Rum Reviews
Here are quick links to all of my Rum Reviews and Ratings:
White Rum
- Bacardi Superior White Rum
- Bermudez Ron Viejo Blanco
- Diplomatico Blanco Reserva
- Cristal Parrot Lite Rum (Traveller’s)
- DownSlope White Rum
- El Dorado 3 Year Cask Aged Demerara Rum
- El Dorado Deluxe Silver 6 Year Aged Rum
- Flor de Caña Extra Dry 4 Year Old Rum
- Highwood Imported White Rum
- Kōloa Kaua`i White Hawaiian Rum
- Matusalem Platino
- Montanya Platino Rum
- Mount Gay Eclipse Silver
- Newfoundlander’s White Rum
- Plantation 3 Stars Silver Rum
- Potter’s Superior White Rum
- Proof Rum
- Santiago de Cuba Ron Carta Blanca
- Traveller’s White Rum
Overproof Rum
- Appleton 151 Dark Jamaican Rum
- Demerara Superior High Wine
- Lamb’s 151 Proof Navy Rum
- Lemon Hart 151 Demerara Rum
- London Dock Rum (Favell’s 100 Proof)
- Panama Red 108 Overproof Rum
- Plantation Original Dark 73 % Overproof Rum
Gold Rum (Aged less than 2 years)
- 1 Barrel Rum (Travellers)
- Kōloa Kaua`i Gold Hawaiian Rum
- London Dock Rum (Favell’s 70 Proof)
- Old Lahaina Gold Rum
- Siesta Key Gold Rum
Aged Rum (Aged 2 to 5 Years)
- 3 Barrel Aged Rum (Travellers)
- 5 Barrel Rum (Travellers)
- Abuelo Anejo (Rum)
- Angostura Royal Oak
- Appleton Estate VX Rum
- Barceló Añejo Rum
- Bermudez Ron Anejo 1852
- Brugal Ron Anejo
- Cockspur Fine Rum
- Diplomático Añejo
- Isla Ñ Dark Rum
- McDowell’s No. 1 Celebration Rum
- Momento Amber Rum (Highwood Distillers)
- Mount Gay Eclipse (Gold)
- Pampero Seleccion 1938
- Plantation Barbados 2000 (Old Reserve Rum)
- Plantation Grenada 1998 (Old Reserve Rum)
- Plantation Guatemala Gran Anejo Rum
- Plantation Guyana (Old Reserve Rum)
- Plantation Jamaica (Old Reserve 2000 Rum)
- Pusser’s (Blue Label) Rum
- Pyrat Rum XO Reserve
- Ragged Rock Rum
- Santiago De Cuba Ron Anejo
- Screech (Famous Newfoundland Screech Rum)
Premium Aged Rums (Aged 5+ years)
- Abuelo 12-Year-Old Rum
- Amrut Old Port Deluxe
- Angostura Single Barrel Rum
- Appleton Estate Reserve Rum
- Appleton Estate Extra Old 12 Year
- Appleton Estate 21 Yr Old Rum
- Appleton Estate Master Blender’s Legacy
- Appleton Estate Limited Edition 30 Year Old Rum
- Appleton Estate 50 Year Old Jamaica Rum – Jamaica Independence Reserve
- Atlantico Private Cask Rum
- Bacardi 8 Yr Old Rum
- Barcelo Imperial Rum
- Bermudez Don Armando
- Bermudez Anniversario
- Caroni 1997 13 Year Old Rum (Cask RR1072)
- Cockspur 12 Bajan Crafted Rum
- Cruzan Single Barrel Rum
- Cubaney Ron Tesero Grand Reserve
- Dictador 12 Year Solera
- Dictador 20 Year Solera
- Dictador XO Perpetual
- Diplomático Reserva
- Diplomático Reserva Exclusiva
- Doorly’s Fine Old Barbados Rum (XO)
- Dos Maderas (5+5) PX
- El Dorado 5 Yr Cask Aged Rum
- El Dorado Single Barrel ICBU
- El Dorado Single Barrel PM
- El Dorado 12 Year Old Special Reserve Rum
- El Dorado 15 Year Old Special Reserve Rum
- El Dorado 21 Year Old Special Reserve Rum
- El Dorado 25 Year Old Vintage Reserve Rum
- English Harbour 5 Year Rum
- Flor de Caña Grand Reserve 7 Year Old
- Flor de Caña Centenario 12 Year Old
- Flor de Cana Centenario Gold 18 Year Old
- Fortuna (Ron Reserva Exclusiva)
- Havana Club 7 Year Old Cuban Rum
- Havana Club Cuban Barrel Proof Rum
- Havana Club Selección de Maestros Rum
- Juan Santos 5 Year Old Rum
- Juan Santos 9 Yr Reserva Especial Rum
- Juan Santos 12 Year Gran Reserva Rum
- Juan Santos 21 Yr Antigua Reserva Rum
- Kirk and Sweeney 12 Year Rum
- Matusalem Gran Reserva 15 Solera Blender
- Mocambo 20 Anos Anejo Rum (Art Edition)
- Mount Gay Extra Old Barbados Rum
- Mount Gay Eclipse Black
- Mount Gay Rum 1703 Old Cask Selection
- Pampero Anniversario Reserva Exclusiva
- Panamonte Reserva XXV – 25 Year Old Rum
- Plantation Barbados (Grande reserve) 5 Year old Rum
