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A bottle of J. Wray Gold next to a glencairn of rum

Review #113: J. Wray Gold

This brand bears the name of an important figure in Jamaican rum

Raising Glasses Guardians bottle next to a glass of rum

Review #112: Raising Glasses Guardians Trinidad 8 year

This column still rum packs a punch

A sample bottle of Raising Glasses Venezuela next to a glencairn of rum on a kitchen counter

Review #111: Raising Glasses Venezuela Sample

This cask-strength South American rum was aged for 14 years

Raising Glasses Moongazer bottle next to a glass of rum

Review #110: Raising Glasses Moongazer Guyana 9 year

Is this rum as giant as the legendary monster it's named after?

A sample bottle of Raising Glasses Thailand next to a glencairn of rum on a kitchen counter

Review #109: Raising Glasses Thailand Sample

Our first look at an Asian rum comes in the form of a pre-release sample

Raising Glasses Burning Cane bottle next to a glass of rum

Review #108: Raising Glasses "Burning Cane" Barbados 15 year

One of the first releases from the Boston-based independent bottler

Grogue bottle next to a glass of rum

Review #107: Barbosa Amado & Vicente Grogue

The Cape Verdean sugarcane spirit gets the Velier bump in this release

Holmes Cay Barbados 2011 bottle sitting on a barrel

Barrel Pick #003: Holmes Cay Barbados 2011 11 year

On 901 Day, we announce our latest single barrel collaboration with 901 Wine & Spirits

Bottle of Habitation Velier WPL 2007 next to a glass of rum

Review #106: Habitation Velier Worthy Park WPL 2007

Some of the first contemporarily aged rum from Worthy Park was sourced for this release

Down Island Spirits Brazil 2011 bottle next to a glass of rum

Review #105: Down Island Spirits Brazil 2011

Pre-cask blending of cane juice and molasses distillates create this unique rum