Rum is Fun so the mantra goes. I once asked Dave Broom if rum needed to lose its “fun” tag to improve its image. Dave’s overwhelming response was a very definite no. He has even mentioned me posing the question in his latest rum book The Manual.
Dave believes that rum should keep its “fun” tag as it makes people smile when they think of it. He also felt that when Scotch Whisky forgot about “fun” the industry entered two decades of decline.
Single Cane Estate Rums – Worthy Park is actually a Bacardi International Brand. Acting almost like an independent bottler Bacardi, released a couple of rums (this and a Dominican Republic rum) into the Travel Retail market in 2015.
Worthy Park for those who aren’t familiar is a re-born rum distillery from Jamaica. Forced to close in the nineteen sixties due by the Jamaican government the distillery began operating again in 2005. A number of Worthy Park rums from 2005 and 2006 have been released onto the Independent market over the past couple of years.
St Abbs Captain’s Table XO comes from newcomers Black Mountain Spirits. They have three rums in the St Abbs range. St Abbs is the brain child of entrepeneur David Owens. David has a recent history in the rum world. He was involved in Takamaka (formerly Takamaka Bay) rum which hailed from the Seychelles.
Blackadder Raw Cask Barbados Foursquare rum. Blackadder’s Raw Cask rum selection are a number of rums which are “raw” and straight from the cask. No colouring, no additives and no filtration, so they look a little cloudy and raw.
Sourcing Blackadder rum has proved difficult. I ended up getting this bottling from Poland, of all places. This is particularly frustrating as most of Blackadder’s range is aged in the UK.
Elements Eight Fine Aged Platinum rum hails from the island of St Lucia. Elements Eight is the brainchild of Carl Stephenson (whose past employers include Wray and Nephew). Their rums have won numerous awards since they were launched back in 2006.
Platinum is a premium white rum. Unlike many white rums it is actually an aged rum. Aged up to 4 years in ex-Buffalo Trace Bourbon barrels. It is then gently filtered to remove any colour. Leaving a very clean, crisp spirit behind. Unlike many rums bottled by UK companies this has been entirely tropically aged.
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Foursquare Rum Distillery Criterion is the latest rum in their Exceptional Cask Selection. It seems that in the Foursquare world it never rains but it pours. Just last year we were spoilt with numbers 3 and 4 in the Exceptional Cask Selection and the “controversial” Foursquare 2006.
Manchester Rum Festival was the city’s first real stab at a fully fledged Rum Festival. Over the past couple of years a few rum events have “sprung” up all over the country. With Rum Festivals being held in Cardiff, Liverpool, Newcastle, Sheffield and of course the original Rumfest in London.