Rum Reviews
Here are quick links to all of my Rum Reviews and Ratings:
White Rum
- Appleton White Jamaican Rum (84)
- Bacardi Superior White Rum (74)
- Bayou Silver Rum (80)
- Bermudez Ron Viejo Blanco (88)
- Blue Chair Bay White Rum (82.5)
- Brugal Especial Extra Dry Rum (84.5)
- Brugal Titanium Rum (90)
- Captain Morgan White Rum (82)
- Cristal Parrot Lite Rum (Traveller’s) (78.5)
- Diplomatico Blanco Reserva (85)
- DownSlope White Rum (76.5)
- El Dorado 3 Year Cask Aged Demerara Rum (88.5)
- El Dorado Deluxe Silver 6 Year Aged Rum (87)
- Flor de Caña 4 Extra Seco (85.5)
- Flor de Caña 7 Blanco Reserva (82)
- Harbour Rum (Yongehurst Distillery) (86)
- Havana Club Anejo 3 Anos (74.5)
- Highwood Imported White Rum (83.5)
- Kōloa Kaua`i White Hawaiian Rum (83.5)
- Lamb’s Classic White Rum (78.5)
- Matusalem Platino (79.5)
- Merchant Shipping Co. White Rum (85)
- Montanya Platino Rum (78)
- Mount Gay Eclipse Silver (81.5)
- Newfoundlander’s White Rum (83)
- Plantation 3 Stars Silver Rum (89.5)
- Potter’s Superior White Rum (86)
- Proof Rum (83)
- Pumpkin Face White Rum (86.5)
- Ragged Rock White Rum (87)
- Rum Nation Jamaica White Pot Still Rum (91)
- Santiago de Cuba Ron Carta Blanca (82.5)
- Shellback Caribbean Silver Rum (79)
- Tanduay Silver Asian Rum (83)
- Traveller’s White Rum (78)
Overproof Rum
- Appleton 151 Dark Jamaican Rum (81.5)
- Cabot Tower 100 Proof Rum (84)
- Demerara Superior High Wine (84.5)
- Lamb’s Navy Rum (151 Proof) (78)
- Lemon Hart 151 Demerara Rum (86)
- Lemon Hart Original One Hundred British Proof Reserve Rum (85)
- London Dock Rum (Favell’s 100 Proof) (81.5)
- Panama Red 108 Overproof Rum (89)
- Plantation Original Dark 73 % Overproof Rum (84.5)
- Pusser’s Gunpowder Proof Rum (Barbados Blend) (78)
- Pusser’s Gunpowder Proof Rum (Guyana Blend) (76.5)
- Wray and Nephew White Overproof Rum (83.5)
Spiced Rum
- Admiral Nelson’s Spiced Rum (76)
- Bacardi Carta Fuego (73)
- Bacardi Oakheart Spiced Rum (86)
- Bayou Spiced Rum (84.5)
- Black Magic Spiced Rum (82)
- Blackheart Spiced Rum (83.5)
- Blue Chair Bay Coconut Spiced Rum (87)
- Brinley Gold Shipwreck Spiced Rum (81.5)
- Calico Jack Spiced Rum (78.5)
- Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum (81)
- Captain Morgan 100 Spiced Rum (84)
- Captain Morgan Black Spiced Rum (81.5)
- Captain Morgan Cannon Blast (69)
- Captain Morgan Jack-O’Blast Pumpkin Spiced Rum (86.5)
- Captain Morgan Silver Spiced Rum (81)
- Captain Morgan Private Stock (75.5)
- Chic Choc Spiced Rum (82.5)
- Compass Distillers Spiced Rum(b) (81.5)
- Crow’s Nest Spiced Rum (72.5)
- Cruzan 9 Spiced Rum (83.5)
- El Dorado Spiced (83.5)
- George Street Spiced Rum (86.5)
- Jamaican Lion Spiced Rum (73.5)
- Kraken Black Spiced Rum (78)
- Kōloa Kaua`i Spice Hawaiian Rum (78.5)
