Rum Sixty Six was originally released a few years ago by Foursquare Distillery to celebrate Bajan independence gained in…..1966. Over the last 18 months to 2 years the distillery has had a real renaissance. A number of new expressions have been released that have intrigued and brought great praise from the rum world and beyond. Rum Sixty Six Cask Strength is another welcome addition.
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Worst Ten Rums is probably an article a lot of you have been expecting for a while. In fairness it has been in the pipeline a long time. With around 300 reviews in the bag, I thought it might be useful to look back and see which rums I truly hated.
You see a lot of the rum I have reviewed I have found to be pretty mediocre. Maybe I could compile a list of the Ten most boring rums as well? When all is said and done, not that many rums have truly offended me or surprised me. Often I’ve bought cheaply and pretty much got what I paid for.
Rhum J.M are an Agricole Rhum producer from Macouba on the French speaking Caribbean island of Martinique.
Located in northern Martinique at the foot of Mount Pelée.Habitation Bellevue produces sugarcane which is grown up the face of a volcano.
The Housing Bellevue, located on the flanks of Mount Pelee, with rich volcanic soil, allows the sugar cane used exclusively by Rhum J.M. to have unique flavour. Agricole Rhum producers are very keen on using marketing terms such as “terroir” when describing their rums. This is because Agricole in the main, is produced on only a few small islands so it doesn’t have quite as much obvious or immediate diversity as the molasses rum world.
Velier Caroni No Smoking? After their Demerara rums (RIP) Velier Spa are best known in the rum world for their range of rum from the Caroni Distillery in Trinidad. The Caroni Distillery closed for the final time circa 2002/3.
As in the whisky world with Port Ellen rums it seems that the pull of a “Lost Distillery” is difficult to resist. Velier Caroni rum has become some of the most sought after and prized distillate in the Rum World. Which is strange because if you speak with Richard Seale of Foursquare he will tell you their distinctive flavour is based on “bad distillation”.
St Abbs Six Spice Rum is as the title suggests another Spiced rum to be added to the already very crowded segment of the market. St Abbs currently have three rums in their range. The trademark Captain’s Table XO, Cask Silver (a white rum) and this their Six Spice Spiced Rum.
St Abbs Six Spices used the Cask Silver as its base rum. It is then infused with six different spices and a dollop of blackstrap molasses. Giving colour and a bit of depth. The six spiced used in the blend are Ginger, Vanilla, Clove, Black Pepper, Cinnamon and Star Anise.
Another Habitation Velier Hampden release. This time out its a three way collaboration which has brought this particular rum into existence. HLCF/LROK is a blend of two Hampden expressions which have both been issued individually HLCF (Hampden Light Continental Flavoured) and LROK (Light Rum Owen Kelly).
Bounty Rum is something of a staple rum in its homeland the island of Saint Lucia. Finding a bottle of this rum become something of an obsession for the completist in me. I’ve always had a soft spot for Saint Lucia Distilers (SLD) and I’ve wanted to try this rum for a long time.
Finally I found a bottle at Drinks Supermarket here in the UK. Complete with HMRC customs stamp on the actual label. Suggesting that this was at one point distributed in the UK. Indeed it was imported by the current SLD Importer Emporia Brands. Quite how old this bottle is I’m not sure. I suspect it is stock that Drinks Supermarket stumbled across in their warehouse after forgetting they had the odd bottle.