Grays Rum Distillery in Mauritius is well known for its New Grove brand. A while ago, I visited them with Eric Kaye from Holmes Cay. We...

The first update to the sugar list in 2023 brings us a few interesting entries. There's been lots of talk (partly by me) about El Dorado...

There are a lot of independent bottlers out there. The majority of them bottle good rum, as there is a lot of great product available...

Last daiquiri challenge was a year and half ago. Time for another fun chapter! If you've never read any of the big daiquiri challenge...

Happy 2023! I see a lot of bloggers posting “best of” lists at this time of the year. Makes sense, as it’s fun and interesting to look...

I recently spent a few days with Ben Ingles and his wonderful family on Islay, the island of peat and Scotch whisky......and rum! I had...

I’ve added a few more expressions to the sugar list, which has a total of 315 products on it now, as Alko and Sytembolaget have tested...

What can still be said about Foursquare Rum Distillery? They’ve put themselves on the map big time in the last five to ten years. Every...

When someone thinks about rum, Canada is likely not the first country they’d associate it with. There are no palm trees or white sandy...

Since UK Rumfest is on this weekend, I figured some people would like to know which rums can be bought where. I like going rum shopping,...

A little while ago I went on my yearly trip to Montréal, in the province of Quebec. I love that city for its nice mix of North American...

It was time for another update of the added sugar list. Both Alko and Systembolaget have new rum expressions with sugar measurements,...

For quite a while, Barbados rum talk in the rum enthusiast circles was mostly about Foursquare Distillery, not Mount Gay. I remember...

My last article covered the great Velier small bottle initiative. That time it was about Caroni expressions. The next release in the...

When writing about Caroni rum, I wonder what’s left to say? It’s been an interesting story to follow. Trinidad’s Caroni wasn’t a...

I find a lot of rum distilleries interesting and fascinating. Their equipment, processes, history, smells, people and of course the...

This is a continuation of a story about a whirlwind trip to Mauritius and Réunion with Eric Kaye, owner of Holmes Cay rum. Part one and...

Finally there is some progress to report on the GI front in Barbados. The process to get the four distilleries on the island to agree on...

Years ago, a very important occasion for rum enthusiasts was when Johnny Drejer started doing hydrometer tests on rum. All of a sudden...

This is a continuation of a story about a whirlwind trip to Mauritius and Reunion with Eric Kaye, owner of Holmes Cay rum. Part one can...