Rum Reviews

When Shiga Prefecture based Japanese rum producer Nine Leaves was announced to have ceased production in end 2023, with all remaining stocks sold...

  The next bottle from Swell de Spirits at Hi Stranger SG comes from a distillery that needs little introduction. Hailing from what is widely rega...

  With Whisky Live Paris 2026 in full swing, I thought it’d be a perfect segue to write about Rhum Neisson’s latest addition to the Zetwal series ...

When the Hussey family took over Jamaica's Hampden Estate in 2009, the now cult rum-maker had only up till that point produced white rum which wa...

Not too long ago, Neisson released a rhum agricole that was something of a quiet peculiarity - the Red Dragon. Initially, I wasn’t sure what to m...

  After a duo of rhum agricoles, the next bottle from Swell de Spirits at Hi Stranger bar featured a molasses-based rum from the island of Trinida...

  The second rum by Swell de Spirits I had at Hi Stranger hails from a distillery that has really grown on me over the recent years, and is best k...

  Since opening their doors and releasing their first spirit bottling in 2021, Swell de Spirits has undoubtedly developed quite a reputation for b...

  Nestled in the heart of Central Luzon’s sugarcane plains lies one of the Philippines’ largest and oldest rum distilleries — the Tarlac Distiller...

  We were at the The Spirits Library just the other weekend where we hosted by Lee Watson himself, founder of the Spirits Library, for an intrigui...

  Ron Zacapa celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. We had the opportunity to join in the festivities with Master Blender Lorena Vásquez and o...

  On the 50th year of Ron Zacapa, the distillery has, for the first time in its history, dipped its toes into the world of private blends. And who...