- Lamb’s Spiced Rum (79.5)
- Lemon Hart Navy Spiced Rum (84.5)
- LMD Spiced Rum Flavoured Alcohol Beverage (85)
- Pusser’s Spiced Rum (84)
- Sailor Jerry Spiced Navy Rum (82)
- Screech Spiced 100 (Proof) Rum (85)
- Siesta Key Spiced Rum (83)
- Spiced Jack No. 94 (69)
- Spytail Dark Ginger Spiced Rum (84)
- VooDoo Spiced Rum (78)
- Wild Geese Caribbean Spiced Rum (78)
Flavoured Rum & Rum Liqueurs
- Admiral Nelson’s Coconut Rum (80)
- Blue Chair Bay Coconut Rum (84)
- Captain Morgan Apple Smash (65)
- Captain Morgan Coconut Rum (83.5)
- Captain Morgan Grapefruit Rum (87.5)
- Captain Morgan Loconut (Flavoured Rum) (87)
- Captain Morgan Pineapple Rum (82.5)
- Captain Morgan Watermelon Smash (68.5)
- Dictador Cafe (100 Month Aged) Rum (76.5)
- Dictador Orange (100 Month Aged) Rum (84.5)
- Diplomatico Hacienda Saruro (91)
- Hawaiian Moonshine (Okolehau) (84)
- Hispaniola Mamajuana (78.5)
- Kuknat Coconut Rum (80)
- Juan Santos Coffee Infused Rum (89)
- Legendario Elixir de Cuba (85)
- Redrum (76)
- Satsuma Rum Liqueur (77)
- Screech Honey Flavoured Rum (76.5)
- Stiggins’ Fancy Plantation Pineapple Rum (86)
- Whaler’s Killer Coconut Rum (82.5)
- Whaler’s Vanille (77)
- Whistling Andy Hibiscus-Coconut Rum (76.5)
- Wisniak na Rumie (89.5)
Amber Rum (Aged up to 2 years)
- Bacardi Gold Rum (79)
- Compass Distillers Daily Ration Rum (80)
- Kōloa Kaua`i Gold Hawaiian Rum (82)
- Lamb’s Palm Breeze (80)
- Last Mountain 306 Original Saskatchewan Rum (83.5)
- London Dock Rum (Favell’s 70 Proof) (79.5)
- Old Lahaina Gold Rum (75.5)
- Siesta Key Gold Rum (78)
- Travellers 1 Barrel Rum (80)
- The Wild Geese – Golden Rum (80.5)
- The Wild Geese – Premium Rum (78.5)
Dark & Black Rum (usually aged less than 2 years but some are aged up to up to 5 years)
- Amrut Old Port Deluxe (86.5)
- Bacardi Black (76)
- Big Black Dick Dark Caribbean Rum (74.5)
- Blackwell Fine Jamaican Rum (82.5)
- Captain Morgan Deluxe Dark Rum (81)
- Coruba Imported Dark Jamaican Rum (85.5)
- Cruzan Black Strap Rum (82.5)
- El Dorado Superior Dark Rum (82.5)
- Ginebra San Miguel Anejo Dark Rum (84)
- Gosling’s Black Seal (85)
- Goslings Family Reserve Old Rum Bottle No. 2634/13 (83)
- Jamaican Lion Dark Rum (74)
- Kōloa Kaua`i Dark Hawaiian Rum (80.5)
- Khukri XXX (78)
- Last Straw Blackstrap Rum (85)
- Lamb’s Navy Rum (80 Proof) (77)
- Leatherback Special Reserve Rum (86.5)
- Legendario Ron Anejo (89)
- Lemon Hart Original Demerara Rum (81)
- McDowell’s No. 1 Celebration Rum (78.5)
- Myer’s Planters’ Punch (Canadian Bottling) (86)
- Old Sam Demerara Rum (82)
- Potter’s Traditional Dark Navy Rum (72.5)
- Ratu Dark Rum (82.5)
- Romero Dark Rum (83)
- Romero Dark Sugar Cane Spirit (84.5)
- Smuggler’s Cove Dark Rum (84.5)
- Whalers Dark Rum (72)
