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Montebello - Aged Rhums Review

Following last week's review of unaged Montebello rums, it'll be no surprise to see me reviewing a wee bundle of aged rums from the...

Montebello - Unaged Rhums Review

Another installment in my Guadeloupe mini-series. After initial articles providing an overview and travel tips on Marie Galante, and the...

Is this the end for Secret Rum Bar?

After years of blog articles, over 250 rum reviews and tasting events for more than 200 people, I have made the huge decision to sell my...

Aged Papa Rouyo Review + a little bonus

As promised, following my recent travel & rum blog articles of Guadeloupe - Marie Galante and Guadeloupe - Basse Terre & Grand Terre, I...

Le Galion rums reviewed

Summer has finally arrived in the UK so unaged rums are most definitely order of the day. Today I'm reviewing a pair of white rums from...

Neisson Bio - red hot or red herring?

An interesting little experiment today, a bio-off if you like. Regular readers might remember from my 'big Neisson tasting' last year...

Epic Mhoba - THE FINAL (tasted blind)!!

Twelve bottles of the very best Mhoba rum started the knockout. We're down to these final 4, and today the champion will be crowned!! A...

Epic Mhoba - Round 3 'Bourbon Cask'

Round 3, the final heat in this epic knockout Mhoba tasting. Which ex-Bourbon cask aged rum will take the prized remaining slot in the...

Epic Mhoba - Round 2 'Wine/Whisky cask'

Round 2 of this epic knockout Mhoba tasting. Which of these four will go through to the final?? Missed Round 1 (Glass cask)? Find it...

Epic Mhoba - Round 1 'Glass Cask'

The first round of an epic knockout Mhoba tasting. Which of these four will go through to the final?? A teaser of what's to come, here's...

New rums from down under

A quick-fire review of 5 {mostly} new Aussie rums released by independent bottlers S.B.S and TBRC. It's been a couple of years since I...

Battle of the blends

With all the hysteria about chasing the latest single distillery, single marque, even single cask rums it's easy to forget that some of...

Ultimate Mount Gay Tasting Review

Mount Gay distillery Barbados - The world's oldest commercial rum company! Dating back to at least 1703 (potentially 1654 - although...

Paranubes Rum - Full lineup review

Oaxaca [pronounced wa-haka] - a rugged, mountainous, isolated state in the deep south of Mexico. Best known for it's indigenous people...

Papa Rouyo unaged side by side review

A super interesting new distillery creating quite a stir in the rum world. Papa Rouyo, located on the east coast of Guadeloupe's...

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