Rum

The Duchess are a recent addition to the numerous independent bottlers of rum here in Europe. Hailing from the Netherlands they are fronted up by Nils Van Rijn. Should you wish to learn more about...

For 2020,The Duchess Martinique 15 Years Old Rum Review by the fat rum pirate Independent Bottler The Duchess have begun a line of Hummingbird inspired r(h)ums, with artwork, as always from Dutch...

The cane juice is making this rum more of a very pure rum, it doesn’t get any better than this. Cane juice in the French style rums (French-Caribbean) are called Rhum Agricole, what this basically is...

The Duchess Trinidad Rum Aged 21 Years hails from the iconic and now defunct Caroni Distillery. Despite the length of time since the distillery closed – way back in 2002, we are still seeing casks of...

Caroni 1997 21 Year Old Trinidad Rum Berry Bros & Rudd Exceptional Cask Since its closure in 2002, Caroni has been highly sought after in the rum-loving community. This addition to the Berry Brothers...

The 38th Caroni release from Velier, this is their penultimate bottling from the now iconic distillery. On 12th April 20198, a group of 23 Caroni lovers from across Europe met in France's Cognac...

Established in 1923 on the site of the sugar factory for which it was named, Caroni was a key ingredient of British Navy rations, where it's famous high ester 'Heavy' rums help to make up the...

Caroni Employees 3Rd Release 22 Yo Full proof Heavy, Ganesh "Buju" Ramgobie is the assembly of 7 barrels of Caroni Heavy Rum distilled in a single column and aged for 22 years in a tropical climate...

Caroni Employees 3Rd Release 20 Yo Full proof Heavy, Nita "Nitz" Hogan It is the assembly of 6 barrels of Caroni Heavy Rum distilled in a single column and aged for 20 years in a tropical climate...

Yet another rum from Dutch Independent Bottler The Duchess this time from a Trinidad distillery that I didn’t even realise existed! To be fair to me by the time I got into rum in the early part of...

Blackadder International was established in 1995 by Robin Tucek who, together with daughter Hannah and son Michael runs the family business. Robin Tucek is also co-author with John Lamond of The Malt...