Rum has a rich tradition across the world, with any sugar cane producing country able to make it. Originally thought to have come from the West Indies, the empire building world brought it across the globe. With massive success in the Caribbean Rum is on the up with new and distinct options.
The bouquet is light and floral with subtle coconut and fresh banana. The palate is predominately rum with toasted coconut, vanilla pod and cocoa. The finish is nutty, smooth and clean.
A blend of rums matured in small casks and married in oak casks, this is a smooth, sweet rum with notes of toffee apples, caramelised pineapple and sticky ginger cake.
Warming notes of butterscotch, nutmeg and dried apricots. Longer aging brings out additional complexity of flavors from the barrel and develops a rich body with velvety smoothness.
It has a fresh, sweet taste with toasted and buttery aromas, making it ideal for making easy and delicious cocktails that pack a flavourful punch. Clear, with a golden hue. Intense coconut aromas, with hints of toasted nuts and butter.
Light and good notes of pineapple, toffee, hint of oak and a blast of alcohol. On the palate it is mild with light tropical fruit balanced with a sticky vanilla, there is a slight astringency. To finish the forward fruit disappears leaving an oak and charcoal residue.
Razz is a wonderfully intense raspberry-infused rum from Bacardi. Its made using raspberries and Marion berries, picked at optimal ripeness. The result is a sharp and sweet drink that mixes wonderfully in a range of cocktails.
Clean and dry, yet very slight sweetness with muscovado sugar, blue cheese, spiced apples, pears and notes of vanilla, caramel and a faint pinch of black pepper spice.
Characteristics of oak barrel staves with the essence of bourbon or brandy, a hint of smoke from the charring process, background notes of dried fruit and heavy delivery of sweet creamy butterscotch.
A blend of aged rums from 5 different distilleries, 5 Island is a complex rum that has a fruity aroma, spicy taste and a peppery finish. Ideal for a Daiquiri.
Full bodied, slightly sweet tropical fruit, red apple with bitter burnt toast and aggressive cinnamon and pepper. Sweet Irn Bru-like sweet spice notes continue.
Lots of woody and buttery notes complemented with dried fruit and spices. Notes of gingerbread, lychee and toffee. Rums matured separately for 3 to 7 years in American Whiskey casks. Final blend finished for 6 months in deeply charred Bourbon casks.
Rounded and rich, with butter toffee, banana cream, and caramel to start. Gentle cinnamon and allspice build with more fruit baked apples, pineapple cubes, and dried mango joined by coffee, dark chocolate, and black pepper.
With notes of vanilla, red fruits, toffee, cocoa and natural oak spice, Brugal 1888 issmooth, full of flavour and perfectly balanced. A must-try rum for the curious drinker.
Bumbu Rum is a celebration of the Caribbean, from its sugarcane sourced from sustainable farms across the region down to its sensational taste a sweet tropical blend of caramelised bananas and warm spice.
Swathes of sweet vanilla, dark molasses, toasted coconut and aromatic allspice with a fiery kick of Birds Eye Chilli and hand roasted ginger. Smooth and rounded but with a spike of real heat.
Captain Morgan Dark Rum bursts with toffee, rich caramel, sweet dark brown sugar and ripe banana flavours. Enjoy legendary full-bodied flavour in a tall glass over ice, served with cola or fiery ginger ale for a delicious Captain Dark & Ginger.
Fruity esters kick things off, with brown sugar caramelising in a pan, earthy vanilla pod and a handful of cinnamon sticks following on. Green apple, stem ginger and buttery biscuits. Dry spices linger on the finish, with a final hint of banana fritter.
Nice gentle aroma with sweet and spiced tones. Taste is surprisingly on dry side, light with vanilla, cinamon and clove. Aftertaste is average long ending in bitter and fruit end.
A delicious blend of pot and column-still rums from St Lucia, Chairmans Reserve rum is well-rounded and sweet, with a gentle balance of cooked banana, caramelised fruits, chocolate, tobacco and oaky-vanilla notes throughout the palate.
Cut Overproof Rum is a spiced rum with a real kick. Bottled at 75.5% ABV, this is a jacked up version of Cut Rums standard spiced rum. Its surprisingly smooth when drank neat, a quick initial mouth burn is soon followed by warming notes of vanilla, caramel and cardamon.
Powerfully smoky rum from the Cut Rum range. Made with a base of Jamaican rum and smoked using oak chips, this will stand out in cocktails and might make for an intriguing alternative postprandial tipples for people with a penchant for peaty whisky.