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Helena Tiare

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St. Nicholas Abbey 15-Year

Simply amazing! I got to try this one at the UK Rumfest in 2013, and if the 12 is amazing, well then this one is just priceless...one of the absolutely best rums i ev

UF30E Uitvlugt 1990

Outstanding One of the demeraras from the independent bottler Velier, great body and intesity. Totally demerara rum heaven. Uitvlugt is the name of the famous dis

Black Tot Royal Navy

Extremely long finish I had the occasion to taste a little of this but a little was enough, it`s an explosion of flavors, dark fruits, leather, wood, tropical fruit mash, c

St. Nicholas Abbey 12-Year

A top shelf rum! The 12 yo is nothing but fantastic, it has deep flavors and so good it should be reserved for sipping but if you mix with it, make sure you chose a ty

St. Nicholas Abbey 10-Year

Fantastic rum! St Nicholas Abbey rums are some of the best in the world in my opinion. The 10 yo is awesome with extremely well balanced flavors, full bodied and smo

St. Nicholas Abbey 5-Year

St. Nicholas Abbey 5-Year Rum: Exceptionally well balanced and the same soft velvety character that was in the nose comes forth here too. It`s rich, warm, welcoming with notes of to

El Dorado Special Reserve 15-Year

El Dorado 15 yo Full bodied and smoky, a true demerara! it´s on the heavy side in flavor, both sips and mixes very well. An explosion of flavors. I love it in Mai Tai

El Dorado 21-Year

Excellent sipper A more refined, mellow and complex version of the 12 and 15 combined to me sans the smokiness from the 15.Mixed fruits and spicy oak, dark chocolate,

Lemon Hart 151 This is the quintessential floater in tiki drinks! no other rum can replace it, except maybe for some of Velier`s or Silver Seal`s heavier demeraras.

La Bella Cabresse Rhum Agricole

Very good The rhum agricoles from french Guyana is a bit different from those of Martinique or Guadeloupe, they have a sort of earthiness of their own. La Belle

St. Nicholas Abbey White

St. Nicholas Abbey White Rum Very pleasant rum and for mixing it`s perfect but it`s just as good for sipping. I would say it´s a very good all-round white rum that got it´s own pe

Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva

Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva One of the great sipping rums out there. Caramel and smoothness, and a little bit of spice. It´s easy to sip!

XM Royal Gold 10-Year

A great tasting rum This rum is so yummy! so flavorful, caramel and toffee, wood, vanilla, tropical fruits.

A great rum This is a good sipper!

Blackwell Black Gold Special Reserve

This one rock! Tried this one at Blackwell`s Rum and Reggae party in New Orleans 2 years ago and i find it to be a very good mixing rum, makes great rum punches and

Appleton Estate 21-Year

Appleton 21 A fine sipper, that is what it is...

Good for ti punch This is perfect for ti punch! and as most rhum agricoles, mixes perfectly well in tiki drinks.

Clement Canna Bleue

Great rhum agricole Great for ti punch, lively and grassy, full of flavor!

El Dorado 12-Year

El Dorado 12 yo This one is a bit sweeter and less punchy than the 15 yo and to me this one is perfect in cocktails but of course, also a good sipper.The 12 year old

Zaya Gran Reserva 12-Year

Zaya The perfect intro rum to those who doubt they`d like rum! also a very good dessert rum. It´s sweet and smoooth....

Pusser's British Navy

Pusser`s Rum The classic Pusser`s Rum perfect for the Painkiller cocktail and really, it is! a good middle-range rum usable in most mixed drinks and tiki drinks.

Pusser's Red Label

Pusser´s Red Label Much more mellow than the blue label and lacks that punch the other one have. Better to sip than mix with i think if you`re gonna make tropical and ti

Pusser's Overproof

Pusser`s Overproof Here´s a great overproof rum to float in cocktails! it has flavor and punch! tastes to me like a strong version of the blue label Pusser`s.

Pusser's British Navy 15-Year

Pusser's British Navy 15-Year Rum A great navy rum indeed! and one of the classics...

