Review: Jonahs Curse Black Spiced Rum
Jonahs Curse Black Spiced Rum is bottled by KD Distilling Co. of Louisville Kentucky, a division of Sazerac. The airborne whale and whalers ship on the bottles label leaves little doubt who Jonahs Curse was named for. Rum distilled in the Caribbean is used as a base and 12 traditional spices are blended with the rum. Some black rums including Captain Morgan Black Spiced, and Cruzan Black Strap are distilled with black strap rum. Others, including Jonahs Curse, and Kraken leave you guessing. It is bottled at the standard for black spiced rums, 94 proof. Kraken and Captain Morgan Black Spiced Rum weigh in at 94 and 94.6 proof. Read more 
Review: Malahat Spiced Rum
Malahat Spiced Rum is one of four rums crafted at the Malahat Spirits company in San Diego California. Their other rums include an unflavored white rum, a black tea, and ginger flavored rum. The Malahat, a large five masted schooner from Vancouver British Columbia famous for rum running on the US Pacific coast during prohibition was the inspiration for the Malahat name. The distillery was built by three friends, Tom Bleakley, Ken Lee, and Tony Grillo, with a background in home brewing and home wine making. In crafting the rum, they first acquired every type of molasses they could find. Each was fermented with many different varieties of yeast. They then distilled each one. After months of making every conceivable combination of molasses and yeast they decided on a blend of two types of molasses and a specialty yeast. The rum base is small batch distilled in a 1000 liter two-column copper still. When crafting their spiced rum they selected every spice they thought might work before arriving at a blend of 11 all natural spices. These spices include hand split vanilla beans, cinnamon sticks, orange peel, and cloves. These 11 fruits and spices are infused with the rum post distillation, before bottling on site at 80 proof. Read more
Review: Chairmans Reserve Spiced Rum
Chairmans Reserve Spiced Rum is crafted in St. Croix with molasses and pure naturally filtered water. The rum is double distilled in copper alembic pot stills and continuous stills. The rum from each distillation is aged separately in barrels previously used to age bourbon. The rum is then blended by their master distiller. Chairmans Reserve Spiced rum is infused with cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, vanilla, coconut, allspice, lemon, orange and Bois Bande, a bark renowned in the Caribbean as a potent aphrodisiac. Some of the spices, including the Bois Bande are steeped in the rum for up to a year, while the others are added during the blending process. Read more
Review: Bayou Spiced Rum
Bayou Spiced Rum was introduced May 23 2013. It is one of four rums crafted at the Louisiana Spirits Company in Lacassine Louisiana. Each is made from 100% natural unrefined Louisiana cane sugar and molasses. After fementing with a proprietary yeast the rum is distilled in a copper pot still. Triple filtered fresh water is blended to reduce to proof. Natural local spices and other natural flavors are infused before bottling at 80 proof. Read more
Review: The Kraken Black Spiced Rum
The Kraken Black Spiced Rum was introduced in 2009. It is made in Trinidad and Tobago at Trinidad Distillers Ltd., the same distillery that produces the Angostura line of rums. The rum is named for the fictional giant squid/octopus, sea beast pictured on the bottles label. It is made with Caribbean molasses and a secret blend of 13 spices. Read more
Review: Kilo Kai Spiced Rum
Kilo Kai Spiced Rum was introduced in 2007. The rum base is made in Curacao. Curacao is part of the ABC Islands of the Netherlands Antilles. That group includes the Islands of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao. Angelo Leanez a third generation Master Distiller, or a member of his family, is involved in every step of the blending process. Kilo Kai is crafted in small batches, about 1000 liters. One year old and three year old rum is blended together before the rum is shipped to the US where it is flavored, spiced, and bottled at 70 proof. Read more
Review: Malibu Island Spiced Rum
Malibu Island Spiced Rum was introduced March 2013. It is one of 14 varieties of rum created by Malibu. The 14th flavor Pineapple Upside Down Cake was just released. Island Spiced is made with rum distilled in Barbados. Coconut liqueur, light spices, cinnamon, vanilla, and Truvia are infused with the rum, before it is bottled at 60 proof in Canada. While there are several reduced calorie vodka’s on the market today, this is the first and only reduced calorie rum I’m aware of. Read more
Review: Monkey Spiced Rum
Monkey Spiced Rum was created and financed by Zane Lamprey the host of cable TV shows Three Sheets, Drinking Made Easy, and Chug. He also makes the previously reviewed Monkey Toasted Coconut Rum. The brand is named for his stuffed monkey, TV companion. Monkey Spiced Rum is distilled at the Angostura Distillery in Trinidad with molasses mostly sourced from Dominican Republic grown sugar cane, and a proprietary yeast strain. The rum is distilled in a continuous distillation column still. Pure filtered water is blended to reduce to proof, before aged for 2-3 years in American oak barrels previously used to mature Jack Daniels. Natural flavors and spice including cassia from Burma, Tahitian Vanilla Bean, and a hint of coconut flavor are added before bottling at 70 proof in Rochester New York. The Monkey Rum line of products is currently available in California, Florida, New York, and New Jersey. There are several on-line sources. Read more
Review: 3 Howls Spiced Rum
3 Howls Spiced Rum was introduced in 2014. The inspiration came when Local 360, a Seattle restaurant that sources all ingredients served at the restaurant within a 360 mile radius, commented that no one locally made a spiced rum. The 3 Howls Distillery currently crafts 3 whiskeys, 3 vodkas, 2 gins, and 2 rums in the Soho neighborhood of Seattle Washington. 3 Howls Spiced Rum is made with sweet molasses from Barbados that is fermented with Scottish ale yeast in an open 600 gallon cypress wood tank. The spirit is twice distilled in a 300 gallon hybrid pot/column still. Fresh botanicals including vanilla bean, cinnamon, coffee, mace, allspice, and urfa biber are macerated with the rum for 7 days. A third distillation follows. Caramelized sugar and sweet Barbados molasses are then blended before the rum is hand bottled and labeled at 80 proof. Read more
Review: Foursquare Spiced Rum
Foursquare Spiced Rum is one of a dozen rums created at the Foursquare Distillery in Barbados. Some of the other rum brands include Doorly’s, RL Seale, Tommy Bahama, and Real McCoy. The Seale Family acquired the Foursquare Distillery, a former sugar factory that dates back to 1636, in 1995. By 1996 they were creating rum. Master Distiller Richard Seale is a fourth generation distiller who’s family dates back to 1650 on the island, and has been distilling rum since 1820. Foursquare Spiced Rum is made with rum distilled from molasses imported from Guyana. The rum is fermented with yeast imported from South Africa in a two step fermentation process. The rum is a blend of column still and copper pot still distilled rum. The rum is blended both before and after aging a minimum two years in American oak barrels previously used to age bourbon or Jack Daniels Whiskey. Spice including cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla are infused before bottling at 70 proof. Read more