Aged (Anejo) Rum (average age: 2 to 5 Years)
- Abuelo Anejo (Rum) (77.5)
- Angostura Royal Oak (82)
- Angostura 5 Year Old Rum (82.5)
- Appleton Estate Signature Blend VX Rum (83)
- Bacardi Anejo (Rum) (78)
- Bacardi Anejo Cuatro (80)
- Barceló Añejo Rum (80.5)
- Barceló Gran Añejo Rum (83)
- Bermudez Ron Anejo 1852 (87.5)
- Brugal Anejo Superior Rum (85)
- Cane Island Australia Rum (4 Years Old) (87)
- Chairman’s Reserve (86)
- Cockspur Fine Rum (83.5)
- Diplomático Añejo (86)
- Embargo Ron Extra Del Caribe (84.5)
- Flor de Caña 4 (Añejo 0ro) (81)
- Isla Ñ Dark Rum (80.5)
- Marauda Steelpan Rum (80)
- Momento Amber Rum (Highwood Distillers) (85)
- Monymusk Classic Gold Rum (86)
- Mount Gay Eclipse (Gold) (87)
- Mount 1703 Gay Black Barrel (83.5)
- Neptune Barbados Gold Rum (83.5)
- Noxx & Dunn 2-4-5 Rum (88.5)
- Pampero Seleccion 1938 (80.5)
- Pixan Solera Especial (84)
- Plantation Barbados 2000 (Old Reserve Rum) (88)
- Plantation Grenada 1998 (Old Reserve Rum) (87.5)
- Plantation Guatemala Gran Anejo Rum (92.5)
- Plantation Guyana (Old Reserve Rum) (87.5)
- Plantation Isle of Fiji Rum (85.5)
- Plantation Jamaica (Old Reserve 2000 Rum) (85.5)
- Pusser’s (Blue Label) Rum (85)
- Ragged Rock Rum (82)
- Richland Classic Reserve Single Barrel Select (87.5)
- Rum Rats – Arco Seco (The Perfect Barrel) (82)
- Santiago De Cuba Ron Anejo (82.5)
- Screech (Famous Newfoundland Screech Rum) (86)
- Six Saints Caribbean Rum (83)
- Tanduay Gold Asian Rum 83.5
- Travellers 3 Barrel Aged Rum (85.5)
- West Indies Rum & Cane Merchants – Central America XO Rum (84.5)
Aged Rum (average age: 5 – 10 years)
- A.D. Rattray 9 Year Old (2003) Barbados Rum – Four Square Distillery (Cask 15) (79)
- Abuelo Anejo 7 Anos (81.5)
- Admiral Rodney HMS Princessa (88.5)
- Angostura 7 Year Old Rum (84.5)
- Angostura Single Barrel Rum (87.5)
- Angostura 1919 Aged Rum (86)
- Appleton Estate Reserve Rum (85)
- Appleton Estate Reserve 8 Year Old Rum (90)
- Atlantico Private Cask Rum (85)
- Bacardi Gran Reserva 8 Años Rum (87.5)
- Bacardi Gran Reserva Diez (10 Years Old) 90.5
- Barcelo Imperial Rum (88.5)
- Bermudez Don Armando (89.5)
- Brugal XV Ron Reserva Exclusiva (85.5)
- Brugal 1888 (Ron Gran Reserva Familiar) (91.5)
- By the Dutch Batavia Arrack (Rum) (84.5)
- Carupano Anejo (84.5)
- Canuto (7 Anos) (83)
- Chairman’s Reserve Forgotten Casks (90.5)
- Cihuatan Gran Reserva 8 (83)
- Coloma 8 Anos Rum (85.5)
- Cross Keys Island Tradition Barbados Rum (Aged 5 Years) (83.5)
- Dictador Amber (100 Month Aged) (84)
- Dictador Claro (100 Month Aged) (81.5)
- Diplomático Reserva (90)
- Doorly’s Fine Old Barbados Rum (XO) (88)
- Dos Maderas (5+5) PX (88.5)
- El Dorado 5 Year Cask Aged Rum (84)
- El Dorado 8 Year Old Cask Aged Rum (88.5)
- El Dorado Single Barrel ICBU (86.5)
