The Colonist Spiced Rum – 70 cl

Spiced rum is a spirit category where regular rum gets an additional step of a production process. Herbs, spices and other flavouring components are added to rum which gives an extra layer of flavours and aromas. The Colonist Spiced Black is distilled in Caribean and after that is mixed with local spices.

This is a white rum (with a slight shade of yellow to it) that is aged up to six years, then charcoal filtered to strip the color out. As delicate and delightful a white rum as you’re likely to find, the rum starts off with a heady amount of alcohol, masking sweet notes of coconut and a hint of lemon. The palate is on the sweet side (but not overly so), dosed with coconut, pineapple, and a kick of licorice on the back end. This gives the otherwise fairly straightforward rum a bit of a spicy kick, with just a hint of lime peel lingering on the back end. A worthy choice as your new house white rum for making daiquiris and mojitos. 94 proof

Pineapple and rum is a timeless combo, and the folks from Dead Man's Fingers have got just the thing to convince you of that - Dead Man's Fingers Pineapple Rum! This terrific tropical treat boasts notes of both candied and roasted pineapple, alongside simmering spices and a helping of brown sugar.

Superb served over ice, but also goes great with lemonade or ginger ale.

Limited edition rum matured in rye barrels for 2.5 years for a more spicy, dry and complex flavor profile.

NOSE: Hints of smoked oak with bursts of pepper and tropical fruits

PROFILE: Complex palate of spice, oak, honey, pineapple and creamy banana

ABV:40%

Country: USA 

Captain Morgan Dark rum is a blend of five different rums from Jamaica, Guyana and Barbados. The blended rum mixture is distilled in a two part process using both pot stills and continuous stills and then aged for 2 to 7 years in charred oak barrels.

Describing itself as 'the rum for bourbon drinkers. Bayou Select is copper pot distilled from Louisiana sugarcane and then aged in the Solera method for up to three years. The result is a creamy rum with a bourbon-esque character, accompanied by notes of cinnamon and maple. The Solera method involves a pyramid of stacked barrels. The oldest liquid is in the bottom layer of barrels, the youngest in the top. When a batch is harvested it is filled solely from some of the bottom layer, and those barrels are then topped up with rum from the layer resting on top of them. This second layer is, in turn, topped up with the contents of the third layer, and so on. This process is a way of naturally blending spirits for consistent taste and quality.