Scoring philosophy
Basically I am ripping the rating scale straight from t8ke. It’s already a very widely used standard, and my ratings should be 1:1 comparable to anyone else rating with the t8ke. I just added some clarifying context to some of the scores, since some of the descriptions are rather nebulous, and I wanted to explain how a 6/10 could be either a decent sipper but kind of boring, or a very flavorful but chaotic rum with flaws.
Rum Ratings
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| Brand ↕ | Expression ↕ | Country ↕ | Genre ↕ | Sub-Genre ↕ | Rating ↕ | ABV ↕ | Tags ↕ | Price/L (USD) ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bumbu | The Original | Barbados | spirit drink | spirit drink | 3.00 | 35% | — | $53.33 |
| Doorly's | Aged 14 Years | Barbados | blended | long-aged | 8.00 | 48% | — | $73.33 |
| Foursquare | ECS 2008 | Barbados | blended | long-aged | 8.00 | 60% | — | $100.00 |
| Foursquare | Spiced Rum | Barbados | spirit drink | spiced rum | 6.50 | 35% | — | $26.67 |
| Old Brigand | Black Label | Barbados | blended | lightly aged | 6.00 | 43% | — | $33.33 |
| Malibu | Original | Barbados | spirit drink | liqueur | 3.00 | 21% | — | $24.00 |
| Mount Gay | Eclipse | Barbados | blended | lightly aged | 5.25 | 40% | — | $22.86 |
| Planteray | XO | Barbados | blended | aged | 5.00 | 40% | finished | $76.00 |
| The Real McCoy | Aged 5 Years | Barbados | blended | lightly aged | 6.00 | 43% | — | $44.29 |
| Goslings | Black Seal Bermuda Black Rum 151 Proof | various | black | overproof | 5.00 | 75.5% | — | $26.00 |
| Goslings | Black Seal Bermuda Black Rum | various | black | black | 5.00 | 40% | — | $17.14 |
| Goslings | Gold Seal Bermuda Gold Rum | various | Spanish-style | gold | 5.00 | 40% | — | $26.67 |
| Clément | Créole Shrubb | Martinique | spirit drink | spiced rum | 7.00 | 40% | — | $42.86 |
| Aguardiente Antioqueno | Colombia | Spanish-style | aguardiente | 2.50 | 29% | — | $25.33 | |
| Cristal | Sin Azúcar | Colombia | Spanish-style | aguardiente | 2.50 | 30% | — | $19.00 |
| Ron Viejo de Caldas | Añejo 3 Años | Colombia | Spanish-style | gold | 4.00 | 40% | — | $19.43 |
| Copalli | Organic White Rum | Belize | cane juice | white | 6.50 | 42% | — | $41.33 |
| Havana Club | Añejo 3 Años | Cuba | Spanish-style | white | 6.00 | 40% | — | $22.00 |
| Havana Club | Añejo 7 Años | Cuba | Spanish-style | aged | 6.00 | 40% | — | $29.00 |
| Havana Club | Añejo Reserva | Cuba | Spanish-style | lightly aged | 4.50 | 40% | — | $21.05 |
| Havana Club | Selección de Maestros | Cuba | Spanish-style | aged | 6.50 | 45% | — | $88.00 |
| Ron Santiago de Cuba | Ron Extra Añejo 12 Años | Cuba | Spanish-style | long-aged | 6.50 | 40% | — | $48.57 |
| Ron Santiago de Cuba | Ron Añejo 8 Años | Cuba | Spanish-style | aged | 6.50 | 40% | — | $28.57 |
| Atlántico Rum | further aged in Cognac Casks | Dominican Republic | Spanish-style | aged | 4.00 | 40% | solera, finished | $50.67 |
| Barceló | Blanco | Dominican Republic | Spanish-style | white | 4.00 | 37.5% | — | $17.33 |
| Barceló | Dorado | Dominican Republic | Spanish-style | gold | 4.75 | 37.5% | — | $17.33 |
| Barceló | Gran Añejo | Dominican Republic | Spanish-style | gold | 4.75 | 37.5% | — | $26.67 |
| Barceló | Imperial | Dominican Republic | Spanish-style | aged | 5.50 | 37.5% | — | $30.67 |
| Bermudez | Don Armando Reserva | Dominican Republic | Spanish-style | long aged | 6.25 | 37.5% | — | $31.43 |
| Brugal | 1888 Doblemente Añejado | Dominican Republic | Spanish-style | aged | 6.25 | 40% | — | $46.67 |
| Brugal | Añejo Superior | Dominican Republic | Spanish-style | gold | 5.25 | 37.5% | — | $26.67 |
| Brugal | XV | Dominican Republic | Spanish-style | aged | 5.50 | 40% | — | $37.33 |
| Brugal | Extra Viejo | Dominican Republic | Spanish-style | aged | 6.25 | 37.5% | — | $30.67 |
| Brugal | Leyenda | Dominican Republic | spirit drink | spirit drink | 5.50 | 38% | — | $52.00 |
| Brugal | XV | Dominican Republic | Spanish-style | gold | 4.75 | 37.5% | — | $36.00 |
| Don Rhon | Silver | Domincan Republic | Spanish-style | white | 3.00 | 40% | — | $17.33 |
| E. León Jimenes | 110 Aniversario | Dominican Republic | Spanish-style | aged | 5.75 | 40% | — | $160.00 |
| J&J Spirits | Legado El Caballo Mayor | Dominican Republic | Spanish-style | aged | 4.00 | 40% | — | $54.29 |
| Hispaniola | Mamajuana | Dominican Republic | spirit drink | spirit drink | 5.00 | 30% | — | $18.67 |
| Kalembú | Mamajuana | Dominican Republic | spirit drink | spirit drink | 5.50 | 30% | — | $24.29 |
| Puntacana Club | Silver Dry | Dominican Republic | Spanish-style | gold | 3.50 | 34% | solera | $54.29 |
| Puntacana Club | Espléndido VS | Dominican Republic | Spanish-style | aged | 4.00 | 38% | solera | $50.00 |
| Puntacana Club | Muy Viejo | Dominican Republic | Spanish-style | gold | 4.00 | 32% | solera | $35.71 |
| Puntacana Club | Silver Dry | Dominican Republic | Spanish-style | white | 1.00 | 32% | solera | $27.14 |
| Puntacana Club | Tesoro XO | Dominican Republic | Spanish-style | aged | 5.25 | 38% | solera, finished | $54.29 |
| Puntacana Club | Viejo | Dominican Republic | Spanish-style | gold | 3.00 | 32% | solera | $27.14 |
| Puntacana Club | XOX | Dominican Republic | Spanish-style | long-aged | 5.75 | 40% | solera, finished | $85.71 |
| Ron Cubaney | Grand Reserve Tesoro XO 25 Años | Dominican Republic | Spanish-style | long aged | 6.25 | 38% | solera | $100.12 |
| Flor do Sol | Barril de Carvalho | Brazil | cachaça | gold | 5.50 | 39% | — | $16.30 |
| El Pasador de Oro | XO | Guatemala | Spanish-style | long-aged | 6.00 | 40% | solera, finished | $66.67 |
| Ron Zacapa Centenario | Sistema Solera No. 23 (Solera Gran Reserva) | Guatemala | Spanish-style | long-aged | 6.50 | 40% | solera, finished | $64.00 |
| Ron Zacapa Centenario | No. 23 Solera La Pasión (Heavenly Cask Collection 2023) | Guatemala | Spanish-style | long-aged | 7.00 | 40% | solera, finished | $126.67 |
| El Dorado | Aged 5 Years | Guyana | blended | lightly aged | 5.25 | 40% | — | $25.33 |
| El Dorado | Aged 8 Years | Guyana | blended | aged | 6.50 | 40% | — | $34.67 |
| The Scotch Malt Whiskey Society | Glue Glorious Glue! | Guyana | pot still | long aged | 7.00 | 58.9% | finished | $160.00 |
| Hamilton | 86 | Guyana | blended | lightly aged | 6.25 | 43% | — | $33.33 |
| Pusser's | British Navy Rum | Guyana | blended | lightly aged | 6.50 | 42% | — | $42.67 |
| Pusser's | British Navy Rum (Gunpowder Proof) | Guyana | blended | lightly aged | 7.00 | 54.5% | — | $42.67 |
| Rhum Barbancourt | 5 Stars Special Reserve Aged 8 Years | Haiti | cane juice | aged | 6.00 | 43% | — | $37.33 |
