Category: Jamaica

Appleton Estate: 30 Year Old (2nd Edition)

Posted in 30 Year Old Rum, Appleton, Jamaica, Rum, Single Blended Rum6 Comments

Appleton Estate 30yo (2nd Edition): Review of stunning 30 year old rum from Jamaica.

2018’s Best Rums and Opinions on Rum’s Current Position

Posted in 2005, Antigua, Appleton, Barbados, Cane & Bean 1870, Compagnie des Indes, Dominus, Don Q, England, English Spirit, Foursquare, Hampden, Jamaica, Kill Devil, Luca Gargano, Martinique, Mhoba, Mount Gay, Neisson, Neptune Rum, Plantation, Premise, Principia, Rhum, Rhum Depaz, Rhum JM, Richard Seale, Ron, Rum, SMWS, VelierLeave a comment

Opinion on rum’s current position in the UK.

Are spiced rums good for rum?
Favourite rums from 2018.
Rum in 2019.
Is rum the new gin?
My top 3 rums of 2018.
My top 3 distilleries in 2018.

Worthy Park Cask Selection Series #3, 4 and 5

Posted in 10 Year Old Rum, 100% Pot Distilled Rum, 5 Year Old Rum, Jamaica, Madeira Cask Finish, Port Cask Finish, Pure Single Rum, Rum, Sherry Cask Finish, Virgin Oak Finish, Worthy Park1 Comment

REVIEW of four different cask “finish” Pure Single Rums from Worthy Park in Jamaica.

https://rumshopboy.com/2018/11/28/worthy-park-cask-selection-series-3-4-and-5/

SMWS R11.2 “Absolutely Fabulous”

Posted in 100% Pot Distilled Rum, 7 Year Old Rum, Jamaica, Pure Single Rum, Rum, SMWS, SMWS R11.2, SMWS R11.2 Absolutely Fabulous, Worthy Park2 Comments

SMWS R11.2 “Absolutely Fabulous”

REVIEW of SMWS’s Pure Single rum from Jamaica’s Worthy Park.

https://rumshopboy.com/2018/11/13/smws-r11-2-absolutely-fabulous/

Butterbird Rum

Posted in Barbados, Demerara Distillers Limited, Foursquare, Guyana, Jamaica, Rum, Uncategorised, West Indies Rum Distillery, WIRDLeave a comment

Review of Butterbird Rum.

A German rum blended with various Caribbean distillates.

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Plantation Xaymaca Special Dry Rum

Posted in 100% Pot Distilled Rum, Clarendon, Jamaica, Long Pond, Plantation, Plantation Xaymaca Special Dry Rum, Pure Single Rum, Rum3 Comments

REVIEW of Plantation Xaymaca Special Dry Rum.

Plantation’s new 100% pot still rum from Jamaica.

Also, compared with Plantation’s M&S 14yo rum!

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SMWS R11.1: “Spicy Sweet Goodness”

Posted in 100% Pot Distilled Rum, 7 Year Old Rum, Jamaica, Pure Single Rum, Rum, SMWS, SMWS R11.1, Worthy Park1 Comment

SMWS R11.1: “Spicy Sweet Goodness”

REVIEW of SMWS’s single cask rum from Jamaica’s Worthy Park.

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SMWS R7.1: “Welcome to Jamrock”

Posted in 100% Pot Distilled Rum, 16 Year Old Rum, Hampden, Jamaica, Pure Single Rum, Rum, SMWS, SMWS R7.13 Comments

SMWS R7.1: “Welcome to Strawberry Jamrock. Yeah Mon” REVIEW of SMWS’s latest Jamaican single cask rum (from Hampden).

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Velier Royal Navy Very Old Rum

Posted in 12 Year Old Rum, 15 Year Old Rum, 20 Year Old Rum, Blended Rum (a mixture of column and pot), Caroni, Guyana, Hampden, Jamaica, Luca Gargano, Rum, Rum from a traditional column still., RumFest 2017, Trinidad, Velier2 Comments

Velier Royal Navy Very Old Rum: REVIEW of a new Velier release.

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Worthy Park Single Estate Reserve & Oloroso Cask Finish

Posted in 100% Pot Distilled Rum, 5 Year Old Rum, 6 Year Old Rum, Oloroso Cask Finish, Pure Single Rum, Rum, Single Estate, Worthy Park6 Comments

Worthy Park Single Estate Reserve & Oloroso Cask Finish: REVIEWS of two stunning new rums.

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