Pirates Grog rum is from (wait for it…) Roatan. Yes, me neither. Roatan located between the islands of Útila and Guanaja, is the largest of Honduras’ Bay Islands. The company have been trading since 2012 and are currently trying to extend their distribution into the UK market. The Pirates Grog has its own website http://www.piratesgrogrum.com. The website builds around the Pirate theme and adds some mystique to the rum.
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As anyone who has spent any time on the Internet reading or researching rum will know – Bacardi tend to take a bit of a bashing in many quarters. This is mainly due to their Bacardi Superior White Rum. As with most things that go “mass market” it just isn’t cool to follow the crowd. It’s far trendier to enjoy a Caliche or an El Dorado 3 Year Old white rum.
The Kraken is a fairly newish rum to the market. Introduced in 2009 to the UK and at a time when Sailor Jerry had re-branded and changed its formula. The Kraken was introduced to compete with Morgans Spiced and Sailory Jerry. The darker nature of the rum was hoped to give a more authentic style rum experience.
I don’t know what the sales of this rum are like worldwide. However, I’ve seen it stocked in a few high end hotels over here in the UK and a good few wine merchants carry it.
However, it hasn’t quite hit Aldi over here yet and I suspect it never will!
If Patron did indeed “add” the infamous orange flavour to this rum then as a marketing strategy it would seem to have worked wonders! Notwithstanding Bacardi this rum brand has to the be one of the most talked about rum brands in the world (not bad going consider they only do two rums!).
“The best rum in this world” proclaims the 30′s style label. Finest Old Demerara from Guyana. This is a blend of 7 dark rums aged in Guyana for at least 3 years. According to the bottle this is a naval style rum. This rum (and seemingly the bottle) has been produced since 1930.
I bought this rum on a trip to Sainsburys. It had couple of quid off so was £18 rather than £20. To be honest the bottle is a little uninspiring, which is why I had previously overlooked it. It’s a standard entry-level metallic screw top bar bottle. The labelling is a little kitsch but I don’t really think it will be doing its sales much good.
A premium rum from Angostura (of Angostura Bitters fame) from the home Dwight Yorke. 1919 is the year this blend of rum was first casked. The rum is aged 8 years in (what else) ex Bourbon barrels. The bottle states that they believe it “will be the smoothest rum you have ever tasted with notes of oak, cocoa and vanilla”.
