Diplomatico Mantuano (40%)

Sugar cane has been cultivated in Venezuela since the 1500s. The industrial production of rum started right at the end of the 19th century. Behind the Diplomatico brand is Distilleries Unitas, which is a fairly new company, founded in 2002. However, its owners have a history spanning several decades and the…

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Mount Gay Eclipse (40%)

Eclipse is the flagship product of Barbadian distillery Mount Gay, said to be one of  the world's oldest rum company. The distillery, which operated as a family company from 1703 until 1989, is now owned by Remy Cointreau. The golden yellow Eclipse is written to have been released in 1910. It…

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Havana Club Añejo Especial (40%)

Made in Cuba, Havana Club Especial is a blend of rums of different ages, matured for 4-5 years. It is made from fermented molasses, which comes from sugar cane grown in Cuba. The alcoholic molasses is distilled with a column still and then matured in American white oak barrels. Havana Club…

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Plantation Barbados Rum Grande Reserve (40%)

Plantation rums are produced by the French cognac house Maison Ferrand. All Plantation rums are matured twice. First in Caribbian Island in tropical conditions, usually in ex-Bourbon oak barrels. The rums are then chartered to France, where they are post-matured in French oak ex-cognac barrels  Grande Reserve has matured for 1-3…

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Angostura 5 YO Gold Rum (40%)

Angostura comes from Trinidad & Tobago and it is best known for their bitters. These were invented by german doctor of medicine, Johan Sieger, in 1824. Rum production began in 1947 and nowadays they have a great selection of different rums. The company has distilleries nowadays also in the USA; Kanada,…

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Brugal Añejo Superior Rum (38%)

Brugal is produced in the Dominican Republic by Brugal & Co. The company was founded in the late 1800s by the Spanish Don Andrés Brugal Montaner. The first aged rum was created in 1920 and it was the first of its kind in the whole country.  Brugal Añejo was invented in…

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