Review: SelvaRey Coconut Rum
SelvaRey Coconut Rum was released June 2021. It joins the previously reviewed SelvaRey White, and SelvaRey Chocolate Rum. Brand owner Bruno Mars also launched SelvaRey Owner’s Reserve made with a blend rums aged from 15 to 25 years. SelvaRey rum is made at Las Cabras Distillery in Panama. Master Distiller Don Poncho grew up cutting sugarcane in Cuba and quickly rose through the ranks at Havana Club. While on a mission from the Cuban government to help the Panamanian rum industry he fell in love with a local women. He left Cuba and with Carlos Esquivel built a distillery in the Panamanian jungle in a warehouse originally built as a sugar mill in 1919. The rum base is made from cane sugar grown in Pese Panama. The cane sugar juice is collected and cooked to separate the crystalized raw sugar from the molasses which is cooked to a grade A molasses standard. The molasses is fermented with a proprietary strain of wild pineapple yeast and after distilling, the rum is aged for 2 years in American white oak barrels. Coconut essence is infused before bottling at 60 proof. Read more 
Review: Hard Truth Toasted Coconut Rum
Hard Truth Toasted Coconut Rum was released July 5 2019. It is one of eleven spirits currently crafted at the Hard Truth Distillery located on 325 wooded acres in Brown County Indiana. What started in 2015 as a small operation in the upper rooms of a pizza restaurant has grown to a 18,000 square foot state of the art distillery with Vendome Copper & Brass Works equipment. The success of Hard Truth Toasted Coconut Rum led to the release of Hard Truth Toasted Coconut Rum Cream in September 2020. Hard Truth Toasted Coconut starts with their white rum distilled from molasses and pure cane sugar as a base. They distill the rum at a low proof to maintain the rich deep notes of molasses. Hand toasted flaked coconut, cane sugar, and natural sea salt are blended before bottling at 42 proof. Read more
Review: Miami Club Coconut Grove Rum
Miami Club Coconut Grove Rum is made from the original Miami Club rum base which is produced from sugar cane harvested from local fields. A 2/3 molasses and 1/3 sugar cane juice blend is fermented and double distilled using a family recipe dating back to 1911 in Puerto Rico. The spirit is slow aged in French limousine and American white oak barrels for 2 years while it is simultaneously infused with the music of Miami. Salsa, samba, and Caribbean rhythms are played 24/7 through vintage Bose 901 speakers to activate the barrels for a richer deeper flavor yield. A 7 step filtration process follows including among other things coconut shells and a secret oxygenation technique used to aerate the spirit. Real Miami grown coconut is infused with the rum before bottling at 60 proof. Read more
Review: Railean Coconut Rum
Railean Coconut Rum is one of seven rums crafted at the Railean Distillery. They also produce 3 agave, 2 whiskey, and 1 vodka spirit. Railean Coconut starts with a rum base made from Grade A molasses and unsulfered sugar, grown and refined in Texas. It is distilled twice in a hybrid pot/column re-flux still with 7 metal bubble cap trays. Kelly and Matthew Railean founded the distillery in 2006, becoming the first legal rum distilled in Texas. 100% natural coconut extract and 100% natural cane syrup is blended with the rum base before bottling at 80 proof. Read more
Review: Gaspars Coconut Rum
Gaspars Coconut Rum was released in 2018 along with Gaspars Spiced Rum. Both are made at Tampa Bay Rum Company located in the historic Ybor City district of Tampa. The rum is named for the infamous Spanish pirate Jose Gaspar. Each year Tampa celebrates Jose with the Gasparilla Pirate Festival. Since opening the distillery in 2018, they have added Gaspars Silver rum, Scurvy Lime Rum, and Gasparilla Spiced Rum. The distillery was founded by former chiropractor Samuel Meyers. The rums are made from the highest grade sugar cane molasses and fermented in one of four 1000 gallon fermenters. The spirit is distilled in a 1000 gallon steel and copper pot still with 24 plate vodka columns. Natural flavors are added before bottling at 80 proof. Gaspars is currently only available for sale at the distillery, in the Tampa area, or from b21.com who will ship Gaspars anywhere in Florida. Read more
