Review: Bacardi Coconut Rum
Bacardi Coconut rum was introduced January 2003 and was originally called Bacardi Coco. It is one of 15 flavored rums they currently create in Puerto Rico. It is made with molasses and a single unique strain of yeast, La Levadura Bacardi. Bacardi ages their rum in lightly charred American White Oak barrels before being filtered through a mix of charcoal made from tropical woods, and coconut shells before being infused with natural coconut flavor. Read more
Review: Calico Jack Coconut Rum
Calico Jack Coconut rum was originally introduced as Coconut Jack rum by White Rock Distilleries in Lewiston Maine , the former owners of Pinnacle Vodka. The name was later changed to Calico Jack prior to their April 2012 acquisition by Beam Global. Calico Jack is currently the fifth best selling flavored rum brand in the US. White Rock had already been purchasing their rum in bulk from Beam through their Cruzan Distillery in St. Croix and flavoring and bottling in Maine. Since the acquisition Beam has moved the flavoring and bottling to their Frankfort Kentucky facility. Read more
Review: Brinley Gold Shipwreck Coconut Rum
Brinley Gold Shipwreck Coconut rum is one of five flavored 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 which 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. They have been creating rum since 2002. They column distill their rum and age it in oak bourbon barrels for 4 years. Their coconut rum is made with molasses and island coconut and is bottled at 72 proof. Read more
Review: Cruzan Coconut Rum
Cruzan Coconut rum is one of 15 flavored rums Cruzan creates in St. Croix with tropical rainwater and high quality molasses using a five column distillation process. After the fusil oils are removed natural coconut flavors are added before bottling at 55 proof. Cruzan crafts their Coconut rum with 25% more alcohol than most of their flavored rums. Those rum flavors start at 42 proof. Read more
Review: Blue Chair Bay Coconut Rum
Blue Chair Bay Coconut rum was introduced May 2013. It is one of four rum flavors 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. Kenny Chesney is the sole owner and he has invested several millions of dollars of his own money into this line of rums. Read more
Review: Captain Morgan Parrot Bay Coconut Rum
Captain Morgan Parrot Bay Coconut rum was introduced in 1995. It is one of seven rum flavors they create with white rum from St. Croix. Natural coconut flavor is added before they bottle at 21% alcohol. They also make a 90 proof coconut rum. Read more
Review: Don Q Coco Rum
Don Q Coco rum is one of four flavored rums produced in Puerto Rico by the Serralles family where they have been distilling rum since 1865. The Don Q brand is named for Don Quixote the literary character from the families favorite novel. After a decades long absence from the US market Don Q was re-launched in 2006. Don Q Coco starts with sugarcane which is crushed and boiled to create molasses. The molasses is combined with water from the Rio Inabon and a proprietary yeast which starts the fermentation process. The rum is then distilled to remove unwanted elements before a minimum one year of aging in American White Oak Barrels. The rum is then charcoal filtered before only natural ingredients including rich coconut are infused before bottling at 21% alcohol on site at the distillery. Read more
Review: Sugar Island Coconut Rum
Sugar Island Coconut rum was introduced with their Spiced rum September 2013. It was created by the Trinchero Family Estates, the family behind over 27 brands of wine including their first, Sutter Home. This is their second spirit venture as they also own the Cruz and Tres Agaves lines of Tequila. Sugar Island coconut is made with Caribbean sugar cane and natural coconut flavor. Read more
Review: Malibu Original Coconut Rum
Malibu Original Coconut rum was not only the first coconut flavored rum, it was the Caribbeans first flavored rum. Malibu It is made with rum distilled at the West Indies Distillery in Barbados and bottled in Canada. The rum starts with molasses from the finest sugarcane crops and it is distilled three times. Natural coconut flavor is added before bottling at 21% alcohol. Malibu Coconut rum is still the worlds best selling coconut flavored rum and it is one of thirteen rum flavors Malibu currently makes. Read more
Review: Whalers Killer Coconut Rum
Whalers Killer Coconut rum is one of eight rum flavors Whalers creates that start with rum made according to an old Hawaiian recipe. Whalers is one of five rum brands owned by their parent company Heaven Hill in Bardstown Kentucky. It is triple distilled before natural coconut and pure vanilla flavor is added. They claim to use 25% more natural coconut flavor and they bottle it at 20% alcohol which is the lightest alcohol content I’ve seen for a coconut flavored rum. Read more