Review: Brinley Gold Lime Rum
Brinley Gold Lime rum is one of six flavored rums made in St Kitts, the smallest country in the Western Hemisphere, by the Brinley family. They have been crafting rum since 2002. The rum is column distilled and aged for four years in oak bourbon barrels. It is then infused with natural Tahitian lime juice before being bottled at 72 proof. While I still find Brinley Gold Lime rum on the occasional liquor store shelf, it no longer appears on the Brinley web site, so availability is limited. Read more 
Review: Cruzan Blueberry Lemonade Rum
Cruzan Blueberry Lemonade rum is set for release in April. I was lucky enough to get my hands on a bottle a little early. It is one of 16 rum flavors they create with rum distilled in St Croix with tropical rain water and high quality molasses. The Nelthropp family has been crafting rum for eight generations since they launched the Cruzan brand of rum in the early 1800’s. They use a five column distillation process before aging in oak barrels. The rum is shipped to Florida where natural blueberry and lemon flavor is added before bottling at 42 proof. Read more
Review: Bacardi Dragon Berry Rum
Bacardi Dragon Berry Rum was introduced May 2009. It is one of 15 flavored rums they create in Puerto Rico. They start with molasses and a single strain of yeast, Le Levadura Bacardi and ferment for 30 hours in closed fermentation tanks. After fermentation the fermented rum is divided with some column and some beer distilled. They are aged separately in lightly charred American white oak barrels previously used to age bourbon. Once mature the rums are blended and filtered through a mix of charcoal made from tropical woods and coconut shells. It is then infused with natural flavors including strawberry and dragon fruit before bottling at 70 proof. Read more
Review: Cruzan Citrus Rum
Cruzan Citrus rum was introduced in 2002. It is one of 15 rum flavors they create with rum distilled in St. Croix with tropical rain water and high quality molasses. They use a five column distillation process before aging in oak barrels. The rum is shipped to Florida where natural lemon, lime, and grapefruit flavor is added before bottling at 70 proof. Read more
Review: Don Q Pasion Rum
Don Q Pasion rum is one of four rum flavors they craft in Puerto Rico. The others include Coco, Mojito, and Limon. They start with crushed sugar cane that is boiled in order to extract the crystallized sugar. What remains is molasses that retains about 50% of the sugar from the cane juice. Fresh water sourced from the Rio Inabon, which runs through Puerto Rico’s volcanic mountain region is added to the molasses along with a unique strain of yeast. After fermentation it is distilled five times and then aged 1-1/2 years in American white oak barrels. It is then charcoal filtered before natural passion fruit flavors are infused. The finish product is bottled on site at the distillery at 60 proof. Read more
Review: Whalers Big Island Banana Rum
Whalers Big Island Banana rum is one of eight flavored rums they create with rum made according to an old Hawaiian recipe. Whalers is one of five rum brands owned by their parent company Heavan Hill in Bardstown Kentucky. It is triple distilled before natural banana flavor is added. Read more
Review: Malibu Peaches N Cream Rum
Malibu Peaches N Cream rum will soon be hitting store shelves. I was lucky enough to get my hands on a bottle a little early. It is one of 14 flavored rums they create with their Original Coconut rum as a base. Malibu starts with molasses from the finest sugarcane crops and it is distilled three times at the West Indies distillery in Barbados. Natural coconut flavored liqueur and peach and cream flavors are blended before bottling in Canada at 42 proof. Read more
Review: Bacardi Big Apple Rum
Bacardi Big Apple rum was introduced in 2005. It is one or 15 flavored rums they create in Puerto Rico. It is made with molasses and a single strain of yeast, Le Levadura Bacardi that undergoes a 30 hour fermentation in closed fermentation tanks. After fermentation the fermented molasses is divided with some column still and some beer still distilled. Each is aged separately in lightly charred American white oak barrels. Once mature the rums are blended and filtered through a mix of charcoal made from tropical woods and coconut shells. It is infused with Fuji, Golden Delicious, and Granny Smith apples before it is bottled at 70 proof. Read more
Review: Captain Morgan Coconut Rum
Captain Morgan Coconut rum was just launched along with a pineapple and grapefruit flavor. This should not be confused with their Parrot Bay line of 42 proof flavored rums. This line of flavored rums weigh in at 70 proof and they use their Captain Morgan White rum as a base. It is crafted in St. Croix with fine cane molasses and it is distilled 5 times and aged for over 1 year in oak barrels. It is then filtered to remove the color before all natural flavors are blended with the rum. Read more
Review: Captain Morgan Pineapple Rum
Captain Morgan Pineapple rum is one of three rum flavors just launched by our favorite pirate. The other two flavors are grapefruit, and coconut. This should not be confused with their Parrot Bay Pineapple rum that is bottled at 42 proof. This Pineapple rum starts with last years best selling new spirit, Captain Morgan White rum as a base. It is crafted in St. Croix with fine cane molasses and it is distilled 5 times. It is aged for over 1 year in oak barrels and then filtered to a clear color. All natural pineapple flavors are blended before bottling at 70 proof. Read more