Review: Atlantico Platino Rum
Atlantico Platino rum is one of three rums they craft in the Dominican Republic. Atlantico is yet another celebrity rum, as Enrique Iglesias is one of the partners. Platino is made with two rums. One is made with molasses, and the other is made with sugar cane juice. Both rums are aged separately in oak barrels before they are blended together and filtered to remove the color. Read more 
Review: Ron Matusalem Platino Rum
Ron Matusalem Platino rum was re-launched in 2002. Their rum was first produced in Santiago de Cuba in 1872 by a family that brought from Spain a secret formula for distilling and blending rum. In the period from the 1930’s-1950’s Ron Matusalem had over a 50% market share in Cuba. Following the Cuban revolution in 1959 the government took over the distillery and the rum was not made until it was re-launched in 2002 in the Dominican Republic using the original recipe. Ron Matusalem rum is triple distilled and aged in oak barrels where they use a Solera 3 blending process, where their rum transitions from younger to older barrels in a three step aging process. Read more
Review: Mount Gay Silver Rum
Mount Gay Silver rum is made in Barbados at the oldest rum distillery. Rum has been distilled at this site since 1703. Mount Gay Silver is made with molasses from sugar cane grown in Barbados, a proprietary strain of yeast and pure natural filtered spring water sourced from deep ground water beneath the island. This water is filtered an additional three times before it is blended in. A double distillation in traditional double copper pot stills follows with the rum filtered four times and aged in charred white oak barrels previously used to mature American whiskey. Read more
Review: Caliche Rum
Caliche rum was introduced in 2012. It was created by Rande Gerber and Master Distiller Roberto Serralles in Puerto Rico at the Serralles family distillery where they also make Don Q rum. The Caliche name comes from a type of limestone found near the distillery, that is used to cement other materials together. Caliche is crafted with the finest Caribbean molasses. It is distilled five times in a column still and it is aged in American White oak barrels. Caliche is a blend of four different rums aged 3, 4, and 5 years with a small portion of Solera rum added. It is then filtered with a special charcoal blend to remove color build up during aging. Read more
Review: Flor de Cana Extra Seco Rum
Flor de Cana Extra Seco rum is one of ten rums crafted with molasses from estate grown sugar cane in Chichigalpa Nicaragua. The Pellas family has been distilling rum for five generations dating back to 1890. The Flor de Cana brand was introduced in 1937. Their Extra Seco rum was originally called Extra Dry. It is distilled five times in a continuous column still and slow aged in American White oak barrels for four years. It is charcoal filtered to strip the color before bottling at 80 proof. Read more
Review: Sammys Beach Bar Rum
Sammys Beach Bar Rum was launched in Hawaii in 2011 and nationally 2012. It is a collaboration between Sammy Hagar and Mark Nigbur, the master distiller at the Haliimaile Distillery in Maui Hawaii. This is the distillery that creates Pau Maui vodka. It is crafted with Hawaiian grown sugar cane, not molasses like most rums use. The canes are harvested and then gently pressed near the distillery. The pressing extracts the first press sugar cane juice. The juice is fermented for five days. The master distiller hand distills the mash once in small batches using handmade pot stills. Sammy does not provide any information as to how long their rum is aged. Read more
Review: Banks Five Island Rum
Banks Five Island rum was introduced in 2010. It is named after the British explorer Sir Joseph Banks. It is a unique blend of 21 rums, some pot distilled and some column distilled, from 6 distilleries from five islands. Those islands include Trinidad, Jamaica, Guyana, Barbados, and Java. Each rum is aged between 3-12 years and the rums are blended together in Holland and then charcoal filtered to remove the color before bottling at 86 proof. Read more
Review: Blue Chair Bay White Rum
Blue Chair Bay White rum was introduced May 2013. It is one of four rums created by country music star Kenny Chesney and Mike Booth the master distiller at the West Indies Rum Distillery in Barbados. This is the same distillery that makes the Malibu and Cockspur brands of rum. Read more
Review: Brugal Especial Extra Dry Rum
Brugal Especial Extra Dry rum is made with 100% Dominican Republic grown sugar cane molasses. It is distilled twice using their proprietary methods to remove some of the sweetness from the alcohol. They age the rum in American white oak barrels for 2-5 years. The barrels are blended and then triple charcoal filtered to remove impurities and color. Pure spring water from Puerto Plata is added to reduce to 80 proof before bottling. Read more
Review: The Real McCoy 3 Year Old Rum
The Real McCoy 3 year old rum was introduced November 2013. They also make a 5 and 12 year old rum. It is named after Bill McCoy the pioneer rum runner of the prohibition era. He operated a legal floating liquor store 3 miles off the coast of New York selling rum sourced from Barbados. It is crafted at the Four Square Distillery in Barbados, at the same distillery that supplied rum to Bill McCoy. It is made with black strap molasses, a proprietary strain of yeast, and pure spring water. It is small batch, single distilled in a combination of column and pot stills. The rum is aged 3 years in American oak bourbon barrels, and then charcoal filtered to remove the color. No sugar or flavors are added. Read more