, try Plantation Stiggins' Fancy. Save this crap for the frat boys.

Captain Morgan Parrot Bay Coconut

Tastes like shampoo. This isn't rum! It's only 40 proof, it tastes like hair soap. and it's too sweet for human consumption. You're MUCH better off using real rum and add

Captain Morgan Lime Bite

Tastes like my after-shave. The reviewers like this with Coke. Probably because it kills the taste of this fake rum product. Instead, buy a fresh lime and some good, drinkable ru

Zaya Gran Reserva 12-year

This stuff will give you Diabetes. Best served on waffles. Sugary, oily, and overpoweringly vanilla-flavored. Plus, it feels creepily thin in the mouth. This stuff actually made me sad.

Tastes like feline leukemia medicine. Just pouring it into a glass made me ill from the stench. Needless to say, the taste was abysmal. Like drinking the liquid from boiled pine cones.

Bacardi Big Apple

This is not rum. Bad boooze with fake flavor and the afteraste of stomach bile. Made for teens who need to get drunk without tasting anything too strong. It's really b

Crime against nature. Why on earth would anyone drink this crap, when you can buy excellent, authentic mixing rums for around the same price, and you can add freshly squeez

Bacardi Dragon Berry

Squeezed pimples. Bacardi doesn't even care whether you think this is rum. Teenagers love this crap because it's sweet and it gets them drunk. Having tasted it, I'm gla

Captain Morgan Grapefruit

Never! When I tasted this I wasn't expecting anything good, but it's even worse than that. If you have recipes which call for grapefruit, take a few seconds

Pyrat XO Reserve

NOPE. Fake orange flavor added to cheap, boozy low-end rum. The drink of choice for careless swillers. Drown it with mixers because you must, but don't pret

Captain Morgan Private Stock

Take a bunch of sugar, then add sugar. They didn't even try with this one. Someone poured a large bag of sugar into a barrel of semi-aged bulk rum, added some vanilla and baking spices, and

Bacardi Rock Coconut

Monster urine. Bacardi keeps bottling new flavors so that they can take up most of the shelf space in liquor stores. There is no room for the competition. It's a ter

Bacardi Peach Red

Warning: May contain rum. This is bulk crap alcohol with chemicals. It tastes like bad breath. It's okay if you like this, but what are you doing on a rum website?

Blackheart Premium Spiced

Sooooo BAD. Junk rum, bought in bulk and flavored with chemicals. I don't know who is more dangerous, the people who make this crap or the people who review it wi

Captain Morgan Pineapple

No. No. No. If you want to try really good rum that has been steeped with real, actual pineapples, try Plantation Stiggins' Fancy. World of difference. Real xmas

Bacardi Artic Grape

Should be outlawed. This swill is clearly made for under-age drinkers who need to get drunk on something that doesn't stray too far from their favorite flavors from child

Bacardi Torched Cherry

Children's cough syrup. This junk is for kids who want to get drunk without thinking about what they're really drinking. One of the worst examples of bad booze.

Bacardi Oakheart

Not very good. Overly spiced and poorly flavored. For those of you who drown your rum in Coke, welcome to Heaven. For those of you who actually enjoy drinking rum, t

Captain Morgan Coconut

Tastes like anesthesia. Coconut flavoring with a scary amount of something which tastes like ether. There is no reason to buy this when you can use a good mixing rum and Coco

Captain Morgan Cannon Blast

Tastes like chemotherapy. Yet another offering from the junk factory. This stuff is for college kids who don't care whose shoes they're gonna puke on at the end of the night. I

Bacardi Carta Blanca

Does anyone at Bacardi actually taste their stuff first? First of all, this tastes exactly like Superior...and apparently it is, according to Bacardi's PR Dept. I recognize the familiar antiseptic odor of t

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Brand

Type

Country

Average Rating

Total Ratings

Compagnie des Indes 1992 Jamaica Hampden Cask Strength 24-year

Compagnie des Indes 1993 Guyana Uitvlugt 21-year

Compagnie des Indes 1998 Trinidad Caroni 18-year

Compagnie des Indes Boulet de Canon

Compagnie des Indes 2000 Jamaica Hampden 14-year

Compagnie des Indes 1993 Trinidad Old Caroni 22-year

Appleton Estate 50-year

Velier 1997 Uitvlugt

Velier 1993 Port Mourant

Velier 1991 Blairmont

Velier 1998 Enmore and Port Mourant

Velier 1999 Diamond <S> 15-year

Velier 1996 Diamond

Velier 1997 Port Mourant

Velier 1994 Albion

Velier 1990 Uitvlugt

Velier 1983 Albion

Velier 1989 Albion

Velier 1982 Blairmont

Velier 1973 Skeldon

Velier 1990 Enmore

Velier 1981 Diamond

Foursquare 1998 10-year

Toucan 2017 Agricole Vieux 4-year

Rammstein Islay Whisky Finish

Two Swallows Cherry & Salt

Berry Bros & Rudd 1977 Jamaican

Berry's Panama 11-year

Berry's Barbados 11-year

Caroni 1994 Trinidad

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago

Engenhos do Norte Tristao Vaz Teixeira 60 Natural

Caroni 1994 18-year

Trinidad and Tobago

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