Review: Canerock Rum
Canerock Rum is produced by Maison Ferrand, the makers of the Plantation Brand of rum. It is made from rum sourced from two iconic Jamaican distilleries, Long Pond and Clarendon. Long Pond has been distilling rum since 1753. Clarendon since 1755. The sourced rum includes a blend of pot still and column still rum aged up to 3 years in charred American oak barrels from Clarendon, and traditional pot still heavy rums aged 5 to 10 years from Long Pond. The rum is blended and individually infused with Caribbean coconut, Dried Madagascar vanilla pods, and Jamaican wild ginger. Once complete the rum spends a few months in Pedro Ximenez Sherry casks before bottling at 80 proof. Read more 
Review: Captain Morgan Gingerbread Spiced Rum
Captain Morgan Gingerbread Spiced Rum will be introduced in October as a Limited Edition release. Yes pumpkin is not the only fall seasonal flavor. Over the years Captain Morgan has become the Oreo Cookie version of line extensions. Captain Morgan Gingerbread is made from a blend of rums distilled in St. Croix from Caribbean sugar cane molasses in a continuous still and aged for 1 year in oak barrels. Spice and other natural flavors are blended before bottling at 60 proof. Read more
Review: Sammys Beach Bar Kola Spiced Rum
Sammys Beach Bar Kola Spiced Rum was introduced May 2017, and at launch it was bottled as Sammys Beach Bar Maui Kola Spiced Rum. It was originally produced at the Haliimaile Distilling Company in Maui Hawaii. The rum base was made from Maui Gold sugar cane grown near the distillery. The rum base was distilled once and filtered once. Sammys Beach Bar Kola Spiced rum is now 5 times distilled from the finest sugar cane in the Caribbean at Destileria Serralles in Makawao Puerto Rico. This is the distillery that also makes Don Q rum. After distillation the rum is shipped to Levecke Corporation in Mira Loma California where flavors are blended with the rum and it is bottled at 70 proof. Read more
Review: Bumbu Rum
Bumbu Rum is made at the historic West Indies Rum Distillery in Barbados. The distillery was founded in 1893 by two German Brothers and was recently acquired by Maison Ferrand. Yes this is the rum Lil Wayne shouts out in two of his newest songs featured on his Dedication 6 release. Those tracks are Fly Away and New Freezer. Bumbu Rum is based on the original recipe created by 16th and 17th century sailors of the West Indies. This spice grog was called Bumbu. They made their version by blending navy strength rum with native fruits and herbs of the Caribbean. In making the current Bumbu Rum a little more care is given in crafting the rum base. The Master Distillers select sugarcane from eight countries including Barbados, Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guyana, and Honduras. The terroir of each countries sugarcane contributes unique flavor characteristics. The spirit is fermented with a yeast strain that dates back to 1840. Bumba is distilled using two continuous stills and aged up to 15 years in Grade A once used bourbon barrels. Spices, fruits, and herbs, all 100% natural ingredients are added to the rum after aging and prior to bottling at 70 proof. Read more
Review: Blackmask Island Coconut Spiced Pacific Rum
Blackmask Island Coconut Spiced Pacific Rum is one of 4 rum varieties produced by United Winery and Distillery in Nakhon Pathom Thailand. The other varieties include Original Spiced, Black Premo, and Tropical Chai. Each starts with a cask aged pacific rum base. Island spices and coconut are infused with that rum base in creating Blackmask Island Coconut. Coconut rum may be synonyms with the Caribbean, but the coconut is native to Asia, so it’s only natural a distillery in Thailand would make a coconut rum of their own. Read more
Review: Toppers Spiced Rhum
Toppers Spiced Rhum is one of six rhums crafted in St Maarten at the Toppers Distillery. For years Melanie Daboul created several flavored rhums out of her home kitchen. These rhums were given as complimentary after dinner drinks at the two restaurants she and husband Topper Daboul own on the Dutch side of St Maarten. Toppers Spiced is a premium rhum infused with vanilla bean, cinnamon, cloves. allspice, cardamom, nutmeg, orange peel, aniseed, and black peppercorn. Read more
Review: Captain Morgan Loconut
Captain Morgan Loconut was just released. It is made with a blend of real coconut liqueur, Captain Morgan rum, Caribbean spices, and natural flavors. This is the second follow up to their original citrus, and pepper, spiced rum flavored, Captain Morgan Cannon Blast, that was launched August 2015. Their pumpkin spiced rum flavored Jack-O-Blast was introduced September 2016. All three of these flavors are designed primarily to be consumed as a shot, but, while Cannon Blast and Jack-O-Blast weigh in at 70 and 60 proof, Loconut hits the scale at 40 proof. Read more
Review: Captain Morgan Black Spiced Rum
Captain Morgan Black Spiced Rum was launched April 2012. It is one of 10 rum varieties currently produced by the Captain. While there are several black spiced rum varieties on the market today Captain Morgan Black Spiced and The Kraken are the two best sellers. Captain Morgan Spiced Black is a blackstrap rum made with select spices including clove and cassia bark and is aged in a double charred blackened oak barrel. Read more
Review: Captain Morgan Jack O Blast
Captain Morgan Jack O Blast is a pumpkin spiced rum that is available for a limited time. It follows the successful release of Captain Morgan Cannon Blast. The Captain promises the sweet taste of pumpkin with hints of warm spice. It is made with rum distilled in St Croix. Spice and natural flavors are added before bottling at 60 proof in a distinctive pumpkin shaped bottle. Read more
Review: Kirkland Spiced Rum
Kirkland Spiced Rum is made with the first pressing of virgin sugar cane and it is distilled five times in St Croix at the Cruzan Rum Distillery. The rum is shipped to California where Levecke Corporation adds natural flavors and caramel color before bottling at 92 proof in a 1.75L bottle. As the name would imply this rum is only available at Costco. Read more