I've met Raphaël Grisoni, Managing Director of Mount Gay rum, on a few occasions and bugged him for an interview for some time. There are a couple of reasons...

The Duchess is an independent bottler from Holland. The company was founded in 2014 and the first rum was bottled in 2017. Nils van Rijn is the man in charge...

A lot of people know Trinidad rum through Angostura, which makes sense as it’s the only rum distillery in the country. It’s been like that since 2002, when C...

Chatting about Worthy Park Estate is almost as good as drinking their rum. Especially when it is with Alexander Kong, their charismatic Export Sales Manager....

Our search for the ideal daiquiri rum is now in its third chapter. We keep doing this because we all feel it’s such an enjoyable exercise. Chapter one and ch...

I love Barbados. Of course this site is about rum, but I want to share another reason why I love Barbados, and it’s more important than rum: the people. Firs...

First time I encountered The Scarlet Ibis was about 5 years ago. Picked it up in the US and drank the entire bottle with Colombian family in an evening. We a...

I’ve only been to UK rumfest twice so far. One thing I’ve done on both occassions is to be present at two Velier seminars. Why two? Because they are always d...

For a while now, the people of Barbados have been trying to implement a GI for their rum. GI stands for Geographical Indication. “The use of a GI may act as ...

Long Pond is a Jamaican Distillery that hasn’t featured on Rum Revelations yet. I figured it was time to change that. Founded in 1759 and located in the Pari...

People get honoured in so many ways. Statues are erected. Roads, buildings and parks are named after them. In football a certain turn is named after Cruijff,...

When I received the 1423.dk advent calendar, it presented me with a problem. It’s one of those western world problems that make you realize how good your lif...

It’s that time of the year where a lot of people reflect on what’s happened to them over the past 12 months. At least, that’s what I hear a lot. It might jus...

Today I’m tasting three Spanish style rums from companies with a long history in rum making. Brugal, Pampero and Santa Teresa. Brugal is from the Dominican R...

In Barbados, a lot of work has been done recently in regards to establishing an identity protecting geographical indication for Barbados rum. To make this co...

I’ve never cared much for advent calendars, but when they are filled with rum it becomes a whole different story! The guys and girls from 1423.dk, the same p...

Worthy Park is a Jamaican distillery and sugar producer that seems to be gaining more and more momentum. Over the past years we’ve seen a lot of independent ...

Plenipotenziario, every time I write that name I triple check if I got the spelling correct. When I first saw it, I thought it’s either extremely clever, or ...

Can you please give a short introduction to who you are and how you gained all your rum knowledge and experience? My love affair with premium rum has lasted,...

Back in June we had an evening of daiquiri tastings and it was tons of fun. We named it the big daiquiri challenge chapter 1. We enjoyed it so much, we knew ...