Rum Reviews

Old New Orleans Cajun Spiced Rum

The Old New Orleans Crystal and Amber reviews are in the can.  As we enter month two of my one-month focus on Old New Orleans Rum, we move on to their third offering: Old New Orleans Cajun Spice Rum.Spiced rum (often referred to as just “spice” in the Islands) is one of the more common [...]

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Old New Orleans Amber Rum

One rum down, three more to go in my quest to complete the entire line of rums from Celebration Distillation.  I had planned to do the entire line before the end of August, but that’s beginning to look a tad unlikely.  So good news for the New Orleans-o-philes: the August Spotlight will continue to shine [...]

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Old New Orleans Crystal Rum

As you and I continue our August Spotlight on Old New Orleans Rum, we come to the first product in their line of offerings, the Old New Orleans Crystal Rum.  I say first because I have to start somewhere; and after the distillery tour, why not start with the most basic of any company’s rum: [...]

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Clément V.S.O.P.

OK, so maybe I’m a little crazy for trying to squeeze in a rum review the day before I start my Tales of the Cocktail adventure.  I’ve been called worse. Sometimes though, there’s just a rum that calls to you…that sits there on your shelf, taunting you, flirting with you with it’s curvy bottle and [...]

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Ron Pampero Aniversario

A few years ago, I was a rum neophyte.  I was a babe in the rummy wilderness, knowing only that I had tasted good rum, and I wanted to taste more.  My collection?  What collection?  I probably had about 3 or 4 bottles of rum…mostly consisting of 2 or 3 bottles from St. Lucia and [...]

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Depaz Blue Cane Rhum Agricole

A few weeks ago, your faithful narrator was contacted by representatives of Depaz about his interest in some samples, with the possibility of a review of these alleged samples obviously the goal of such provisions.  I received those samples, I sampled the…um…samples, and I even used them in my most recent Mixology Monday entry.In that [...]

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Cabana Cachaca

Since I started down this adventurous path of rum blogging several months ago, a goodly number of people have asked me, “Why, Dood?  Why do you blog about rum?” It’s a fair question.  I think I started for two reasons:  1. It’s fun and 2. Because occasionally you can get free stuff.  So imagine my [...]

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