Review: Brinley Gold Shipwreck Mango Rum
Brinley Gold Shipwreck Mango rum is one of five rums made in St. Kitts. At 69 square miles St. Kitts is the smallest Country in the Western Hemisphere. Brinley rum was created when after 20 years Bob Brinley closed his medical supply business and the Brinley’s were looking for a way to stay on the island of St. Kitts. They set a mission of creating the smoothest natural flavored rums. They began selling their molasses based column distilled rum in 2002. In 2012 they rebranded the line to include the Shipwreck name to honor the recent discovery of a British ship sunk off the coast of St. Kitts, by the French during the battle of Frigate Bay in 1787. Brinley rum is aged in bourbon oak barrels for four years. Natural Brazilian mango is blended before bottling at 72 proof. Read more 
Review: Bacardi Pineapple Fusion Rum
Bacardi Pineapple Fusion rum was launched Nationwide April 2013. It was introduced at the 2013 NBA All Star Game in Houston Texas. It is one of 15 flavored rums they create in Puerto Rico. It is made with molasses and a single strain of yeast, Le Levadura Bacardi and fermented for 30 hours in a closed fermentation tank. 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. Natural flavors including pineapple and coconut are infused before bottling at 70 proof. Bacardi describes this as a Pineapple rum, infused with coconut. Read more
Review: Calico Jack Mango Rum
Calico Jack Mango rum is one of nine rum flavors Beam Suntory creates under the Calico Jack label. Beam Suntory purchased the Calico Jack line of rum in 2012 from White Rock Distilleries in 2012 along with their Pinnacle brand of vodka. White Rock originally launched their rum line in 1993 and their mango flavor was first named Mango Jack before rebranding to Calico Jack. Calico Jack is named for Calico Jack Rackman, a pirate nicknamed for the shirts he wore and famous for designing and flying the Jolly Roger flag. CJ Mango is made with rum distilled in St. Croix. Natural flavors are added in Frankfort Kentucky where it is bottled at 42 proof. Read more
Review: Whalers Pineapple Paradise Rum
Whalers Pineapple Paradise rum is one of eight flavors Whalers creates 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 pineapple flavor is added. Read more
Review: Blue Chair Bay Spiced Coconut Rum
Blue Chair Bay Spiced Coconut rum was introduced May 2013. It is one of four rum varieties created by country music star Kenny Chesney and Mike Booth, the Master Blender at the West Indies Rum Distillery in Barbados. They also produce a seasonal Coconut Spiced Rum Cream. This is the same distillery that produces the Malibu and Cockspur brands of rum. Read more
Review: Calico Jack Whipped Rum
Calico Jack Whipped rum is one of nine rum flavors Beam Suntory creates under the Calico Jack label. If you are unfamiliar with the Calico Jack rum brand, it was originally created by White Rock Distillers, the company that also built the Pinnacle line of vodka. If a whipped cream flavored rum sounds crazy to you just remember their sister brand Pinnacle Vodka built their Whipped Cream flavored vodka into one of the best selling vodka flavors. Calico Jack is currently the fifth best selling brand of flavored rum. They start with rum distilled at the Cruzan Distillery in St. Croix. Natural and artificial flavors are added in Frankfort Kentucky where it is bottled at 42 proof. Read more
Review: Brinley Gold Shipwreck Coffee Rum
Brinley Gold Shipwreck Coffee rum is one of five rums made in St. Kitts, the smallest country in the Western Hemisphere, by the Brinley family. It was rebranded in 2012 to include the Shipwreck name, and repackaged to match their Spice rum bottle. The Shipwreck name honors the recent discovery of the Brimstone Hill off the coast of St. Kitts. It was a British ship sunk by the French during the battle of Frigate Bay in 1782. Brinley has been selling their column distilled rum since 2002 and they age their rum in oak bourbon barrels for four years. Natural Brazilian coffee is blended before bottling their Coffee rum at 72 proof. Read more
Review: Cruzan Guava Rum
Cruzan Guava rum was introduced May 2008. It was the first and now over six years later, the only guava flavored rum. It is one of 15 rum flavors Cruzan creates with rum distilled in St. Croix with tropical rain water and high quality molasses. They use a five column distillation process and they remove the heads and fusel oils from each batch before aging in oak barrels. The rum is then shipped to the Florida Caribbean Distillers in Auburndale Florida where natural guava flavor is added before bottling at 55 proof. The guava is native to Mexico, Central and Northern South America. While there are several varieties of guava, the apple guava is by far the most popular. It is round to oval in shape and typically green when ripe. Read more
Review: Calico Jack Cherry Rum
Calico Jack Cherry Rum is one of nine rum flavors Beam Suntory creates under the Calico Jack Label. If you are unfamiliar with the Calico Rum brand, it was originally created by White Rock Distillers, who also built the Pinnacle line of vodka. They are currently the fifth best selling brand of flavored rum. They start with rum distilled at the Cruzan distillery in St. Croix. Natural flavor is added in Frankfort Kentucky where it is bottled at 42 proof. Read more
Review: Bacardi Grand Melon Rum
Bacardi Grand Melon rum was introduced in 2006. It is one of 15 flavored rums they create in Puerto Rico. It is made with molasses and a single strain of yeast, Le Levadura Bacardi and fermented for 30 hours in closed fermentation tanks. 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. Natural watermelon flavor is then infused before bottling at 70 proof. Read more