Here are brief descriptions and tasting notes on five rums the IWSC judging deemed essential for a home bar and the perfect base for rum cocktails.

Molasses is typically a by-product of cane sugar production. But at Mount Gay Rum's sugar mill, the molasses — which they use ...

Rum comes in all sorts of flavors and colors, but the two most common varieties are dark rum and white rum, but what's the ...

National Rums of Jamaica (NRJ) is appealing a ruling made last year by the island's Intellectual Property Office that rum ...

Mr Gentles says that ageing the rum before it is sold is of paramount importance, and that doing so outside of Jamaica ...

The harvest is likely the limiting factor for other farms and distilleries slipping into rum territory. At the Peninsula farm ...

In Jamaica, rum is "more than just a drink", said Caribbean National Weekly. It's an essential part of the island's identity and culture – "a symbol of national pride and craftsmanship".