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Rum Review: Santa Teresa Claro

Matt Robold — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:15:24 +0000

This rum has been sitting on my review shelf for a long time – longer than I care to admit. I figured it was time to open it up and give this Venezuelan beauty a try. Santa Teresa Claro is a “white” rum offering from Ron Santa Teresa SA, the same people who give us [...] Related posts:

Rum Review: Novo Fogo Silver Cachaça

Matt Robold — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:27:52 +0000

Cachaça isn’t something that gets a lot of regular coverage around here. Some might say that that’s because cachaça isn’t rum, but I say that it’s because I’m lazy and indecisive when it comes to choosing which of the roughly 200 rums and cachaças I have at home to review. Novo Fogo is a relative [...] Related posts:

Rum Review: Ron de Jeremy

Matt Robold — Wed, 18 May 2011 19:10:49 +0000

I honestly don’t think that there has been a rum – or any product for that matter – that I have had more people ask me for my opinion on in hushed tones than Ron de Jeremy. There’s a palpable amount of intrigue surrounding this new product. Here you have a product that has been [...] Related posts:

Rum Review: DonQ Gran Añejo

Matt Robold — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:00:02 +0000

During the 1820s, a Spaniard by the name of Sebastian Serrallés emigrated to Puerto Rico and created a new hacienda named Hacienda Teresa. Being in the Caribbean and owning a decent plot of land, Serralles did what most new farmers did in the region: he started growing sugar cane. In 1865, his son, Don Juan [...] Related posts:

Rum Review: Admiral Rodney Extra Old St. Lucia Rum

Matt Robold — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:07:10 +0000

We all have our first loves. They’re the ones that we never forget and that always have a special place in our hearts. They’re the ones that caught us by surprise, made us feel things we had never felt before and opened a whole new world to us – new textures and flavors all for [...] Related posts:

Rum Review: Tanduay 1854

Matt Robold — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:30:27 +0000

If I were to ask a group of people who the biggest rum companies in the world are, the odds are that only complete rum nerds know that a company out of the Philippines – Tanduay – belongs on that list of most prolific rum producers. In fact, Tanduay is second only to Bacardi in [...] Related posts:

Rum Review: Zaya Gran Reserva

Matt Robold — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:47:27 +0000

While many rums embrace the pervasive idea that rum is a mixer to be poured with cola or blended with coconut water and never taken alone, others are fighting against the collegiate stereotype and attempting to establish the category as one equal in sophistication to whiskey or brandy. Zaya is one of the latter. Zaya [...] Related posts:

Rum Review: Dos Maderas PX

Matt Robold — Tue, 04 May 2010 16:00:09 +0000

While most aged rums are aged solely in used bourbon casks, several rum makers have been experimenting with finishing their rums in other types of wood, like used sherry casks. At the forefront of this movement are the Dos Maderas rums. Related posts:

Rum Review: Tommy Bahama White Sands

Matt Robold — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:01:41 +0000

When I first discovered that Tommy Bahama had their own rum, I'll admit that I was less than interested. A white rum in an incredibly heavy and expensive bottle made by a company that's well-known for its high prices and its faux island lifestyle didn't really appeal to me. There are already plenty of rums that are well-known for their low prices and faux island lifestyle. I didn't need a pricey, fake rum like Tommy Bahama.

It turns out I didn't know what I was missing.

Rum Review: La Favorite Blanc

Matt Robold — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:00:24 +0000

La Favorite has been producing Rhum Agricole on the island of Martinique since around 1843. The Blanc is made by distilling a fermented mash of freshly pressed sugar cane juice. A single copper column still is used to produce the blanc, which is taken off of the still at around 70% abv (140 proof). This white spirit is then rested in oak before being bottled at 50% abv (100 proof). Related posts: