Review: Angostura White Oak Rum
Angostura White Oak Rum is the number one selling rum in Trinidad and Tobago. They currently produce several rums for themselves and they also create rums for several others. Some of the other Angostura rums include a 3 year old, 5 year old, 7 year old, 12 year old, and their 1919 rum. The Angostura company got its start in 1824 when Dr. Siegert perfected the formula for aromatic bitters in Angostura Venezuela. By 1875 they moved the company to Trinidad. Angostura White Oak rum is made with Caribbean molasses, pure island stream water, and a proprietary yeast that ferments for 48-72 hours. The rum is continuously distilled in column stills and then aged in American White Oak barrels previously used to age bourbon. Read more 
Review: Denizen Aged White Rum
Denizen Aged White Rum was introduced in the US in 2010. It is one of two rums under the Denizen label. The other is Denizen Merchant Reserve, a rum blended with pot still rum from Jamaica and Rhum Grand Arome from Martinique. Denizen Aged White rum starts with rum column distilled at the Angostura Distillery in Trinidad. The rum is aged up to five years in American oak barrels previously used to age bourbon and charcoal filtered. The rum is blended in Amsterdam with 15 types of Jamaican pot distilled rums. Rum blending has taken place in the Netherlands since the early 1700’s. Read more
Review: Montanya Platino Rum
Montanya Platino Rum is one of three rums crafted in Crested Butte Colorado at an elevation of 8909 feet. Karen and Brice Hoskin founded the company in 2008, and on January 1 2016 the distillery and tasting room became 100% wind powered. The other rums include Oro a 1 year old gold rum, and Exclusiva a 3 year old double barrel rum that is only available in Colorado. Montanya Platino is crafted with non GMO sugar cane grown at the Lula Sugar Farm in Belle Rose Louisiana and pure mountain spring water. Champaign yeast is added and the rum is fermented for 7 days and then distilled in a 100 gallon all copper Alembic pot still imported from Portugal. The rum is aged for 1 year in American white oak barrels previously used to age Stranahan’s Whiskey for 2-5 years and then Montanya Oro Rum for 1 year. The rum is filtered through coconut husk charcoal filter to remove the color. A touch of Colorado Rocky Mountain honey is added before it is hand bottled. Read more
Review: Cruzan Estate Diamond Light Rum
Cruzan Estate Diamond Light Rum is one of three rums in their Distillers Collection. It is named after the original sugar mill that began crushing cane in 1760 at the current site of the Cruzan Rum Distillery. The rum is triple distilled in a five column continuous still and is a blend of rum that has been aged in American Oak Barrels for between 5-12 years. The rum is then charcoal filtered for a smoother cleaner finish, and to strip away the color. Read more
Review: Cana Brava Rum
Cana Brava Rum was introduced by the 86 Co. in 2012. It is crafted at the Las Cabres Distillery that was first erected in 1919 as a sugar mill. In the mid 1990’s Don Pancho and Carlos Esquilvel discovered and then reopened the neglected warehouse that came with a copper column still that dates back to 1922. Don Pancho was a Master distiller and Minister of Rum for Cuba for over 35 years before moving to Panama. Cana Brava is named for the wild sugar cane that grows surrounding the distillery. Cana Brava starts with locally grown sugar cane that is chopped and crushed for the cane juice. The juice is boiled to crystalize the sugar leaving behind the molasses. This molasses is diluted and fermented with natural pineapple yeast. The rum is distilled through five continuous stills. The first four stills are copper plated and the last is 100% copper and brass. After cutting the rum to 75 ABV it is aged for 18-24 months in new American oak barrels. It is then removed from the barrels and cut to 49 ABV and then aged in used American Whiskey barrels for 12-24 months. This rum is then blended with older rums for consistency. Finally the rum is triple filtered. A carbon filtration is followed by a Millipore cellulose filtration and then a cold filtration before bottling at 86 proof. Read more
Review: Rubi Rey Rum
Rubi Rey rum was created by Bacardi and all indications are this rum is no longer being produced, so availability is limited. It is handcrafted in small batches and the rum is aged and mellowed in white oak barrels on the breezy coast of Puerto Rico. Rubi Rey is then filtered for clarity and single barrel finished before bottling in Jacksonville Florida at 86 proof in a very distinctive red bottle. Read more
Review: Prichards Crystal Rum
Prichards Crystal Rum is one of seven rums they currently craft in an historic Kelso Tennessee schoolhouse. Master Distiller Phil Prichard has recently opened a second distillery in Nashville Tennessee to keep up with demand. The other rums are Cranberry, Key Lime, Peach Mango, Spiced, Fine, and Private Stock. His Crystal rum is made with the finest Grade A molasses made from sugar grown on Louisiana plantations. After a slow fermentation the rum is distilled five times in a small batch copper still and then bottled unaged. The rum is described as a traditional New England Style rum. Read more
Review: Plantation Three Star White Rum
Plantation Three Star White rum was introduced in 2012. It is one of 12 rums Plantation currently creates. Three Star is made with rum from three Caribbean Islands and includes 3 year old rum from Trinidad, unaged rum from Barbados and Jamaica, and 12 year old rum from Jamaica. The rum is shipped to France where it is carbon filtered and blended before bottling at 82.4 proof. Read more
Review: Oronoco Rum
Oronoco rum is made with Brazilian Mountain sugar cane that is crushed within 24 hours of being hand cut. It is triple distilled in a combination of copper pot stills and column stills. The rum is then blended with aged Venezuelan rum that was made with molasses. After resting in Brazilian Amendam hardwood casks, pure water is added to reduce to 80 proof. The unique bottle features a leather wrap around map of Brazil. Read more
Review: Cruzan Aged Light Rum
Cruzan Aged Light rum is made in St. Croix at the spot where in 1760 a sugar mill once operated. The Nelthropp family built a distillery at this site in the early 1800’s. Today the eighth generation of Nelthropp’s are still working there. Cruzan Aged Light rum is made with tropical rain water and high quality molasses. They use a five column distillation process and remove the heads and fusel oils from each batch. The rum is aged in American oak barrels and a blend of rums aged between one and four years is selected. The rum is then filtered before bottling at 80 proof. Read more