- El Dorado Single Barrel PM (79)
- English Harbour 5 Year Rum (83.5)
- English Harbour 10 Year Old (88.5)
- Flor de Caña 5 Añejo Clasico (84.5)
- Flor de Caña 7 Gran Reserva (87)
- Fortuna (Ron Reserva Exclusiva) (86.5)
- Havana Club 7 Year Old Cuban Rum (83.5)
- Juan Santos 5 Year Old Rum (88)
- Juan Santos 9 Yr Reserva Especial Rum (89)
- Lazy Dodo Single Estate Rum (79.5)
- Marques del Valle (8 Years) (86)
- Millonario 10 Anniversario Reserva (89.5)
- Mount Gay Extra Old Barbados Rum (83.5)
- Mount Gay 1703 XO Reserve Cask (88)
- Mount Gay Eclipse Black (86.5)
- Murray McDavid Nicaraguan Rum (2006) C.L.D.N. (84.5)
- Old Monk Very Old Vatted Rum (7 Years Old Blended) (85)
- Pampero Anniversario Reserva Exclusiva (90)
- Penny Blue XO Single Estate Mauritius Rum (Batch #002) (89)
- Penny Blue XO Single Estate Mauritius Rum (Batch #004) (90.5)
- Pixan 8 Anos Rum (83.5)
- Pixan Solera Especial (84)
- Plantation Barbados (Grande reserve) 5 Year old Rum (87)
- Plantation Nicaragua 1998 (Old Reserve Rum) (83)
- Plantation Panama 2000 (Old Reserve Rum) (90)
- Plantation Trinidad 2000 (Old Reserve Rum) (85.5)
- Pyrat Rum XO Reserve (84.5)
- Renegade Black Rock 2000 Rum (68.5)
- Renegade Guyana Uitvlught 1995 (85)
- Renegade Rum Company 2000 Jamaica Rum (72.5)
- Renegade Panama Don José 1997 (94)
- Roble Viejo Maestro (83)
- Rum Nation Barbados 10 Year Old Rum (2001) (89)
- Rum Nation British Guyana (92.5)
- Rum Nation Demerara Solera N° 14 (85.5)
- Rum Nation Guatemala Gran Reserva (86)
- Rum Nation Jamaica 7 Year Old Cask Strength Pot Still Rum (91)
- Rum Nation Jamaica Pot Still 8 Year Old Rum (85.5)
- Rum Nation Peruano (8 Year Old) (84)
- Santos Dumont XO Rum (85)
- Seven Fathoms Rum (86)
- St. Nicholas Abbey 10 Year Old Barbados Rum (84)
- Travellers One Barrel 5 Year Rum (87)
- XM Royal 10 Years Rum (DIH Banks) (82)
- Zaka Trinidad Rum (81)
Aged Rum (average age: 11 to 20 Years & Solera 10 Plus)
- A.D. Rattray 13 Year Old Trinidad Rum (Caroni Distillery (Cask RR1072)) (88.5)
- Abuelo 12-Year-Old Rum (84)
- Abuelo Rum Napolean XV (90)
- Angostura 1824 (12 Years Old) Rum (92)
- Angostura 1787 Rum (86)
- Appleton Estate Rare Blend 12 Year Old (92.5)
- Appleton Estate 15 Year Old (Minimum Age) Rum (88)
- Arehucas 12 Anos Anejo Reserva Rum (86)
- Barcelo Imperial Premium 30 Aniversario Rum (93.5)
- Bermudez Anniversario (91.5)
- Berrys’ Finest Barbados Rum (Aged 13 Years) (87)
- Berrys’ Finest Panama Rum (Aged 11 Years) (89.5)
- Borgoe 12 Reserve Collection Rum (86.5)
- Brugal Siglo de Oro (88)
- Cane Island Nicaragua Rum (93.5)
- Centenario No. 12 Gran Legado (87.5)
- Cihuatan Reserva Especial 12 (90)
- Cihuatan Obsidiana (Travel Edition) (84.5)
- Cockspur 12 (89)
- Cockspur VSOR 12 (88)
- Companero Extra Anejo (82)
