The Best Rums to try in 2024

As has become customary for my YouTube over the last few years, here are my top recommendations of Rums you should try in 2024.

Now, remember my criteria. I am not interested in expensive Single Cask releases that the real big Rum Enthusiasts crave. There are plenty of Rum Reviewers out there talking about these Rums. All with far more refined palates than me.

Instead, I focus on that entry point, going from sweet Spiced Rums to "Proper Rums".

And I have the loose ceiling on my channel of £50/$60/€60.

Rums that can be sipped but also won't be wasted with Mixers and Cocktails.

I know I get a bit of grief from some Rum Enthusiasts about that, but they don't see the bigger picture and often forget they all started at the lower end of things. Some will even have you believe their first Rum was a 68% 12yo Barbados beast. But we all know it was Kraken or Captain Morgan's. I just laugh and move them swiftly on.

My sole interest is to help the mass market make better decisions and try to pass on a little education. If I can help people on their journey to craving those 68% Single Cask Rums after a few years, then I see that as my mission accomplished. But I'll never lose sight of my target audience and what I actually enjoy about Rum.

If you're reading this Blog during December 2023, I'll edit it each week, after each video has been released, so this will be the comprehensive list.

Best DARK Rums to try in 2024

• Chairmans Reserve White - St Lucia

• Plantation 3 Stars - Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad

• Neisson Blanc - Martinique

• TVT 60 - Madeira

• That Boutique-y Rum Company Signature #1 42% - Jamaica & Martinique

Best of British

• Goldstone Sussex OP

• Dropworks Funk Drop

• Outlier Hurricane

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Best DARK Rums to try in 2024

• Worthy Park 109 - Jamaica

• Plantation OFTD - Jamaica, Barbados, Guyana

• Skipper - Guyana

Best of British

• Goldstone Dark Rum < Actually is my top Pick for a Dark Rum!

• Rosemullion Dark Rum

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Best MIXING Rums to try in 2024

• Rhum JM Volcanique

• Worthy Park Select

• Don Q 7

• Plantation 5yo

• Chairmans Legacy

• Ron Colon Salvadoreno

• TVT 6 New Barrel

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Best AGED Rums to try in 2024

• Plantation XO

• RL Seale 10

• Black Tot

• Rhum JM Volcanique

• Flor de Cana 12

• Havana Seleccion de Maestros

• Santiago de Cuba 11yo

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Best SPICED Rums to try in 2024

• Pussers Gunpowder Proof Spiced

• Chairmans Reserve Spiced

• Don Q Spiced

• Plantation Stiggins Fancy

• Cargo Cult Banana

• Ron Colon Rumzcal

• Damoiseau Les Arranges

UK Only;

• St Pirans Spiced

• Keynvor

• Goldstone Lime & Ginger