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This weekend's side-by-side tasting review article is of these three delicious unaged rums from Providence Rum. Have a great weekend folks 😁

Providence Rum pt2 - uncasked Following last week's review of 4 cask aged Providence rums, it's only natural that I wrap things up with a look at these three bottlings. Fresh, delicious, Haitian cane juice rum that has not spent any time in wood.Providence Rum, Distillerie Port-au-Prince Cristalline sugar cane, grown by Michel S...

A long overdue article and side-by-side tasting review of these 4 cask aged rums from Providence Rum in Haiti.

Providence Rum - making magic in Haiti Some reviews and tastings are new and require time and research. In other lineups, like today, I get to review rums on the SecretRumBar regular rotation—rums I know and love. So today will be easy, fun, and delicious.That said, I've not tried these side-by-side, so I'm keen to see which takes the ...

Cane juice rum made, from field to glass, in Italy! Time to investigate this exciting new project by Alma Distillery on the Italian island of Sicily...

Cane juice rum - from Italy!?! Yes, you read that correctly. Cane grown on the Mediterranean island of Sicily - pressed, fermented, and distilled into beautiful, clear rum.Well that's pretty exciting, isn't it? Obviously we can't call it Agricole, but I will be testing it against a couple of unaged Agricole rums as a baseline for...

A little tasting review of some Armagnacs. Is there any cross over with rum? Is this an interesting rum alternative?

Rum vs Armagnac A rum drinker's thoughts on some Armagnacs - whether they compare to rums / are pleasing to this rum drinker's palate.I'll start by saying that I know nothing about Armagnac, Cognac, or Brandy, but I love rum. An occasional diversion from your core interest has got to be healthy, so let's dive into....

Rhum Bielle - My first tasting review article of 2025. 😋😁

Bielle Rums Review Happy New Year, and Feliz Ano Novo to my new Madeiran friends.I hope you had a great festive break. We spent ours in gorgeous weather at the guesthouse where progress is flying! We're on track for a July 1st opening and, as part of our soft launch, we're offering a 50% discount to SecretRumBar subsc...

Third and final in my Trinidad mini-series is a side-by-side of 6 Ten Cane single casks, and a few conclusions of the full lineup

Trinidad Rum, it's not all Caroni - part 3: TenCane The third and final episode reviewing this selection of non-Caroni Trinidadian rums...Now we focus on Ten Cane, a unique and interesting distillery that arrived and then disappeared over a very short space of time.Named to recognise the idea behind this concept, 10 cane distillery was established in...

Following last week's TDL Fernandes tasting. Here's a review of a few 'standard' TDL bottlings. 😁

Trinidad Rum, it's not all Caroni - part 2: TDL Following last week's TDL:Fernandes tasting (here), today we have four single-cask independent bottlings from the TDL distillery. Here's the full lineup of the mini-series:Built in 1947 by Angostura to produce its rums and world-famous bitters, TDL is now Trinidad's only operational distillery.Today...

First up in a mini series reviewing non-Caroni rums from Trinidad, TDL bottlings designated as Fernandes.
A tasty start to this lighter industrial style fruity rums.

Trinidad Rum, it's not all Caroni - part 1: TDL Fernandes Hi folks. For the next couple of weeks, I'm off to work remotely from our new home in Madeira, and to check the progress of the guesthouse. My evenings and weekends can't be just swimming in the natural pools or exploring the mountains and trails ;-) so I've packed a dozen or so samples I've been me...

A little road test of Foursquare Equipoise, alongside its step-sister from Normandy.

Foursquare Rum & Calvados - Equipoise Vs Drouin Apple-tastic! I've been looking forward to these for years. Add to the lengthy anticipation a recent blockbuster 99 points and 2024 Rum Trophy for Equipoise (from IWSC) and expectations couldn't be higher!An odd pairing? In case the connection isn't clear - today we're looking at Christian Drouin Ca...

Great memories of an amazing visit to Hampden Estate Rum inspired a re-taste of some HGML

Hampden HGML - the greatest mark Inspired by our recent trip to Jamaica (overview & insights here) I'm revisiting my favourite Hampden mark with a side-by-side of these three beauties.Right up there on the funk-o-meter, HGML or Hampden George MacFarquhar Lawson is not a character from Shrek, its a style of rum recognised as having....

Back to the world of rum reviewing. Kicking things off with a couple of experiments in storing rum..

Transporting and storing rum - 2 experiments! Oak barrels at Bielle distillery in Marie-Galante. Nothing to do with the article, just a great day at an awesome distilleryExperiment I - a great solution to posting and sharing samplesPrelude - Some years back, lady K suggested a genius solution to the problem of sharing and posting samples amongs...