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Review #024: Doctor Bird
A potentially divisive, Jamaican-sourced rum from Two James Spirits
Review #023: Bapt & Clem's Savanna 12 year
An independent release of the elusive Savanna distillery
Review #022: Real McCoy 12 year - Lincoln Road Custom Batch
This is the real deal: a custom batch of 12 year old rum selected by Lincoln Road
Review #021: Avuá Jequitiba Rosa
The first non-rum sugarcane spirit to be reviewed, with a unique finish
Review #020: Hampden 8 year
Our first review of this Jamaican distillery's self-released lineup
Review #019: Hamilton 86
A budget-friendly staple of home and professional bars alike
Review #018: Privateer Distiller's Drawer - "Respite"
Another special release from an American distillery
Review #017: Blackadder Raw Cask Barbados Foursquare Rum 10 year
An independently-bottled Foursquare rum that offers a unique experience
Review #016: Cruzan Single Barrel
We visit the island of St. Croix to taste a premium offering from a well-known brand
Review #015: Holmes Cay Trinidad Ten Cane 2012
Our first review of a Trinidad rum, from a unique (and defunct) distillery
Review #014: Worthy Park 14yr K&L Wines x Smuggler's Cove "Worthy Then"
A special collaboration yields another release of the WPM marque
Review #013: Worthy Park 13yr Florida Rum Society "Gemini Barrel"
A very special standalone release of the elusive WPM marque
Review #012: Grander Speyside Single Barrel
Our first look at a release from Grander
Review #011: Holmes Cay Guyana Uitvlugt 2003
An independent bottling of a Demerara rum bearing the name of a defunct distillery
Review #010: Treaty Oak Barrel Reserve Rum - Barrel No. 20
A private bottling of Texas-based whiskey distillery's rum
Memphis Rum Club to Join the Rum Round Table
An exciting opportunity is coming for the MRC to collaborate with other American rum groups
Review #009: Appleton Estate 15 year
The newest addition to the prolific Jamaican distillery's vertical lineup
Review #008: Black Tot 50th Anniversary Edition
This navy rum combines some of the finest rums in the world to commemorate 50 years without the Royal Navy's "daily tot"
Review #007: Habitation Velier Privateer 2017
The first American rum to be released under the Habitation Velier label
Review #006: Foursquare Indelible
Six years after the beloved Zinfandel Cask Blend, Foursquare revisits a blend aged in casks formerly containing this red wine varietal
Review #005: Holmes Cay Mauritius 2007
Another Holmes Cay bottling of an African (island)-based distillery's cane juice-based rum
Review #004: Foursquare 2009
We couldn't review anything else for review number four(square)
Review Ratings Explained
This post explains the rating scale used in reviews
Review #003: Diplomatico Distillery Collection No. 3 Pot Still Rum
We take a look at an interesting project from a prolific Venezuelan rum distillery
Announcing Barrel Pick #001: Riverset Rum
The Memphis Rum Club's first selection of Riverset Rum is a collaboration with Joe's Wines & Liquor
Review #002: Holmes Cay South Africa Mhoba 2017
Holmes Cay's bottling of the first Mhoba release for the US market gets evaluated
Review #001: Privateer Letter of Marque - "For Our Friends"
For our first review, we look at Friends of Rum Tennessee's barrel pick of Privateer