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Review: Bumbu Rum

Jeff Ellingson — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 00:09:41 +0000

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 […]

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Review: Blackmask Island Coconut Spiced Pacific Rum

Jeff Ellingson — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 02:00:21 +0000

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 […]

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Review: Toppers Spiced Rhum

Jeff Ellingson — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 23:03:34 +0000

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. […]

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Review: Captain Morgan Loconut

Jeff Ellingson — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 04:18:40 +0000

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 […]

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Review: Captain Morgan Black Spiced Rum

Jeff Ellingson — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 01:54:13 +0000

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 […]

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Review: Captain Morgan Jack O Blast

Jeff Ellingson — Wed, 14 Sep 2016 02:47:31 +0000

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 […]

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Review: Kirkland Spiced Rum

Jeff Ellingson — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 00:08:09 +0000

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 […]

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Review: The Kraken Black Spiced Rum 70 Proof

Jeff Ellingson — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 01:53:13 +0000

The Kraken Black Spiced Rum 70 Proof is the follow-up to The Kraken Black Spiced Rum that was first released in 2009, and bottled at 94 Proof. The rum base is made with Caribbean rum distilled in Trinidad and Tobago at Trinidad Distillers LTD. This is the same distillery that produces the Angostura line of rums. The Kraken […]

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Review: Koloa Kauai Spice Rum

Jeff Ellingson — Sun, 03 Jul 2016 04:35:55 +0000

Koloa Kauai Spice Rum was introduced in 2011. It is one of 6 rums currently crafted at the Koloa Rum Company on the Hawaiian Island of Kauai. The others include Dark, Gold, White, Coconut, and Kauai Coffee. Koloa Spice is made from tall cane sugar grown on the island. After fermenting with a proprietary yeast the rum is twice […]

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Review: Below Deck Spiced Rum

Jeff Ellingson — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 16:35:40 +0000

Below Deck Spiced Rum is small batch crafted at Eastside Distilling in Portland Oregon. Initially only available in their tasting room, it was released April 2014. They have been making rum on Portland’s Distillery Row since 2008. Eastside Distilling also makes whiskey, bourbon, vodka, liqueurs, and 3 other rums. Below Deck Spiced Rum is twice distilled from black […]

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