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A bottle of Chairman's Reserve Single Batch 9 year - Austin Rum Society pick next to a glass of rum

Review #161: Chairman's Reserve Single Batch 9 year - Austin Rum Society pick

Saint Lucian pot still rum meets a brandy cask for this club pick

A bottle of Alambique Serrano Blend #1 next to a glass of rum

Review #160: Alambique Serrano Blend #1

Four brothers run the Oaxacan distillery that produced this aged sugarcane juice rum

A bottle of Lafcadio Botanical Rum next to a glass of rum

Review #159: Lafcadio Botanical Rum

A nomadic distilling team crafted this herbaceous rum

A bottle of Rum-Bar Overproof next to a glass of rum

Review #158: Rum-Bar Overproof

Worthy Park crafted this high-proof rum as the first offering from their house brand

A sample bottle of Valinch & Mallet Ten Cane 2008 next to a glass of rum on a table

Review #157: Valinch & Mallet Ten Cane 2008 13 year

Trinidad's "other" defunct distillery produced this sugarcane juice rum

A bottle of Hampden Pagos next to a glencairn of rum on a table

Review #156: Hampden Estate Pagos

This aged Jamaican rum was fully matured in ex-Sherry casks

Bottle of Rhum JM VO next to a glencairn of rum on a table

Review #155: Rhum JM VO

Three years in a charred bourbon cask leaves a mark on this rhum

Bottle of Holmes Cay Belize 2006 next to a glencairn of rum on a table

Review #154: Holmes Cay Belize 2006 16 year

Fruits and spice come out in this 100% tropically-aged column still rum

A bottle of Hampden Great House 2023 next to a glencairn of rum on a kitchen counter

Review #153: Hampden Great House 2023 Edition

Two mid-level marques comprise this annual Jamaican rum blend

Sample bottle of Clairin Le Rocher rum next to a glencairn of rum

Review #152: Clairin Le Rocher

Translated as "the rock", this clairin was produced in Haiti's Nord department