Rum Sixty Six is a 12 year old Bajan Rum from Richard Seale’s Foursquare Distillery who also produce Doorlys amongst others. The Foursquare distilleries rum are at the forefront of Bajan rum production and are respected and reviewed accordingly the world over.
Once again a discount led me to try this rum. Not online or in a Supermarket but in a local wine merchant I have recently discovered. If you are interested (and live in the North East of England) then here is the website http://www.thewinechambers.co.uk/. Please note the website shows only 4 rums but he does stock around 20. As good a selection as I’ve found in a physical shop. The rum was reduced to £30.99 (I’m such a sucker for a sale sticker I can’t even tell you what it was reduced from!).
Ahh Mount Gay that “hilariously” named rum that often leads to a myriad of puerile double entendres and unfunny jokes. Staple of Airport Duty Free’s and increasingly more and more present on the supermarket shelves in the UK. More often than not discounted by a few pounds from its £18 price tag.
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.
I had seen this rum on sale in M&S and came close to buying a bottle for £19. In the end I was persuaded that I didn’t need it by my wife (who had bought me it for Christmas). The rum usually retails at £22 for a 70cl bottle. As Marks and Spencer have recently begun stocking “brand name” goods I was slightly surprised to see the additions to their rum range were own brand offerings. Supermarket rum is not something which excites me, its cheaper than entry level branded rum and this is usually reflected in both taste and appearance. However, M&S is no ordinary supermarket and indeed this may well be no ordinary rum. Apologies to anyone with Albatross now running through their head…………