Appleton Estate 12-Year

Appleton Extra One of the quintessential rums for tiki drinks and it´s one of the rums in the classic Mai Tai combo, Appleton Extra and St James Hors d`age or other

Wray & Nephew White Overproof

JWray Overproof One of the best overproof rums out there! despite it´s "kerosene" flavor....this is good stuff! it`s incredibly versatile too, if you google on use in

Smith and Cross Navy Strength

Smith and Cross This a great mixing rum! it´s strong and it´s full of funky flavors. It boosts up any cocktail and is of course one of the staples in the tiki drink w

Chairman's Reserve Spiced

An excellent spiced rum I love this one, it´s not that many spiced rums that picks my interest but this one is really good. It got lots of flavor and quite a bit of clove, it

Old New Orleans Cajun Spice

Fantastic This rum is nothing but fantastic and unusual with it´s cayenne flavor. Half of this with half ED15 yo makes for a very nice sipper...

Plantation 3 Stars Artisanal

Excellent! This is a very good white rum, full of flavor and it mixes well with everything. Excellent!

Neisson Rhum Agricole Blanc

A great rhum agricole This is a great rhum agricole, it´s smooth, sweet, grassy and easy to both sip and mix with.

Great rum! A very well balanced rum, flavorful and complex. Good for both sipping and mixing. At the UK Rumfest in 2012 they mixed it with Ting (Jamaican grapefr

Banks 7 Golden Age

Tasty! Mellow, toffee, sweet, a hint of wood and a little bit spicy, it tastes wonderful. It`s a rum that is easy to drink.

Love this one! This is a very good cachaca, and it´s not over filtered to kill the flavors and transform it into vodka...it`s smooth, creamy, buttery, earthy and a b

A great cahcaca This is a very tasty cachaca, smooth, buttery, with a bit of the typical earthy and a bit grassy flavor which in cachaca is different from rhum agrico

Mount Gay Black Barrel

Great value Flavorful rum, great to sip and mix!

Plantation XO 20th Anniversary

Fantastic rum Very tasty, very pleasant rum to sip and mix with. The bottle is also very stunning. (not the flat one, the other one)

El Dorado EHP Single Barrel

Flavorful I find this rum flavorful and fruity, i like it a lot.

El Dorado ICBU Single Barrel

Great rum These single barrels are great stuff, from the old stills which are unique in this world. It´s rum for demerara geeks and connaisseurs.

El Dorado 8-Year

In between 5 and 12 I find this great rum to stand in between the 5 yo and the 12 yo. It`s a great sipper and mixer, both and to a good price.

El Dorado 3-Year

A great white This is a flavorful white rum, great to mix cocktails with such as the daiquiri.

Clement Creole Shrubb

Great product Great product, can be used to sub orange liqueur in cocktails, it´s great in a Mai Tai for example.

Gosling's Black Seal

Dark N Stormy anyone? This rum is perfect for the Dark N Stormy cocktail with it´s dark, thick flavor. Also good in tiki drinks, obviously.

Angostura 7-Year

Great sipper and mixer! This one is very tasty, it´s a sipping rum first of all but does make great cocktails as well. The old rule of thumb is never wrong - the better base

Good rum This is the Bacardi to get if you want to have a great sipping and mixing rum. Forget about the white one called "superior" and buy this one instead.

RL Seale 10-Year

Smooth rum Nice smooth sipper and the bottle is quite fun, looks to me like a seal stretching up to catch a fish...A genuine rum, real Bajan flavor, no nonsense

Barbancourt Reserve du Domaine 15-Year

Great agricole rum! This is a special and great agricole rum, different from the rest. Has some spiciness and nuttiness to it. Makes good punch vieux and other cocktails

Rhum JM Vieux VSOP

Great agricole I like Rhum JM and this one is a great sipper, and also for a good punch vieux. Lots of flavor and smooth.

Saint James Reserve Privee 12-Year

Great rhum agricole A very good agricole, full of flavor and smooth, easy to sip and makes a great punch vieux.

Saint James Hors d'Age

Wonderful rhum This St James is the classic rhum used in Mai Tai`s together with Appleton Extra. It was the rum combo Trader Vic started to use when the 17 year old

Ron Los Valientes 20-Year

Smooth sipper The nose is pleasant, sweet..much caramel here and i like caramel. This one is smooth like silk! the other two (10yo and 15 yo) are smooth as well but

Appleton Estate 8-Year

Appleton 8 yo Another good mixing rum but the 12 yo is a much better choice.