- Cristóbal Niña (92)
- Cruzan Single Barrel Rum (90.5)
- DDL Albion 1994 17 Year Old Full Proof Old Demerara Rum (85.5)
- Dictador 12 Year Solera (90)
- Dictador 20 Year Solera (91.5)
- Dictador XO Insolent (97)
- Dictador XO Perpetual (91)
- Diplomático Reserva Exclusiva (91.5)
- Diplomatico Single VTG 2000 Rum (95.5)
- Don Omario’s Vintage Rum (94)
- El Dorado 12 Year Old Special Reserve Rum (93.5)
- El Dorado 15 Year Old Special Reserve Rum (88.5)
- El Pasador de oro XO Rum (92)
- El Pasador de oro Gran Reserva Rum (92.5)
- El Ron Prohibito Solera 15 (89)
- Esclavo XO Rum (90.5)
- Flor de Caña Centenario 12 (91.5)
- Flor De Caña Centenario 21 Commemorative Edition discontinued (97.5)
- Flor de Caña Centenario 18 (92)
- Havana Club Selección de Maestros Rum (91)
- Inmortal Colombian Rum (Aged 12 Years) (89.5)
- Juan Santos 12 Year Gran Reserva Rum (89)
- Kirk and Sweeney 12 Year Rum (88)
- La Hechicera Solera 21 (87)
- Matusalem Gran Reserva 15 Solera Blender (87)
- Matusalum Gran Reserva 18 Rum (91)
- Millonario Solera 15 Reserva Especial (92.5)
- Millonario XO Reserva Especial Rum (95)
- Mocambo 20 Anos Anejo Rum (Art Edition) (87.5)
- Mount Gay 1703 Old Cask Selection (86.5)
- Mount Gay 1703 Master Select (90.5)
- Offrian Rum (Aged 12 Years) (84)
- Old Monk Gold Reserve Rum (12 Years Blended) (87)
- Old Monk Supreme Rum (Very Old Vatted) (88)
- Old Monk Legend (86.5)
- Plantation Jamaica (2002) Vintage Edition (92)
- Plantation XO 20th Anniversary Barbados Rum (92)
- Pumpkin Face Reserve Rum (87.5)
- Pusser’s 15 Year Old Navy Rum (93)
- Roble Extra Anejo (92)
- Rum Nation Barbados Anniversary Edition (12 Years Old) (91)
- Rum Nation Caroni 1998 (Bottled in 2014 @ 55%) 93
- Rum Nation Panama (Aged 18 years) (89)
- Santa Theresa 1796 Antiguo de Solera (92.5)
- Tanduay Superior 12 Year Old Rum (85)
- Vizcaya V.X.O.P. Cask No. 21 (86.5)
- Zacapa Ambar 12 (85)
- Zacapa Centenario XO 15 (91.5)
- Zaya Gran Reserva (86.5)
Ultra Premium Rum (Aged over 20 years or Solera 20 +)
- Appleton Estate 21 Yr Old Rum (88)
- Appleton Estate Master Blender’s Legacy (93)
- Appleton Estate Joy Anniversary 25 Year Old Rum (97.5)
- Appleton Estate Limited Edition 30 Year Old Rum (78)
- Appleton Estate 50 Year Old Jamaica Rum – Jamaica Independence Reserve (89.5)
- Cubaney Ron Tesero Grand Reserve (94)
- El Dorado 21 Year Old Special Reserve Rum (95)
- El Dorado 25 Year Old Vintage Reserve Rum (92)
- El Dorado Grand Special Reserve (50th Anniversary) Rum (91.5)
- English Harbour Vintage 1981 25 Year Old (94)
- Flor de Caña 25 Tradicion Artisinal (96.5)
- Juan Santos 21 Yr Antigua Reserva Rum (93.5)
- Matusalum Gran Reserva 23 Rum (92.5)
- Panamonte Reserva XXV – 25 Year Old Rum (96)
- Pumpkin Face 23 (92)
- Pyrat Rum Cask 1623 (82.5)
