Havana Club Maximo. Not a rum I ever envisaged reviewing on the site. Please note the image to the left is taken from the Whisky Exchange blog and is not my photograph. It is purely for illustrative purposes.
I recently got involved in a Twitter Tasting with Havana Club rum. As part of this process I was sent 50ml samples of the four more exclusive/expensive rums in the brands portfolio. Seleccion de Maestros, 15 Year Old, Union and this, the Maximo.
We are pleased to announce that we will be taking part in the Foursquare Rum Twitter Tasting in conjunction with TheFloatingRumShack.com and Foursquare Rum Distillery.
World renowed Master Distiller Richard Seale be on hand to answer questions (please quote @FourSquare_Rum in any tweets) and @floatingrumshac will be on hand to keep things moving along.
Today 16th August 2015 is National Rum Day. In quite what nation it is intended to be celebrated I’m not sure. Some people have also called it International Rum Day. The website for this event is also lacking any real information on who is behind this event.
A little more digging and a look on the events Twitter feed indicates that the National Rum Day is a US based event. Still it doesn’t seem anyone is that bothered about who celebrates it! Tweets and photo’s should be tagged #NationalRumDay..
In 2014 Havana Club updated the presentation of their 15 year old rum. Along with the update of the former Barrel Proof to Seleccion de Maestros and with a new cigar pairing rum to be released, Havana Club were geared to introducing a new range.
That new range was named the Iconica Collection and comprises of Seleccion de Maestros, Havana 15 Year Anos, Union and Maximo. All the rums now come in a sleek bottle along the lines of this one.
The Danish Speaking world has one of the better Rum websites to boast about. With reviews, articles and its own forum Romhatten is impressive and its design is sleek and modern.
A lot of websites could take a lot of pointers from the site. Unfortunately for English speakers such as myself the site doesn’t automatically translate too well from Danish into English. However, with a bit of persistence it is possible to pick up on the meaning of most of Mads’ pieces especially his reviews.
As it is supposed to be British Summer Time, I thought I would make this months Rum of the Month a summer rum. So I decided to go with this fantastic Overproof mixer.
As you can see Wray and Nephew White Overproof Rum is traditionally drank on Jamaica with Ting. A Jamaican grapefruit soda and plenty of ice. This a potent Overproof mixing rum but nonetheless a very good one. To read the original review please click on the link or photo.
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Havana Club Union was the third in a flight of rums I recently had the fortune to try as part of a “Twitter Tasting”.