Welcome to the fourth chapter of The Big Daiquiri Challenge. It's been quite a while since the last time we did this. Thanks to the...

When someone starts their own brand to bottle and sell rum independently, you might see that as a cool thing, but not as something truly...

Holmes Cay is an independent bottler based in the US. Their first release was Foursquare 2005 in 2019, which was an immediate hit. Many...

Joshua Singh is the owner of Danish rum company 1423. He tells the intriguing story of how his company started and why it's called 1423....

Equiano is a new rum brand that is labeled as the world's first African & Caribbean rum. It's a blend of rums from Mauritius (Grays...

The name E&A Scheer doesn't always ring a bell, even with some seasoned rum enthusiasts. There is a good reason for that. They are...

A lot of people have read and responded positively to the Alko sugar list. That's great to see. It motivated me to go a step further. To...

I've added a new section to the site called "sugar list". This has an easy to navigate list of all sugar measurements performed by Alko...

One of the very few good things Covid 19 has brought us are live Q & A's with important people in the rum industry. So much information...

I think there were quite a lot of people cheering when Jamaica's Worthy Park Estate announced a new release with the magical name...

What a year. A very challenging one for many. I have a lot of good things in my life, so I don’t and won’t complain much. I do see a lot...

First time I contacted Ben Jones was when he was in Toronto a few years ago, giving a rum presentation at a whisky festival. I sent him a...

Joy Spence, Appleton's Master Blender, is an inspirational person. You can feel the respect people have for her, everywhere she goes....

When starting your rum journey, it's hard to navigate through the massive amount of different products. Rum is a category with a lot of...

Older doesn't always mean better. That's valid for many things in life and certainly applies to rum as well. So many factors come into...

Geographical Indications have become a bit of a hot topic lately. This is primarily because of the ongoing process in Barbados to...

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...

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

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...

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...