Barceló are on of the big three named rum producers of the Dominican Republic. I say named because Oliver & Oliver another big Dominican rum player produce a variety of rums under various different guises.
In 1929 Spaniard Julián Barceló arrived in Santo Domingo and founded Barceló & Co. In 1974, Don Julián Barceló handed over the reins to his nephew Miguel Barceló and in 1980 Ron Barceló Imperial was born.
In a world dominated by click bait “lists” we will keep things very simple. Each year we will award ONE rum as our Rum of the Year.
The rum which will be crowned as Rum of the Year must have been released that year. It also must be commercially available to the average rum consumer. Any rums which were available prior to 2016 are ineligible. Likewise any bottlings that were extremely limited or are unavailable as of today are also out.
Habitation Velier tagline the “House of Pure Single Rums” is part of the ongoing Gargano classification system.
Proposed a couple of years ago, Luca Gargano of Velier hopes to introduce a system of classifying rum, which will be embraced and used across the industry.
For more information on the system please see the following link which will give you more information.
Elements Eight – for so long the brand was identifiable by its very tall, sleek bottles and distinctive framed logo.
Moving with the times Elements Eight CEO Carl Stephenson decided to celebrate their 10th Anniversary with a re-boot. Hence the re-designed “dumpy” bottles. The logo remains but these newly designed bottles are much easier to store.
Dead Man’s Fingers is a Spiced Rum. First released in 2015 by The Rum and Crab Shack, St Ives, Cornwall. Initially the rum was only available in the bar/restaurant (which has since expanded to another branch in Exeter). It is now pushing for a national release and is already available from a number of UK online retailers.
Another independent bottling from Kill Devil. This time we are taking a trip to Trinidad. This rum is one of the first releases by Kill Devil to be released at Cask Strength.
As the rum is bottled at Cask Strength the packaging has been tweaked slightly. The lozenge label on the tube and on the bottle are red/purple in colour rather than gold as on the 46% ABV rums.
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Doorly’s is an historic Bajan rum brand now owned by Foursquare Distilery. It was the first branded rum to be exported from the island of Barbados. Bulk rum was exported in casks long before Doorly’s,