Habitation Velier Hampden 2010 LROK
This 6 year old molasses-based pot still rum from Hampden is sort of the upper-middle class of the ester world. Pineapple, banana, ester, cinnamon.
Habitation Velier Forsyths WP 2005
This 10 year old molasses-based pot still rum from Worthy Park keeps you guessing. Oak, banana, pineapple, brown sugar and allspice.
Worthy Park Single Estate 2006
This 12 year molasses-based pot still rum from Worthy Park is classically handsome. Rich oak, overripe bananas, dried cherries, and a bit of leather.
I Did a Blind Taste Test With 16 Aged Jamaican Rums; These Were My Favorites
There may be no rum origin more quintessential than Jamaica. Known for the fresh, fruity and funky flavors produced by long fermentations and pot still distillation, Jamaican rum holds a special place in many spirit enthusiasts hearts, including my own. 16 bottles later, here are my favorite standard release aged Jamaican rums.
Coruba Jamaica Rum
This pot column blend from J. Wray & Nephew gave us strong notes molasses and chocolate, with hints of banana, grape, wood, brown sugar, and baking spice.
Doctor Bird
This pot still rum distilled at Worthy Park in Jamaica and finished in Moscatel casks in Michigan gave us note of overripe banana and pineapple.
Hamilton Jamaican Pot Still Blonde Rum
This young, pot still rum distilled by Worthy Park gave us notes of overripe banana with hints of butter, pear, flower shop, cinnamon, and ginger.
Hampden Estate Single Jamaican Rum 8
This molasses based pot still rum from Hampden Estate gave us notes of pineapple, oak and solvent, with hints of coconut, banana, pepper, ginger, mango and dried stone fruit.
Myers’s Rum Single Barrel
This molasses based pot column blend from multiple Jamaican distilleries gave us notes of spices and toasted sugar, with hints of cola, banana, maple, pepper and coffee.
Appleton Estate Reserve
This molasses based pot column blend from Appleton Estate gave us notes of oak and toasted sugar, with notes of caramel, molasses, botanicals, orange peel, cinnamon and vanilla.
Navy Bay Rum
This molasses pot column blend from an unknown Jamaican distillery gave us notes of solvent and pineapple, with hints of banana, brown sugar, tea, and oak.
Plantation Jamaican Rum Xaymaca Special Dry
This pot still rum from multiple Jamaican distilleries gave us strong notes of solvent and smoke, with hints of caramel, banana, brine, ginger and medicine.
Myers’s Original Dark Rum
This pot column blend from multiple Jamaican distilleries gave us notes of banana and baking spice, with hints of chocolate, pie crust, coffee, and rubber.
Smuggler’s Reserve Jamaica
This pot column blend from multiple Jamaican distilleries gave us notes of tropical fruit and butterscotch, with subtler hints of solvent, strawberry, pineapple, coconut, and baking spice.
Worthy Park 109
This pot still rum from Worthy Park Estate in Jamaica gave us strong notes of toasted sugar and banana, with subtler hints of oak, orange, pineapple, allspice, and vanilla.
Blackwell Fine Jamaican Rum
This pot column blend from Appleton Estate in Jamaica gave us strong notes of caramel of chocolate, with hints of vanilla, brown sugar, ethanol, bitterness, and molasses.
Hamilton Jamaican Pot Still Gold Rum
This unaged pot still distilled by Worthy Park in Jamaica and bottled by Ed Hamilton’s Ministry of Rum gave us notes of butter, grass and sweat, with hints of cream, flowershop, leather, and coconut.
Cane Island Jamaica Rum
This pot column blend from multiple distilleries in Jamaica gave us notes of molasses and solvent, with subtler hints of pineapple, green apple, caramel, banana bread and vanilla.
Appleton Estate Signature
This pot column blend from Appleton Estate in Jamaican gave us strong notes of brown sugar and wood, with subtler hints of caramel, cinnamon, pineapple, orange peel and glue.
Smith & Cross Traditional Jamaica Rum
This iconic pot still rum from multiple Jamaican distilleries gave us strong notes of pineapple and solvent, with subtler hints of acetic acid, berry, smoke, banana, rubber, flower, and ginger.