A younger Demerara rum from the El Dorado range. I was ordering a consignment of unusual (by country) entry level rums and I noticed this one so I thought I would give it a try. The rum was reduced to £19.95 online so I thought I as worth a go. I was a little surprised…
Old Monk is a dark vatted 7 year old rum from (wait for it…) Utter Pradesh, India. It was the best selling rum in the world until very recently, despite not advertising at all. It’s record breaking sales admittedly were overwhelmingly in India where it has been replaced by McDowells No1 Rum as the best…
Another entry from St Lucia Distillers and one with a bit of a story. On May 2nd 2007 St. Lucia Distillers was struck by a major fire which destroyed their administrative and blending facility. Most of the distillery was spared but they suffered great problems with storage space for their casks. In the melee that followed the cellar…