Ti punch! Lots of flavors here, and great for a ti punch!

Coruba 12 One of the rums i`ve been using in tiki drinks and it works well, it´s a bit less punchy than the original Coruba but it mixes well. Supposed to be a

Lemon Hart Premium

Lemon Hart Rum This is a great rum for tiki drinks and tropical rum cocktails! An old classic...but not as great as the 151...not as much of a sipper as it`s a mixin

Havana Club 7-Year

Havana Club 7 yo This has been one of my "always on the shelf" rums for years. It`s quite light but still does have enough flavor and it`s to me a mixing rum rather th

Ron Zacapa 23 Solera

Zacapa 23 A smooth and sweet rum, perfect to introduce people to rum...it´s balanced, sweet and smooth.

Doorly`s XO A good sipper and a bargain for what you get. Typical Barbados rum and it`s real.

A great agricole rhum A well balanced rhum agricole, with the typical grassy notes. I love to use it mixed in tiki drinks! and the occasional punch vieux.

Great stuff! This one have been used a lot in tiki bars especially in London and it does mix well in that type of drinks. It goes very well with pineapple juice a

Coruba Original

Tiki drink essential One of the classic tiki drink rums, one you just need to have, it mixes well with most things and adds a robust dark flavor.

Dillon Blanc 55

Dillon Here`s another lively rhum agricole, great for ti-punch and in tiki drinks!

Plantation Barbados 5-Year

A great rum A nice sipping rum and also a nice mixer even though a bit too mild for tiki drinks but for a daiquiri it´s good. Mild, sweet, vanilla...and smooth.

Oronoco Fazenda Reserva

Flavorful Flavorful and very mild, smooth and a bit buttery, it´s a very nice white rum to sip or use in a daiquiri.

Pyrat XO Reserve

A good beginner´s rum Good to start with when discovering the world of rums, it´s smooth and fruity, or rather orangey, and in the middle range to me.

Elements 8 Gold

Flavorful It`s good to sip and mix with, it got flavor and is smooth.

Elements 8 Platinum

Flavorful and delicate This rum got very nice flavors but is very delicate thus leaving it to sip or make daiquiris with (or other simple cocktails where the rum is allowed

The Scarlet Ibis Gold

Special This rum is special because it´s a bit harsh and at the same time it`s an important component in certain tiki drinks giving the drink a funk and it mi

Good starter A good cachaca to start with, it´s smooth and makes good caipirinhas.

El Dorado 5-Year

Great mixer and sipper Good value for the money! it both sips and mixes well.

Lemon Hart Original 1804

Good for tiki drinks and tropical rum drinks This is a great rum for tiki drinks and tropical rum cocktails! An old classic...but not as great as the 151...not as much of a sipper as it`s a mixin

Wood's 100 Old Navy

Great for tiki drinks This rum is famous for mixing good tiki drinks and rightly so, it adds that punch the drinks needs. Strong and flavorful.

Taylor’s Velvet Falernum

Great mixer for tiki drinks Falernum is a must in many tiki drinks and even though the very best and most vibrantly flavored falernum is homemade, this one is a good option.

Good vanilla rum I find this rum good but not super great. it has a pronounced vanilla flavor.The label is very beautiful.

Santa Teresa Rhum Orange Liqueur

Good mixer The orange flavor is exquisite in this one and it can be used as a mixer in cocktails with good results.

Great rum Great sipper and mixer. All the Angostura rums seems to have a solid quality that is very versatile as well.

Cockspur VSOR 12-Year

Makes lovely rum punch! One of the best rum punches i ever had was made with this rum, enough said:-) better to mix with than to sip i think.

Santa Teresa 1796

A nice rum It´s a nice rum but it doesn`t knock my socks off:-)

Santa Teresa Selecto

A good rum A good rum and can be both sipped and used in cocktails.

Cruzan Single Barrel

Great for cocktails I like this rum as a mixer, it´s flavorful and mixed in tropical and tiki drinks it shines.

