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Rum Nation Small Batch Collection – Engenho Novo 2009 8 YO Rum – Review

The mark of the successful long-term independent bottler in the public perception rests upon two main pillars – one is of course the quality of the rums they put out the door (and perhaps, how...

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Rum Nation Ilha da Madeira Rum Agricole White – Review

No, that’s not another typo in the title, it’s just the way the bottle spelled “rum” so I followed along even if it is an agricole-style product and by convention it might have been better termed...

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Rum Nation Jamaica 1991 Supreme Lord VIII 25 Year Old Rum (Monymusk) – Review

Before considering the €300+ price tag, or grumbling about Rum Nation’s penchant for adding something extra to (some of) its rums, give the last Supreme Lord Jamaican rum from 1991 a whiff, a sniff...

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Rum Nation Réunion Traditionelle “Cask Strength” 2011 7 YO Rum – Review

“Austere” says the back label of Rum Nation’s massive rum beefcake from Réunion, and they weren’t kidding. The rhum traditionalle from the French Department is bottled at 60.5% ABV, is seriously...

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Rum Nation Panama 18 YO 2009 Edition – Review

The Rum Nation Panama 2009 edition exists in a peculiar place of my mind, since it’s the unavailable, long-gone predecessor of the 18 YO Panamanian which RN released in 2010; this in turn was one of...

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Rum Nation Guatemala Rum Gran Reserva – Review

Aside from Zacapa, Botran is the other big rum name we know which comes out of Guatemala.  Both have lost some of their lustre in the last years (though probably not their sales), the former for its...

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Rum Nation Small Batch Rare Rums – Caroni 1997 21 Year Old – Review

Any independent bottler who’s been around for a few years always has rums at various tiers of quality, or premiumness.  Most of this has to do with increasingly elaborate packaging, marketing...

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Rum Nation Rare Collection “British Guyana” 10 YO Blend 2009-2019

One of the things that irritates me about this blended rum from Guyana which Rum Nation released in 2019, is the carelessness of the front label design.  I mean, seriously, how is it possible that...

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Rum Nation Réunion 2009 7 YO Rhum Agricole (2016 Release) – Review

Most independents who release rhums from Savanna, that distillery on Réunion which until five years ago was practically in rum’s ultima Thule, stick with their agricoles – the cane juice rhums, for...

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Rum Nation Panama 2008 10 YO Limited Edition Rum – Review

It’s easy to sneer at standard strength rums in a time of sullen cask-strength hoods issued north of 60%, 70% or even 80%.  Those have tastes that attack and maul your extremities, aromas that lunge...

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