Review: Cruzan Coconut Rum
We reviewed Cruzan Coconut Rum several years ago. At that time it was bottled at 55 proof. It is currently sold at 42 proof, so we thought this would be a good time to check out the lower octane Cruzan Coconut. Coconut is one of 16 flavored rums crafted in St. Croix with a rum base made from tropical rainwater and high quality molasses. The spirit is distilled in a 5 column still and aged in oak barrels. The rum is shipped at barrel proof to Florida where it is reduced to proof. Natural flavors are blended before bottling at 42 proof. Read more
Review: Kingston Coconut Rum
Kingston Coconut Rum is produced by Prestige Wine and Spirits Group in Princeton Minnesota from rum distilled in Barbados, coconut liqueur, and natural flavors. It is bottled at 48 proof. Prestige produces several value priced spirits including Kinky Liqueur, Merry’s Irish Cream Liqueur, Opulent Vodka, and Glen Moray Malt Scotch. I picked up my white plastic label wrapped 1 Liter bottle for 11.99. Read more
Review: Kalani Coconut Liqueur
Kalani Coconut Liqueur is a 100% natural coconut rum liqueur made from fresh coconut milk extracted from a special hybrid of coconut brought over to the Yucatan by Rafael Aristi, nicknamed Malayan Dwarf Coconuts. The fruits of the Yucatan are pollinated by the rare stingless bees, a treasure of the knowledge of Mayan tradition. The Aristi family grows the organic coconuts on their plantation called Oxtapacab in the Yucatan. Oxtapacab was originally a Dutch sisal factory for rope making. The hand picked coconuts are shelled, shredded and pressed to release their milk and pulp, which is then fermented. The fermented coconut milk is macerated with Mexican sugarcane rum and sugar. Kalani is bottled onsite at Casa D’Aristi at 60 proof. Read more
Review: Taildragger Toasted Coconut Rum
Taildragger Toasted Coconut Rum is crafted in Plainfield Illinois at the Tailwinds Distilling Company. Husband and wife entrepreneurs Toby and Jillian Beall launched the brand in 2012 after years of planning. Their focus was on returning Americas first distilled spirit to the states with a truly American rum. Toby spent years traveling as a commercial pilot and adventure seeker through the Caribbean Islands, South America, and Mexico. Together the couple tapped their experience of tasting the local flavors from each of the regions to bring home and create their American made spirits. The distillery also crafts a white, dark, amber, and coffee flavored rum along with a 100% blue agave spirit. Taildragger Toasted Coconut starts with their white rum base made from sugarcane molasses sourced from Louisiana and formed from only boiling the cane juice once. This gives their rum an “Agricole like ” quality. It is fermented over a 4 to 5 day period. The spirit is distilled in a hybrid pot/column still. The rum is never chill or charcoal filtered only a standard plate and frame filter removes the particulate. They toast their own coconut before infusing and lightly sweetening to overcome the natural bitterness toasted coconut has. The spirit is hand bottled and labeled at 60 proof. Read more
Review: Sugar Skull Rum Native Coconut Blend
Sugar Skull Rum Native Coconut Blend is one five Sugar Skull Rum varieties that may be better know as Master P’s rum. Not only does Master P own the brand but he has rapped about the brand, and if you have been to an Orlando Magic basketball game recently you may have even tipped a few at Sugar Skull Rum Landing located in the arena. Each flavor variety starts with their Tribal Original Rum base made sugar cane molasses sourced from the Caribbean and South America. The rum is distilled at several partner distilleries in the Caribbean Islands where each distillery uses a four column still. The rum is shipped to the US where it is filtered and blended. Sugar Skull Rum Native Coconut Blend is flavored with natural ingredients before it is bottled at 42 proof. Read more