Review: RumChata Coconut Cream
RumChata Coconut Cream was just released. RumChata was launched October 2009 by industry veteran and Master Blender Tom Maas. It is made with fresh Wisconsin dairy cream and ingredients from 6 countries including premium Caribbean rum, Madagascar vanilla, cinnamon, and several secret ingredients. By 2012 they were already producing 365,000 cases per year. E&J Gallo acquired Agave Loco the parent company of RumChata April 2021, along with Midwest Custom Bottling which produces the RumChata and Tippy Cow brands. Since launching E&J Gallo Brandy in 1975 E&J has created or acquired over a dozen spirits including New Amsterdam Vodka, RumHaven, Camarena, Komos, and Don Fulano Tequila, Stratusphere Gin, Dalmore and Jura Scotch, and the High Noon brand. They are now the 4th largest spirit supplier in the US. RumChata Coconut Cream joins the previously released RumChata Limon, and RumChata Peppermint Bark. I have enjoyed all three flavors, but Coconut Cream is the first new RumChata flavor since the acquisition, so I’m anxious to see if E&J has been able to continue the magic. Read more 
Review: Hilton Head Distillery Toasted Coconut Rum
Hilton Head Distillery Toasted Coconut Rum is one of nine rums crafted at Hilton Head Distillery. The others include, Platinum White, Dark Pineapple, Island Cream, Bananas Foster, Spiced, Mountain Peak Espresso, and the just released Solera and Panela rum. They also produce Aermoor Vodka, a peach and butterscotch whiskey, and Lewis Redmond 1861 Bourbon. Joe Fenton opened Hilton Head distillery September 2016 after previously founding Dark Corner Distillery in Greenville South Carolina. HHD Toasted Coconut is made from their molasses distilled unaged Platinum White Rum base. Natural flavors are blended before bottling at 70 proof. Their entire product line is available at the distillery and throughout South Carolina. Read more
Review: Beach Road Coconut Rum
Beach Road Coconut Rum is crafted at Paradise North Distillery in Green Bay Wisconsin. While Green Bay Wisconsin is not exactly where you might picture a beach, much less a place where coconut rum is produced, Green Bay Wisconsin does have a beach on Lake Michigan, and the distillery is located on Bay Beach Road. Tom Feld opened The Paradise North Distillery in 2021. They currently produce several rums, vodka, and whiskey. Beach Road Coconut Rum is made from their Beach Road Silver rum base distilled from domestically sourced black strap molasses, and raw can sugar. Natural coconut flavor, and pure cane sugar are blended before bottling at 70 proof. Read more
Review: Dented Brick Disco-Nut Coconut Rum
Dented Brick Disco-Nut Coconut Rum was released July 2020. It is made in collaboration with the Utah Pride Center and the Pride Center at Equality Park in Florida. 10% of sales are donated to support these organizations. Disco-Nut Coconut is made from a 81 proof light rum base distilled from sugar cane molasses in the US Virgin Islands. The rum is then proofed down with artesian well water filtered through multiple charcoal filters. Coconut syrup made with real coconut, and edible glitter are blended before bottling at 50 proof. Dented Brick also crafts a Mango, Pineapple, and Passion Fruit flavored glitter rum. Read more
Review: Hard Truth Toasted Coconut Rum Cream
Hard Truth Toasted Coconut Rum Cream is one of a handful of spirits currently crafted at the Hard Truth Distilling Co. in Nashville Indiana. The other spirits include Hard Truth Vodka, Cinnamon Vodka, Indiana Straight Rye Whiskey, Sweet Mash Rye, Gin, Peanut Butter Whiskey, Maple Bourbon Cream, White Rum, and Toasted Coconut Rum. The white rum base is made from premium Black Pearl select molasses and pure sugar cane. It is fermented using a Caribbean Island strain of yeast and distilled twice at a low proof to retain flavor then proofed down using Brown County Indiana water. Toasted flake coconut, cane sugar natural sea salt, and cream are blended before bottling at 30 proof. Read more
Review: Montauk Rum Runners Coconut Rum
