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
Review: Crusoe Organic Spiced Rum
Crusoe Organic Spiced Rum is one of two rums handcrafted by the husband and wife team of Melkon Khosrovian and Litty Mathew at the Greenbar Distillery, the first legal distillery in Los Angeles since prohibition. The other rum is an Organic Silver. The Crusoe name and bottles label are inspired by Robinson Crusoe. The Greenbar Distillery also creates IXA Organic Tequila, Slow Hand Organic Whiskey, Fruitlab Organic Liqueurs, and Tru Organic Gin and Vodka. Crusoe Organic Rum is made with organic molasses and sugarcane. To retain the flavor they use a micro oxygenation process. Hand sliced and crushed whole allspice, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, and vanilla, along with hand zested oranges, osmanthus flower, and molasses are macerated with the rum for 3-4 weeks before bottling at 70 proof. The bottles are light weight, the labels are made with 100% recycled material, and they plant a tree for each bottle sold. Read more
Review: George Ocean Spiced Rum
George Ocean Spiced Rum is one of five rum varieties made in Dallas Texas by Dynasty Spirits. The other rums include Coconut, Coffee, White and Gold. The rum base is distilled in the West Indies with George Ocean Spiced rum using their Gold rum as a base. Natural flavors and spice are blended in Dallas before bottling at 70 proof. The brother team of Dusty and Devin O’Dell not only create the George Ocean line of rum, but also Greenhouse Gin, Henderson Whiskey and Nue Vodka. Read more
Review: Siesta Key Spiced Rum
Siesta Key Spiced Rum was introduced in 2010. it is one of six rums crafted in Sarasota Florida at the Drum Circle Distillery. The other varieties include Toasted Coconut, Distillers Reserve Spiced, Beer Barrel Finish Spiced, Silver and Gold. Master Distiller and CEO Tony Roberts uses a blend of his Silver and Gold rum as a base. These rums are hand crafted with molasses made from 100% Florida grown sugar cane, and triple filtered water. The rum is distilled in small batches in a copper pot still and aged in a variety of American oak barrels. The rums are then blended before infusing with honey and real spices and then bottled at 70 proof. Read more
Review: Captain Morgan Private Stock Rum
Captain Morgan Private Stock Rum is made from the finest Captain Morgan Reserves. Those reserves are made with Caribbean sugar cane molasses and the rum is distilled in a continuous still. It is aged for 2 years in barrels formerly used to age bourbon. Captain Morgan Original is aged for 1 year. A proprietary blend of Caribbean spice is added before bottling at 80 proof. Captain Morgan Original is bottled at 70 proof. Captain Morgan has been distilling their rum in St. Croix since 2012, prior to that it was distilled in Puerto Rico. Read more
Review: Shellback Spiced Rum
Shellback Spiced Rum was introduced in 2012. It is part of E&J Gallo’s growing line of spirits that include E&J Gallo Brandy, New Amsterdam Vodka and Gin, and Camarena Tequila. Shellback Spiced rum is made in Barbados at the West Indies Rum Distillery with Caribbean grown sugar cane that is pressed into molasses. After fermentation it is distilled in a combination of column and pot stills and then aged for 12 months in American white oak barrels formerly used to age American Whiskey. No sugar is added, but 12 exotic spices including allspice, cassia, cinnamon bark oil, ginger oil, clove, nutmeg, and vanilla are blended before bottling at 80 proof. Read more
Review: Brinley Gold Shipwreck Spiced Rum
Brinley Gold Shipwreck Spiced Rum was introduced in 2011. It is one of five flavored rums crafted on St. Kitts by the Brinley family. They also recently added a Coconut Rum Cream to their product line. At 69 square miles St. Kitts is the smallest country in the Western Hemisphere. The Shipwreck name is in honor of a British troop ship than sunk off the St. Kitts coast in 1782. Brinley rum is made with molasses from Caribbean sugar cane. It is column distilled and aged for four years in oak barrels. Natural vanilla, nutmeg, clove, orange, and exotic island spices are infused before bottling at 72 proof. Read more