Review: Canerock Rum
Canerock Rum is produced by Maison Ferrand, the makers of the Plantation Brand of rum. It is made from rum sourced from two iconic Jamaican distilleries, Long Pond and Clarendon. Long Pond has been distilling rum since 1753. Clarendon since 1755. The sourced rum includes a blend of pot still and column still rum aged up to 3 years in charred American oak barrels from Clarendon, and traditional pot still heavy rums aged 5 to 10 years from Long Pond. The rum is blended and individually infused with Caribbean coconut, Dried Madagascar vanilla pods, and Jamaican wild ginger. Once complete the rum spends a few months in Pedro Ximenez Sherry casks before bottling at 80 proof. Read more 
Review: Peg Leg Colorado White Rum
Peg Leg Colorado White Rum is one of several spirits produced at Mile High Spirits in the Denver Ballpark neighborhood. Those spirits include Fireside Bourbon, Fireside Single Barrel Bourbon, Fireside Peach Whiskey, 2 gins, a vodka and the 80 proof Fireside Old Fashioned. After creating 50 private label brands for other clients Wyn Farrell and Joe Von Feldt recruited Chase Campbell and the trio opened Mile High Spirits in 2011. Peg Leg Colorado White Rum is distilled with Demerara sugar from raw sugarcane on a custom German built Arnold Holstein copper still, and proofed with filtered Rocky Mountain Water. Peg Leg Colorado White Rum and the rest of the Mile High Spirits are available in 11 state or online at www.drinkmhs.com/distillery Read more
Review: Blue Chair Bay Mocha Rum Cream
Blue Chair Bay Mocha Rum Cream was introduced September 2022. Kenny Chesney launched the Blue Chair Bay brand of rum in 2013. Mocha Rum Cream is one of six rum creams including Banana, Pineapple, Key Lime, Mango, and Coconut Spiced. They also produce a white, spiced, coconut, banana, and vanilla rum. The rum base is distilled in Barbados from molasses and aged for 1 year in white oak barrels. In crafting Mocha Cream, the Caribbean rum is blended with real cream, chocolate, coconut, coffee, and other natural flavors. 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: Saison Pale Rum
Saison Pale Rum is one of six rums in the Saison Rum portfolio that are distilled in the Caribbean and shipped to France where the rum is aged in barrels and blended at Distillerie Tessendier and Fil. This distillery is best know for crafting Cognac Park. For four generations the Tessendier men and women have grown grapes and created cognac. Saison Pale Rum is made from distillates from 3 distinct terroirs in the Caribbean Islands of Barbados. Trinidad, and Jamaica. The chosen unaged rums are selected from both the distillation of molasses in pot stills combined with sugarcane distillation in column stills. The rums are shipped to France and blended by Cognac Master Jerome Tessendier. The blend rests in mature French oak barrels on the banks of the Charente River for 3 months. The rum is gradually reduced to 40% with no sugar added. Read more
Review: Captain Morgan Cherry Vanilla
Captain Morgan Cherry Vanilla was just released. This is not the worlds first cherry flavored rum, I’ve reviewed six already, but it is the Captains first. While not as famous and peanut butter and jelly, cherry and vanilla have several very successful marriages. These include Cherry Vanilla ice cream, Cherry Vanilla Coke, Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper, Cherry Vanilla Burts Bee lip balm, and more recently Skatter Brain Dark Cherry Vanilla Whiskey. Captain Morgan Cherry Vanilla is made from premium Caribbean rum, spice, natural flavors, and certified color. The rum base is made from sugarcane molasses. It is distilled in St. Croix on a continuous still and aged in oak barrels for 1 year. Read more
Review: Mount Gay Eclipse Rum
Mount Gay Eclipse Rum is named for the 1910 total solar eclipse from Halley’s Comet that was visible over Barbados. Mount Gay distillery is the oldest continuous operating rum distillery, dating back to 1703. Master Blender Trudiann Branker hand selects a blend of rums distilled in traditional copper pot and column stills and matured for up to 2 years in charred used American whiskey barrels. The rum is crafted from sugar cane molasses in Barbados, the birth place of rum. The spirit is fermented for 72 hours with a proprietary house yeast and double distilled in a traditional copper pot and column still. Pure well water sourced from a 300 foot well is blended to reduce to proof. The rum is filtered through natural coral. 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