Note: As a reminder, Rumcast Reserve bottles are officially available in stores and shipping from our online retailer! You can grab your bottles here: https://www.rumcast.com/reserve
You can watch the video version of this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/0C7UvYqsZz4
It's time once again for our annual lookback at our favorite rums of the year! This time, we both select favorites from the following categories for 2025:
Value rum
"New to me" rum
Unaged rum
Aged rum
Blend
Single cask
"Am I the asshole?" rum
Overall rum
Bottler of the year
Distillery of the year
As mentioned during the show, you can donate to the American Friends of Jamaica's Hurricane Melissa relief fund here: https://theafj.app.neoncrm.com/forms/afj-disaster-relief-fund
Tune in and let us know your own favorites from 2025!
Thanks, as always, for listening and supporting the show throughout the year. We're looking forward to running it back with you in 2026.
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Note: As a reminder, Rumcast Reserve bottles are officially available in stores and shipping from our online retailer! You can grab your bottles here: https://www.rumcast.com/reserve
You can watch the video version of this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/0C7UvYqsZz4
It's time once again for our annual lookback at our favorite rums of the year! This time, we both select favorites from the following categories for 2025:
Value rum
"New to me" rum
Unaged rum
Aged rum
Blend
Single cask
"Am I the asshole?" rum
Overall rum
Bottler of the year
Distillery of the year
As mentioned during the show, you can donate to the American Friends of Jamaica's Hurricane Melissa relief fund here: https://theafj.app.neoncrm.com/forms/afj-disaster-relief-fund
Tune in and let us know your own favorites from 2025!
Thanks, as always, for listening and supporting the show throughout the year. We're looking forward to running it back with you in 2026.
Note: As a reminder, Rumcast Reserve bottles are officially available in stores and shipping from our online retailer! You can grab your bottles here: https://www.rumcast.com/reserve
You can watch the video version of this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/RAJkBUrXzBY
In this episode, we discussed something that we've somehow never dedicated a show to (but with a twist, of course): assembling a rum bar that would offer a beginner a complete view of the rum world.
The twist, however, is that we have to do it in as few bottles as possible.
Needless to say, it's a tough exercise! We debated how to define a beginner, catering to different spirits-experience levels, how to possibly represent a category as diverse as rum with just a handful or two of bottles, and a whole lot more.
This is as much as episode for enthusiasts who often recommend rums to beginners as it is for folks who might consider themselves beginners. Have a listen, and let us know what you think!
Cheers!
The Rumcast
Note: As a reminder, Rumcast Reserve bottles are officially available in stores and shipping from our online retailer! You can grab your bottles here: https://www.rumcast.com/reserve
You can watch the video version of this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/0C7UvYqsZz4
It's time once again for our annual lookback at our favorite rums of the year! This time, we both select favorites from the following categories for 2025:
Value rum
"New to me" rum
Unaged rum
Aged rum
Blend
Single cask
"Am I the asshole?" rum
Overall rum
Bottler of the year
Distillery of the year
As mentioned during the show, you can donate to the American Friends of Jamaica's Hurricane Melissa relief fund here: https://theafj.app.neoncrm.com/forms/afj-disaster-relief-fund
Tune in and let us know your own favorites from 2025!
Thanks, as always, for listening and supporting the show throughout the year. We're looking forward to running it back with you in 2026.