Review: Don Q Pina Rum
Don Q Pina Rum was released August 2017. It is just making its way to my market. This may be the result of Hurricane Maria shutting down production for several weeks at Destileria Serralles. Pina is one of five flavored rums produced under the Don Q label. The others include Coco, Limon, Mojito, and Pasion. The Serralles Family has been distilling rum in Puerto Rico since 1865 using a copper pot still imported from France. Don Q Pina Rum is made with the finest molasses, fresh volcanic mountain water from the Rio Inabon, and a unique strain of yeast kept alive and in use for over 75 years. After fermentation the spirit is distilled five times and aged 12-18 months in American White Oak Barrels. The rum is charcoal filtered. Natural pineapple juice is infused with the rum base before bottling at 60 proof. Read more 
Review: Plantation Stiggins Fancy Pineapple Rum
Plantation Stiggins Fancy Pineapple Rum was created by Alexandre Gabriel, Cellar Master of Plantation and David Wondrich, author of the book Imbibe. This rum was not intended for sale it was created to share among colleagues and friends at Tales of Cocktail 2014. The rum is named for Reverend Stiggins whose favorite drink was Pineapple Rum in the Pickwick Papers novel by Charles Dickens. The hand cut bare rinds of Queen Victoria Pineapple are macerated with Plantation 3 Star White Rum for 1 week, and then distilled in a copper alembic pot still. It is then blended with Plantation Original Dark Rum which has been infused with the fruit of the pineapple for three weeks. The rum is then rested for three months in oak casks. Read more
Review: Jumbie Pineapple Splash
Jumbie Pineapple Splash is one of four flavor infused rums made with a blend of barrel aged rum distilled in Panama by the Jumbie Trading Company. The other flavors include Coconut, Vanilla, and Mango. Bottled at 48 proof with a splash of natural pineapple flavor, Jumbie Pineapple Splash is priced to compete with the Malibu, Cruzan, and Captain Morgan Pineapple flavored rums. While it may be a little harder to find than those big International Brands, if it tastes as good as the previously reviewed Jumbie Coconut Splash, it may be worth the time spent searching for it. Read more
Review: Malibu Pineapple Upside Down Cake Rum
Malibu Pineapple Upside Down Cake Rum was just released. It is the 14th member of the Malibu family of rums. Each flavor starts with molasses from the finest sugarcane crops and pure water. After fermenting with a proprietary yeast it is distilled 3 times at the West Indies Distillery in Barbados. Coconut liqueur and flavors including pineapple are infused with the rum in Canada before bottling at 42 proof. Read more
Review: Captain Morgan Pineapple Rum
Captain Morgan Pineapple rum is one of three rum flavors just launched by our favorite pirate. The other two flavors are grapefruit, and coconut. This should not be confused with their Parrot Bay Pineapple rum that is bottled at 42 proof. This Pineapple rum starts with last years best selling new spirit, Captain Morgan White rum as a base. It is crafted in St. Croix with fine cane molasses and it is distilled 5 times. It is aged for over 1 year in oak barrels and then filtered to a clear color. All natural pineapple flavors are blended before bottling at 70 proof. Read more
Review: Calico Jack Pineapple Coconut Rum
Calico Jack Pineapple Coconut rum is one of nine rum flavors Beam Suntory creates under the Calico Jack label. White Rock Distillery launched this rum line in 1993 and sold it along with their Pinnacle brand of vodka to Jim Beam in 2012. It is made with rum distilled in St. Croix at the same distillery where Cruzan rum is crafted. Natural pineapple and coconut flavor is added in Frankfort Kentucky where it is bottled at 42 proof. Read more
Review: Bacardi Pineapple Fusion Rum
Bacardi Pineapple Fusion rum was launched Nationwide April 2013. It was introduced at the 2013 NBA All Star Game in Houston Texas. It is one of 15 flavored rums they create in Puerto Rico. It is made with molasses and a single strain of yeast, Le Levadura Bacardi and fermented for 30 hours in a closed fermentation tank. The fermented molasses is divided with some column still and some beer still distilled. Each is aged separately in lightly charred American White Oak barrels. Once mature the rums are blended and filtered through a mix of charcoal made from tropical woods and coconut shells. Natural flavors including pineapple and coconut are infused before bottling at 70 proof. Bacardi describes this as a Pineapple rum, infused with coconut. Read more
Review: Whalers Pineapple Paradise Rum
Whalers Pineapple Paradise rum is one of eight flavors Whalers creates with rum made according to an old Hawaiian recipe. Whalers is one of five rum brands owned by their parent company Heavan Hill in Bardstown Kentucky. It is triple distilled before natural pineapple flavor is added. Read more
Review: Cruzan Pineapple Rum
Cruzan Pineapple rum was introduced in 2002. It is one of 15 flavored rums Cruzan creates with rum distilled in St. Croix with tropical rain water and high quality molasses. They use a five column distillation process and remove the heads and fusel oils before aging in oak barrels. The rum is then shipped to the Florida Caribbean Distillers in Auburndale Florida where natural pineapple flavor is added before bottling at 55 proof. Read more
Review: Malibu Pineapple Rum
Malibu Pineapple rum was introduced May 2004. It is one of 13 flavored rums they create with rum from the West Indies Distillery in Barbados. The rum starts with molasses from the finest sugarcane. Malibu is distilled three times before natural pineapple flavor is added in Canada where it is bottled at 21% alcohol. Read more