- Rum Nation Demerara 23 Year Old (93.5)
- Rum Nation Jamaica 25 Year Old Supreme Lord V (91)
- Rum Nation Jamaica 26 Year Old (Distilled 1986) (86)
- Rum Nation Panama (Aged 21 years) (92)
- Zacapa Centenario (23 Solera) (91.5)
- Zacapa Endicion Negra (95.5)
- Zacapa XO (25 Year Solero) Rum (95)
- Zafra Master Reserve (90)
Rhum Agricole (French Style)
- Aldea Maestro (10 Years Old) (87)
- Barbancourt 8 Yr Old Haitian Rhum (83)
- Barbancourt 15 Year Old Estate Reserve (90.5)
- Berrys’ Finest St. Lucia Rum (Aged 12 Years) (85.5)
- Chamarel V.S.O.P. (85)
- Clément Premiere Canne (79)
- Clément V.S.O.P. Rhum (85)
- Clemente Select Barrel (90)
- Reimonenq Vieux 5 Year Old Rhum (Distilled 2006) (88.5)
- Reimonenq Vieux 9 Year Old Rhum (Distilled 1999) (94.5)
- Rhum J.M. V.O (85)
- Rum Nation Ilha da Madeira 3 Year Old (84)
- Rum Nation – Engenho Novo Amarone Cask (Nat 84) (83.5)
- Rum Nation Reunion 7 Year Old Cask Rhum (90.5)
- Séverin Rhum Viex 4 ans (83.5)
- Toucan No. 4 Rhum (83)
- Takamaka – St. Andre (85.5)
- William Hinton 3 Year Old Rum (82)
Cachaca (The Rum-like Spirit from Brazil)
Note: When I have reviewed a sufficient number of Cachaca spirits, I will move these reviews to their own page.
- Leblon Natural Cane Cachaca (82.5)
- Pitú Cachaca (80.5)
- Porto Morretes (Ouro) Cachaca (86)
- Porto Morretes (Prata) Cachaca (82.5)
- Thoquino (silver) Cachaca (77)
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Each review contains a rating or score out of 100 and these scores can be interpreted using the following scale:
0-25 A spirit with a rating this low would actually kill you.
26-49 Depending upon your fortitude you might actually survive this.
50 -59 You are safe to drink this…but you shouldn’t.
60-69 Substandard swill which you may offer to people you do not want to see again.
70-74 Now we have a fair mixing rum or whisky. Accept this but make sure it is mixed into a cocktail.
75-79 You may begin to serve this to friends, again probably still cocktail territory.
80-84 We begin to enjoy this spirit neat or on the rocks. (I will still primarily mix cocktails)
85-89 Excellent for sipping or for mixing!
90-94 Definitely a primary sipping spirit, in fact you may want to hoard this for yourself.
95-97.5 The Cream of the Crop
98+ I haven’t met this bottle yet…but I want to.
Very loosely we may put my scores into terms that you may be familiar with on a Gold, Silver, and Bronze medal scale as follows:
70 – 79.5 Bronze Medal (Recommended only as a mixer)
80 – 89.5 Silver Medal (Recommended for sipping and or a high quality mixer)
90 – 95 Gold Medal (Highly recommended for sipping and for sublime cocktails.)
95.5+ Platinum Award (Highest Recommendation)
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