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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

In Ipswich, a stone’s throw from Boston, is Privateer rum distillery. Founded by Andrew Cabot in 2011. He walked away from a tech career to start distilling ...

I recently visited my friend Steve Leukanech in Florida, a long time spirits collector with an incredible nose and palate. He has a great collection and I wa...

I have reviewed quite a few Foursquare Rum Distillery bottles already. There are a couple of reasons for this. First because they tend to be delicious and th...

Greg and Jody are avid rock climbers and have a passion for spirits. The first passion made them open a climbing gym, the second made them open a distillery....

When I pick a rum or two to write something about it is usually a spur of the moment kind of thing. I look around my cabinet and pick something. In this case...

St Lucia Distillers was formed in 1972, by the merger of two existing distilleries on the island. Since the late 50’s the Dennery Distillery (since 1931) and...

The first times I heard about Grander was through rum aficionados Steve Leukanech and Russ Ganz. I’ve sipped rum with Steve on several occasions and know how...