The Single Barrel Selection (S.B.S.) Origin series from 1423 is a wonderful initiative in my opinion. I’ll try to explain why. Over the...

There are a lot of certainties in life. I’m in the Netherlands when writing this and it’s raining almost every day. Soon it will be...

It’s not every day that I discover a new sugar cane juice based alcoholic beverage. That’s exactly what happened the last time I was in...

Wealth Solutions was established in 2007 with a mission to provide luxury goods for demanding customers, according to their website. It’s...

I can’t deny I have a soft spot for Saint Lucia Distillers. I’ve written about them in more detail here and here. Their basic Chairman’s...

The Foursquare ECS series has become quite legendary in the rum world. The quality has been so high and consistent that each release is a...

I have a love hate relationship with Colombian rum. My partner is from Colombia, so I visit this beautiful country now and then. With my...

Flor de Caña is a rum brand by Compañía Licorera de Nicaragua. Their story starts in 1890, when Italian Alfredo Francisco Pellas Canessa,...

There are a lot of independent bottlers out there. The majority of them bottle good rum, as there is a lot of great product available...

Last daiquiri challenge was a year and half ago. Time for another fun chapter! If you've never read any of the big daiquiri challenge...

What can still be said about Foursquare Rum Distillery? They’ve put themselves on the map big time in the last five to ten years. Every...

When someone thinks about rum, Canada is likely not the first country they’d associate it with. There are no palm trees or white sandy...

For quite a while, Barbados rum talk in the rum enthusiast circles was mostly about Foursquare Distillery, not Mount Gay. I remember...

My last article covered the great Velier small bottle initiative. That time it was about Caroni expressions. The next release in the...

I find a lot of rum distilleries interesting and fascinating. Their equipment, processes, history, smells, people and of course the...

When I was in Barbados for the rum experience last November, all the attendees who visited Foursquare distillery got to taste a new, not...

Australian rum has seen a rise in popularity in rum enthusiast circles recently. So much so that I might be daring and use the word...

I don’t think anyone will debate a statement like “Mount Gay is an iconic distillery”. Although, nowadays it seems anything is debated...

I’m very willing to admit that I love Jamaican rum. I like Worthy Park, Appleton and Long Pond. I love Hampden and New Yarmouth. Inside...

Mount Gay XO is somewhat of an institution in the rum world. It’s been around for a very long time and has been one of the great examples...