Using a flavour wheel when tasting Rum
This post is a look at the flavour wheel I’ve been working on, and how I use it when tasting
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Peggy Dark Rum Spirit Drink
- by Conor (@thatrumdrinker)
- February 15, 2026
- 2 minutes read
I was kindly gifted a bottle of Peggy Dark Rum Spirit Drink to try and share my honest thoughts. I’m
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An early tasting of Quimbaya with the Real Rum Experience
- by Conor (@thatrumdrinker)
- February 13, 2026
- 2 minutes read
I spent Wednesday evening with Real Rum Experience for their first event of the year, and I can’t believe it’s
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Outlier Mistral
- by Conor (@thatrumdrinker)
- February 2, 2026
- 2 minutes read
Outlier Mistral is the most recent Rum from Outlier and I first tasted this last summer. At this point, the
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The Best Rums of 2025. The ones that made my year.
- by Conor (@thatrumdrinker)
- December 24, 2025
- 5 minutes read
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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Planteray PXXO
- by Conor (@thatrumdrinker)
- December 19, 2025
- 2 minutes read
ABV: 40% Country: Barbados Age: Blend Cask: ex-bourbon American oak, ex-cognac (Maison Ferrand) and Pedro Ximénez sherry Still: Blend Price:
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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: