Rum-Bar Gold
This pot still rum from Worthy Park in Jamaica gave us strong notes of banana, with subtler hints of cereal, apple, varnish, allspice, coconut, toffee, and oak.
Foursquare Exceptional Cask Series 2010
This vintage installment in the Foursquare ECS line gave us notes of vanilla and oak, with subtler hints of brown sugar, ginger, and chemical.
Foursquare Exceptional Cask Series 2009
This vintage installment in the Foursquare ECS line gave us strong notes of vanilla, oak and brown sugar, with subtler hints of caramel and baking spices.
Foursquare Exceptional Cask Series 2008
This vintage installment in the Foursquare ECS line gave us strong notes of vanilla and oak, with subtler hints of allspice, coffee, ginger, and cinnamon.
Doorly’s 12
This pot column blend from Foursquare in Barbados gave us strong notes of vanilla and oak, with subtler hints of caramel, dried coconut, and baking spices.
We Tasted 9 Zero Proof Rums Blind; Here’s What We Reccomend.
We tasted 9 zero proof rums, and to be honest, none of them really tasted like rum, But some of them tasted quite good! And some of them were vile. We suffered so you can survive Dry January.
270º Botanicals Non-Alcoholic Cane Beverage White Caribbean Blend
This zero-proof rum from 270º Botanicals gave us strong notes of latex and pineapple, with subtler hints of bubblegum.
Lyre’s White Cane Spirit
This zero-proof rum from Lyre’s gave us strong notes of pineapple and coconut, with subtler hints of butter, ginger, flowers, chile, citrus.
ArKay Alcohol-Free White Rum
This zero proof rum from ArKay gave us strong notes of vanilla cake and refrigerant, with subtler hints of bubblegum, cotton candy, coconut, and crayon.
270º Botanicals Non-Alcoholic Cane Beverage Dark Caribbean Blend
This zero proof rum from 270º Botanicals gave us strong notes of latex and burnt meat, with subtler hints of caramel, artificial coffee, and nondescript nut.
Strykk Not R*m
This zero proof rum from Strykk gave us strong notes of mint, and ginger, with subtler hints of black tea, orange, vanilla and oak.
Lyre’s Dark Cane Spirit
This zero proof rum from Lyre’s gave us strong notes of caramel, with subtler hints of cola, butterscotch, baking spice and mint.
Ritual Zero Proof Rum Alternative
This zero proof rum from Ritual gave us strong notes of cereal and baking spice, with subtler hints of charred apricot, oak, ginger, cinnamon and citrus.
Monday Zero Alcohol Rum
This zero proof rum from Monday gave us strong notes of cereal and oak, with subtler hints of oak, caramel, citrus, banana, and decaf coffee.
Crystal Barbados Non Alcoholic
This zero proof rum from Crystal gave us insanely strong notes of bubblegum and not much else. Perhaps this was a bit of peach.
Can You Measure the ABV of Rum with a Refractometer?
We tested the accuracy of using a refractometer to measure alcohol by volume in rum. While not perfect, we think this method is good enough to be useful. Warning: incredibly nerdy.