A 12 Year Old Solero System rum not from Guatemala, Puerto Rco or the Dominican Republic but the home of marching powder and Rene Higuita. Yes, thats right Colombian rum. Rum from Colombia.
Again I found this online and as it was reduced (and I’m easily seduced by price reductions) I thought it was worth a spin at £30.
Gentlemans rum as its called in my house, due to my wife’s dyslexia/stupidity. Having said that perhaps it was a Freudian slip. This is another rum from Marks and Spencer. But are they offering a premium experience at a more manageable price?
This Marks and Spencer rum comes housed in a nice stubby style bottle with a high quality polished metallic screw top. Immediately it is a cut above most “supermarket” rum. The bottle has a lovely uncluttered and clear styling (it’s a bit like this blog!)
Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva doesn’t it just roll of the tongue……. Well maybe the name might not but rum enthusiasts seem quite unanimous that the flavour of this rum is certainly something that your tongue will indeed savour. With such praise it was only a matter of time (or a bargain price) before I tried some. I eventually ordered a Gift Pack version from the Whisky Exchange which included a large decorative box and two very nice Diplomatico labelled glencairn style glasses (one is in picture). This came in at just under £50 which I felt was reasonable enough. Good glasses aren’t cheap!
A Spiced Rum from the Foursquare distillery in Barbados. This isn’t a rum that was introduced by the distillery to compete with Sailor Jerry or Kraken, its been around a while.
Highly regarded as a spiced rum, the rum comes in a slightly unusual tall bottle with a dripped wax sealing which covers a metallic screw top. The label is simple and understated. Unusual packaging is quite the distillery’s trademark (you would struggle to tell at a glance that any bottle is from the distillery, they do not have a formulaic appearance like Appleton for example).
At the time of buying this I hadn’t tried much in the way of Demerara Rum other than the supermarket “Navy” style rum’s. So I thought I would give this a try. It was very highly regarded on The Whisky Exchange (I get a lot of rum online due to the lack of variety and specialist shops up here in the North East).
The first rum I tried which wasn’t from a supermarket was a bottle of Chairman’s Reserve. Chairman’s Reserve is from St Lucia Distillers, as is this rum. The rum is “ACR” (Authentic Caribbean Rum) which is a accreditation system drawn up to identify a]Authentic Caribbean Rum. There is also a petition ongoing to save Authentic Caribbean Rum. Historically, Admiral Rodney is much the same as Captain Morgan (no not the actual rum). Admiral Rodney was the military governor of St Lucia after the British seized the island back from France in 1762.
Cockspur 12 (also Cockspur VSOR in some markets) is the premium rum of the Cockspur range (admittedly they only have 6 lines in total and at least one of those isn’t available outside of Barbados!).
It’s funny but despite Cockspur being my favourite sub £15 rum I didn’t actually have high hopes for this. I’m not sure why but I just thought that I would be left a disappointed by an “expensive” version of something I enjoyed so much in its cheapest form.
Copyright © 2025 thefatrumpirate.com. All Rights Reserved. Premium WordPress Plugins