The Best Rums of 2025. The ones that made my year.
2025 has been another quietly remarkable year for rum and, if I’m honest, for my palate too. Over the last
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El Dorado Port Mourant 2009 Single Still Rum
- by Conor (@thatrumdrinker)
- December 22, 2025
- 2 minutes read
ABV: 40% Country: Guyana Age: 12 years Cask: Unknown Still: Port Mourant double wooden pot still Price: £98 Distillery: Demerara
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The Curatist, Panama Edition
- by Conor (@thatrumdrinker)
- December 17, 2025
- 2 minutes read
ABV: 45% Country: Panama & United Kingdom Age: Blend Cask: Blend, Finished in cognac casks Still: Blend Price: £120 Distillery:
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Flor de Cana 18
- by Conor (@thatrumdrinker)
- November 7, 2025
- 2 minutes read
ABV: 40% Country: Nicaragua Age: 18 years Cask: Small white oak Still: Multi-column Price: £60 Distillery: Compañía Licorera de Nicaragua,
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Plantation Panama 2010
- by Conor (@thatrumdrinker)
- October 24, 2025
- 2 minutes read
ABV: 51.4% Country: Panama Age: 13 years Cask: Bourbon (8 years) and Ferrand (5 years) Still: Column Still Price: £65
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Dos Maderas 5+5
- by Conor (@thatrumdrinker)
- August 22, 2025
- 2 minutes read
ABV: 40% Country: Barbados & Guyana Age: 5 + 5 Cask: Various Still: unknown Price: £48-55 Distillery: unknown Sometimes it’s
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Grander Panama Rum, Islay Peat Single Barrel
- by Conor (@thatrumdrinker)
- August 15, 2025
- 2 minutes read
ABV: 62.4% Country: Panama Age: 11 years Cask: ex-bourbon and ex-islay Still: Multi-column still Price: I paid £41 at auction
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R.L. Seale’s 12 Year Old
- by Conor (@thatrumdrinker)
- August 8, 2025
- 1 minute read
ABV: 46% Country: Barbados Age: 12 years Cask: ex-Bourbon barrels Still: Pot & Column Price: $60 (not available in the