Cruzan Black Strap

Tiki drink essential This molasses flavored thick flavored rum is best for tiki drinks and in tiki drinks it´s fantastic.

Atlantico Private Cask

Good but nothing special Wasn`t disappointed when i first tried this rum, but wasn`t overwhelmed either. It`s smooth and sweet but lacks that something that makes it stand ou

Don Q Gran Anejo

Smooth sipper I find this rum a smooth sipper but doesn`t have the heaviness that i prefer in rums, but it´s a typical PR style rum, a bit lighter but not a bad one

Castries Peanut Rum Creme

Yummy This is one of those kinds i don`t drink too often but when i do i really enjoy...drink as is with a little ice or mix a coffee-type of cocktail.

Ron Los Valientes 15-Year

Nice sipper Molasses, sugarcane and old oak followed by burnt caramel. Its heavier on the nose than the 10 year old and the taste is more spicy and has more woody

Bayou Rum It`s a great rum for the budget minded rum drinker and it´s a mixing rum and goes well with coke for example. It`s a good rum but not premium. But it´

Bayou Rum Silver Like the dark and the spiced ones, it´s a great budget rum and this one makes a good daiquiri. A mixing rum.

Havana Club 3-Year

Havana Club 3 yo This is another "always on the shelf rum" for years...it makes a good daiquiri and it`s just one of those you want to have on hand. It´s not a premium

Myers's Original Dark

Myer´s Dark One of the staples for tropical and tiki drinks. It`s not among the best, not at all but some tiki drinks just need this rum.

Old New Orleans Crystal

A mixer This is a mixing rum, nothing really special about it except for the sugarcane from Louisiana...mixes well with most things. A nice feature on all Old

Old New Orleans Amber

A mixing rum This is a typical mixing rum, good for cocktails. A nice feature on all Old New Orleans rums are the prints on the backside of the label with a print

Ok for caipirinhas. It´s an ok cachaca for the masses, makes ok caipirinhas but it´s not great, there are about 5000 cachacas in Brazil and only very few is exported. I h

Kraken Black Spiced

Mixes ok I tried this one for the first time at the 2011 UK Rumfest and i was somehow expecting more so i was a little bit disappointed but they mixed such tas

Matusalem Gran Reserva 15-Year

Good for rum and coke Makes a good rum and coke if you`re using mexican cane cola.

Mount Gay Eclipse

Best for cocktails I was a bit disappointed when i first tasted this one but have found that it´s good in cocktails.

Barbancourt 5 Star Reserve Especiale 8-Year

Good mixing rum I find Barbancourt special, it`s less grassy than regular agricoles and it´s still a cane juice rum. The honey-like but sort of dry flavor is great to

Ron Los Valientes 10-Year

Nice sipper. In the nose i find a hint of plums, then oak and sugarcane.The flavour has a slight balanced fire and its molasses, dried tropical fruits, a slight hi

It´s an ok mixer It´s a budget mixer, and mixes ok, but there are better options.

Havana Club Blanco

Havana Club Blanco It`s a budget mixing rum and has some flavs to it but it too can make a good daiquiri. It´s one of those old shelf rums...it`s always there even if no

Malibu Coconut This is my teenage rum...one of those i used to use by then in my efforts to mix up tropical drinks. I don`t use it anymore, it has purely nostalgic v

Cachaca This one is most likey just colored and it´s not the best of cachacas, far from it. It´s produced for the masses abroad or so i believe.

Brugal Especial Extra Dry

Mixing rum Mixes well in cocktails and that´s about it. But there are way better white rums to mix drinks with though...

Don Papa Small Batch

Sweet vanilla... I tried this at the UK rumfest in 2013 and found a very very sweet rum, almost like a vanilla liqueur...if they hadn`t made a quite original cocktail

Bacardi Superior

Bacardi White Rum Now i don`t know why they have changed this rum? i have tasted the pre-Castro one and it was a totally different rum, flavorful!.This one is like rum

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Helena Tiare rated St. Nicholas Abbey 15-Year about 5 years ago
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Helena Tiare rated Saint James Reserve Privee 12-Year about 5 years ago

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