See what I did there? If it’s not yet apparent then what I have done with my title is infer that this article is going to include the ten greatest rums produced in the whole wide world ever……….
It isn’t. Instead, what it is going to do is run down the ten most annoying, outlandish, poorly researched or just plain lazy Click Bait pieces of so called journalism that have befallen our less than noble spirit over the past few years. Articles which have reeled us all in with promises of hidden gems and new an enticing rum experiences.
Offerings from Foursquare Distillery this year have been a little like buses. You wait ages then two come along at once!
Earlier this week I posted up a Press release on 
Once again we will be taking part in a Twitter Tasting, this time alongside Ian Burrell (Global Rum Ambassador) and David Morrison (Senior Master Blender at Appleton Estate).
I can almost feel the condemnation as I write. A review of another of Diageo’s Captain Morgan offerings. However, before you do so, please note this is a white rum not one of the many Spiced Variants which have given the Captain such a bad name in recent years.
Although this may sound gimmicky, there is a history of Gunpowder and Rum. Not just in the sense that rum had to be “Gunpowder Proof” but also, in that like the recipe for this, Gunpowder was indeed added to rum!
St Lucia Distillers are famous for producing Chairman’s Reserve, Bounty (mainly for the domestic market) and Admiral Rodney.