- Plantation Nicaragua 1998 (Old Reserve Rum)
- Plantation Panama 2000 (Old Reserve Rum)
- Plantation Trinidad 2000 (Old Reserve Rum)
- Plantation XO 20th Anniversary Barbados Rum
- Pusser’s 15 Yr Old Navy Rum
- Pyrat Rum Cask 1623
- Renegade Black Rock 2000 Rum
- Renegade Guyana Uitvlught 1995
- Renegade Rum Company 2000 Jamaica Rum
- Renegade Panama Don José 1997
- Ron Millonario Solera 15 Reserva Especial
- Ron Millonario XO Reserva Especial Rum
- Rum Nation Demerara Solera N° 14
- Rum Nation Demerara 23 Year Old
- Rum Nation Jamaica 26 Year Old (Distilled 1986)
- Rum Nation Panama (Aged 18 years)
- Rum Nation Panama (Aged 21 years)
- Santa Teresa 1796 Antiguo de Solera
- Tanduay Superior 12 Year Old Rum
- Zacapa Centrenario 23 Anos
- Ron Zacapa Centenario XO 15
- Ron Zacapa Centenario (23 Solero)
- Zacapa XO (25 Year Solero) Rum
- Zafra Master Reserve
- Zaya Gran Reserva
Rhum Agricole (French Style)
- Barbancourt 8 Yr Old Haitian Rhum
- Barbancourt 15 Year Old Estate Reserve
- Reimonenq Vieux 5 Year Old Rhum (Distilled 2006) Pending
- Reimonenq Vieux 9 Year Old Rhum (Distilled 1999) Pending
Dark & Black Rum (usually aged less than 2 years)
- Bacardi Black
- Big Black Dick Dark Caribbean Rum
- Captain Morgan Deluxe Dark Rum
- Cruzan Black Strap Rum
- Gosling’s Black Seal
- Kōloa Kaua`i Dark Hawaiian Rum
- Legendario Elixir de Cuba
- Legendario Ron Anejo
- Old Sam Demerara Rum
- Potter’s Traditional Dark Navy Rum
- Smuggler’s Cove Dark Rum
- Whalers Dark Rum
Spiced Rum
- Admiral Nelson’s Spiced Rum
- Bacardi Oakheart Smooth Spiced Rum
- Blackheart Spiced Rum
- Brinley Gold Shipwreck Spiced Rum
- Calico Jack Spiced Rum
- Captain Morgan’s Original Spiced Rum
- Captain Morgan 100 Spiced Rum
- Captain Morgan Black Spiced Rum
- Captain Morgan Silver Spiced Rum
- Captain Morgan Private Stock
- Cruzan 9 Spiced Rum
- El Dorado Spiced
- George Street Spiced Rum
- Kraken Black Spiced Rum
- Kōloa Kaua`i Spice Hawaiian Rum
- Lambs Blacksheep Spiced Rum
- Sailor Jerry Spiced Navy Rum
- Siesta Key Spiced Rum
- Spiced Jack No. 94
- VooDoo Spiced Rum
Flavoured Rum
- Admiral Nelson’s Coconut Rum
- Diplomatico Hacienda Saruro
- Hispaniola Mamajuana
- Kuknat Coconut Rum
- Juan Santos Coffee Infused Rum
- Redrum
- Whaler’s Killer Coconut Rum
- Whaler’s Vanille
- Whistling Andy Hibiscus-Coconut Rum
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Each review contains a rating or score out of 100 and these scores can be interpreted using the following scale:
0-25 A spirit with a rating this low would actually kill you.
26-49 Depending upon your fortitude you might actually survive this.
50 -59 You are safe to drink this…but you shouldn’t.
60-69 Substandard swill which you may offer to people you do not want to see again.
70-74 Now we have a fair mixing rum or whisky. Accept this but make sure it is mixed into a cocktail.
75-79 You may begin to serve this to friends, again probably still cocktail territory.
80-84 We begin to enjoy this spirit neat or on the rocks. (I will still primarily mix cocktails)
85-89 Excellent for sipping or for mixing!
90-94 Definitely a primary sipping spirit, in fact you may want to hoard this for yourself.
95-97.5 The Cream of the Crop
98+ I haven’t met this bottle yet…but I want to.
Very loosely we may put my scores into terms that you may be familiar with on a Gold, Silver, and Bronze medal scale as follows:
70 – 79.5 Bronze Medal (Recommended only as a mixer)
80 – 89.5 Silver Medal (Recommended for sipping and or a high quality mixer)
90 – 95 Gold Medal (Highly recommended for sipping and for sublime cocktails.)
95.5+ Platinum Award (Highest Recommendation)
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