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Top 10 Rums of the Year 2024This is Master of Malt’s Top 10 Rums of the Year 2024. See anything missing? Send us your suggestions in the comments. Rum always needs to have a defining year….
Top 10 rums to buy for Christmas 2024This is our top 10 rums to buy for Christmas 2024! Is 2025 going to be the year of rum? Your guess is as good as ours but what we…
Tropical rum drinks for sunny autumn daysTropical rum drinks are perfect for bringing a touch of sunshine into crisp autumn days. Whether you’re enjoying the last warm rays of sun or bringing the tropics into your…
New Arrival of the Week: Black Tot Rum 2024 Master Blender’s ReserveBlack Tot Master Blender’s Reserve – 2024 Edition is now available from Master of Malt. Next Wednesday, the 31 July, is known in the rum world and in naval circles as…
New Arrival of the Week: Rump@blic rum rangeThe Rump@blic rum range has just landed at Master of Malt! Just in time for National Daiquiri Day (in the States, anyway, but there’s no reason we can’t mix one…
English rum – we pick our favourites!England has a long and often dark history with rum, dating back to the colonial period in the Caribbean and extending to the Royal Navy’s tradition of issuing daily rum…
The story of Mermaid Spiced RumWorld Rum Day is this Saturday, 13 July, and that seems as good a time as any to put our spotlight on a product you, the dear customer, have been…
How to make the perfect MojitoIt’s Mojito Day on 11 July so we’re stirring and muddling one of Cuba’s most famous cocktails with a rum that mixes Jamaican with Martinique. It might not be the…
How to make an easy Piña ColadaAs I am sure you’re all aware, it’s Piña Colada day on Wednesday 10 July so we’re showing you a simple way to make one of the world’s great cocktails….
How Havana Club makes Cuban rumI recently had the privilege of going where not too many have gone before to see the San José Distillery. I’ll walk you through the tour I took so you…
Top 20 alcoholic drink gifts for Father’s DayThe supercomputer doesn’t lie. Unless we tell it to. Even then, we can tell it’s uncomfortable. We’re getting off track. The point is, the supercomputer didn’t lie when we asked…
Exploring the world of micro distilleriesYou really don’t need a lot of money to start a micro distillery. Go on Ebay and you can find little Portuguese pot stills for around £500. Then all you…
Is Cuban rum the best rum in the world?Whether Cuban rum is considered the best rum in the world is subjective and depends on personal preferences. There is no “best rum”. Only your favourite. As is the case…
What is the best gold rum?Rum – liquid gold made all around the world. Speaking of gold rum, also known as amber rum, that’s a favourite for us and many of you. Lovely in a…
The best white rums to buy right nowThe term ‘white rum’ covers a lot of ground, but it is often used by producers, retailers and drinkers as a broad descriptor for rum with no, or very little…
Why did rum become associated with sailors and pirates?Fifteen men on the dead man’s chest- Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! Drink and the devil had done for the rest- Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! You surely…
