In 2014 Havana Club updated the presentation of their 15 year old rum. Along with the update of the former Barrel Proof to Seleccion de Maestros and with a new cigar pairing rum to be released, Havana Club were geared to introducing a new range.
That new range was named the Iconica Collection and comprises of Seleccion de Maestros, Havana 15 Year Anos, Union and Maximo. All the rums now come in a sleek bottle along the lines of this one.
The Danish Speaking world has one of the better Rum websites to boast about. With reviews, articles and its own forum Romhatten is impressive and its design is sleek and modern.
A lot of websites could take a lot of pointers from the site. Unfortunately for English speakers such as myself the site doesn’t automatically translate too well from Danish into English. However, with a bit of persistence it is possible to pick up on the meaning of most of Mads’ pieces especially his reviews.
As it is supposed to be British Summer Time, I thought I would make this months Rum of the Month a summer rum. So I decided to go with this fantastic Overproof mixer.
As you can see Wray and Nephew White Overproof Rum is traditionally drank on Jamaica with Ting. A Jamaican grapefruit soda and plenty of ice. This a potent Overproof mixing rum but nonetheless a very good one. To read the original review please click on the link or photo.
Old Amazon No1. is the brainchild of Olly Simpson who is behind along with two of his friends Rum Fellows Ltd. In 2014, Olly tested his rum infusions on unsuspecting friends at a BBQ. Inspired by their positive reaction he set about Rum Fellows first creation…..
I’m always interested (often sceptical) in new rums and this Rum Infusion sparked my interest immediately. Being a British rum did nothing to sway my enthusiasm.
Today I am reviewing an offering from the wonderful Foursquare Distillery, Barbados. The island often cites itself as the birthplace of rum. The oldest “official” (ie legal) rum distillery in the world is the Mount Gay Distillery, so its a fair enough claim to make. They also have plenty of other facts to back up their claims if you look into rums rich history.
Rum and Britain have a long and tangled past together similar to other plundering European countries such as France, Spain and the Netherlands. Indeed the very origins of the word “rum” has been attributed to each of these nations (and others) at some point.
Like it or not rum was used as a commodity by British Privateers and was used to establish the slave trade in the Caribbean and the US. Empires were built on the trade of goods in the Caribbean and the islands frequently changed ownership between the warring European Empires.
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Havana Club Union was the third in a flight of rums I recently had the fortune to try as part of a “Twitter Tasting”.