Montauk Rum Runners Coconut Rum is one of three spirits produced by Montauk Rum Runners. The other three include Montauk Honey Flavored Whiskey, and Montauk Citrus Flavored Gin. All three are distilled and bottled at Long Island Spirits in Baiting Hollow New York. The rum base is distilled from molasses. Natural flavors are blended before bottling at 60 proof. Montauk Coconut is a rum we were looking for three years ago when we were putting together our Coconut Rum Roundup, and again when we were working on a Top Ten Coconut Rum list last year. We never finished either as I lost my appendix 3/4 of the way through the Coconut Rum Roundup, and my smell and taste for 6 weeks due to Covid half way through our Top Ten Coconut Rum list last October. I promise we will finally complete a Coconut Rum Roundup early next year. While it appears Montauk Rum rum is no longer produced it is still available at New York Craft Spirits. Read more
Review: SelvaRey Coconut Rum
SelvaRey Coconut Rum was released June 2021. It joins the previously reviewed SelvaRey White, and SelvaRey Chocolate Rum. Brand owner Bruno Mars also launched SelvaRey Owner’s Reserve made with a blend rums aged from 15 to 25 years. SelvaRey rum is made at Las Cabras Distillery in Panama. Master Distiller Don Poncho grew up cutting sugarcane in Cuba and quickly rose through the ranks at Havana Club. While on a mission from the Cuban government to help the Panamanian rum industry he fell in love with a local women. He left Cuba and with Carlos Esquivel built a distillery in the Panamanian jungle in a warehouse originally built as a sugar mill in 1919. The rum base is made from cane sugar grown in Pese Panama. The cane sugar juice is collected and cooked to separate the crystalized raw sugar from the molasses which is cooked to a grade A molasses standard. The molasses is fermented with a proprietary strain of wild pineapple yeast and after distilling, the rum is aged for 2 years in American white oak barrels. Coconut essence is infused before bottling at 60 proof. Read more
Review: Hard Truth Toasted Coconut Rum
Hard Truth Toasted Coconut Rum was released July 5 2019. It is one of eleven spirits currently crafted at the Hard Truth Distillery located on 325 wooded acres in Brown County Indiana. What started in 2015 as a small operation in the upper rooms of a pizza restaurant has grown to a 18,000 square foot state of the art distillery with Vendome Copper & Brass Works equipment. The success of Hard Truth Toasted Coconut Rum led to the release of Hard Truth Toasted Coconut Rum Cream in September 2020. Hard Truth Toasted Coconut starts with their white rum distilled from molasses and pure cane sugar as a base. They distill the rum at a low proof to maintain the rich deep notes of molasses. Hand toasted flaked coconut, cane sugar, and natural sea salt are blended before bottling at 42 proof. Read more
Review: Blue Ox Coconut Rum
Blue Ox Coconut Rum is one of ten Blue Ox Spirits produced at Red Boot Distillery in Grimes Iowa. Red Boot Distillery is a private labeling and co-packing company owned by Stuart Oxer. Stuart also owns the Blue Ox Spirits brand and the Oxtails line of Canned Cocktails. Blue Ox Vodka has been the best selling Iowa made spirit in the state of Iowa for the last few years. Blue Ox is a value priced line of spirits currently available in 10 Midwestern states. Blue Ox Coconut Rum does not list its ingredients on the bottles label or company website but it weighs in at 42 proof and is sold in 1 liter bottles. Read more
Review: Miami Club Coconut Grove Rum
Miami Club Coconut Grove Rum is made from the original Miami Club rum base which is produced from sugar cane harvested from local fields. A 2/3 molasses and 1/3 sugar cane juice blend is fermented and double distilled using a family recipe dating back to 1911 in Puerto Rico. The spirit is slow aged in French limousine and American white oak barrels for 2 years while it is simultaneously infused with the music of Miami. Salsa, samba, and Caribbean rhythms are played 24/7 through vintage Bose 901 speakers to activate the barrels for a richer deeper flavor yield. A 7 step filtration process follows including among other things coconut shells and a secret oxygenation technique used to aerate the spirit. Real Miami grown coconut is infused with the rum before bottling at 60 proof. Read more