Rum Reviews

  Jamaica's Appleton Estate stands as one of the most emblematic rum producers of the Caribbean island - arguably the rum world at large - and yet...

  Hampden has now added to its core range a third expression - the Hampden 1753  - paying homage to the year of the Jamaican rum distillery's foun...

  And we're back with another Hampden from The Whisky Jury! Now we've covered The Whisky Jury before, having tasted their wide range of spirits fr...

  Whilst the first Papalin blend - made of a Cuban rum, a Venezuelan rum, and a dash of Caroni - made its first debut in 2003, the Velier propriet...

  Amidst the multitude of rum bottlings vying for attention at Whisky Live Singapore 2024, it’s the familiar label with the silhouette of the Hamp...

  "When an unlabelled bottle makes an appearance at a spirits festival, you know you're in for something!" is a saying that I not only made up and...

  A fun-filled evening at Bar Madame to celebrate the official launch of House of Cane’s very first single cask rum in Singapore - a ten-year-old ...

  With the happy union of Jamaica's Hampden Distillery's Christelle Harris and Matthew Hann just last June 2023, we saw the start of an all new se...

  For a rather small island, Singapore has a pretty reliable roster of top notch bars - heck, 11 of the Asia's Top 50 Best Bars call the little re...

  I fondly remember the first Long Pond rums I had chanced upon during my initial foray into this rabbit hole of mine - Plantation’s (or now Plant...

  What a throwback!  Yes, yes, this Habitation Velier bottling of Jamaica's Worthy Park was only released in 2016, but in rum years, alot has happ...

  Hampden has come a long way in fully realising its place as one of the great rums of the world - its distinctiveness gives the Jamaican distille...