| Spirit of Haiti | Clairin Communal | Haiti | cane juice | clairin | 7.50 | 43% | — | $45.33 |
| Spirit of Haiti | Clairin Le Rocher | Haiti | cane juice | clairin | 8.00 | 49.5% | — | $61.33 |
| Spirit of Haiti | Clairin Sajous | Haiti | cane juice | clairin | 8.00 | 55.2% | — | $60.00 |
| Zanj Rums | San Zanj | Haiti | cane juice | white | 6.50 | 43% | — | $40.00 |
| Holmes Cay | Grand Arôme | Réunion Island | funky | white | 7.75 | 57.5% | — | $66.67 |
| Holmes Cay | Réunion Island Agricole Rum | Réunion Island | cane juice | white | 3.00 | 50% | — | $66.67 |
| Hvítserkur | Icelandic White Rum | Iceland | funky | unaged | 8.00 | 40% | — | $56.16 |
| Appleton Estate | 12 Year Rare Casks | Jamaica | blended | long-aged | 6.50 | 43% | — | $57.33 |
| Appleton Estate | 15 Year Black River Casks | Jamaica | blended | long-aged | 7.50 | 43% | — | $93.33 |
| Appleton Estate | 8 Year Reserve | Jamaica | blended | aged | 6.50 | 43% | — | $42.67 |
| Appleton Estate | Signature | Jamaica | blended | aged | 6.50 | 40% | — | $30.67 |
| Kingston 62 | Jamaica White Rum | Jamaica | Spanish-style | white | 4.50 | 40% | — | $24.00 |
| Wray & Nephew | White Overproof Rum | Jamaica | funky | white overproof | 6.00 | 63% | — | $28.57 |
| Two James | Doctor Bird | Jamaica | pot still | lightly aged | 8.50 | 50% | finished | $36.00 |
| Two James | Doctor Bird for Inferno Room | Jamaica | pot still | lightly aged | 8.00 | 59.2% | finished | $57.33 |
| Hamilton | Jamaican Pot Still Gold | funky | unaged | 4.50 | 46.5% | — | $34.67 | |
| Hampden | Great House 2024 | Jamaica | funky | lightly aged | 9.00 | 57% | — | $173.33 |
| Hampden | Rum Fire | Jamaica | funky | white overproof | 7.25 | 63% | — | $28.00 |
| Myers's | Original Dark | Jamaica | black | black | 6.50 | 40% | — | $16.00 |
| Planteray | Xaymaca | Jamaica | funky | lightly aged | 6.50 | 43% | — | $34.67 |
| Smith & Cross | Jamaica | pot still | lightly aged | 8.50 | 57% | finished | $40.00 | |
| Proof and Wood | The Funk | Jamaica | funky | unaged | 7.50 | 50% | — | $35.00 |
| Worthy Park | 109 | Jamaica | black | black | 6.00 | 54.5% | — | $40.00 |
| Worthy Park | Overproof | Jamaica | funky | white overproof | 5.00 | 63% | — | $35.00 |
| Leblon | Cachaça | Brazil | cane juice | white | 4.00 | 40% | cachaça | $30.67 |
| Depaz | Blue Cane Rhum Agricole | Martinique | cane juice | lightly aged | 5.50 | 45% | — | $53.33 |
| HSE | Rhum Agricole Blanc 40 | Martinique | cane juice | white | 5.00 | 40% | — | $33.33 |
| The Rums of México | Caldo | Mexico | cane juice | white | 5.50 | 52.3% | — | $78.57 |
| The Rums of México | Caña Criolla | Mexico | cane juice | white | 7.50 | 51.9% | — | $85.71 |
| The Rums of México | Melaza con Muck | Mexico | funky | white overproof | 6.00 | 57.1% | — | $121.43 |
| Black Tot | Finest Caribbean Rum | various | blended | lightly aged | 7.00 | 46.2% | — | $66.67 |
| Caribaya | White Rum | various | blended | aged | 1.00 | 40% | finished | $8.00 |
| Copeland | Smuggler's Reserve Rum | various | funky | lightly aged | 6.50 | 40% | — | $51.43 |
| Hamilton | The Breezeway Blend | various | blended | white | 6.50 | 42.5% | — | $25.00 |
| Jonah's Curse | Black Spiced Rum | various | spirit drink | spiced rum | 4.00 | 47% | — | $16.00 |
| Planteray | 3 Stars | various | blended | white | 6.50 | 40% | finished | $20.00 |
| Planteray | Barbados Rum Aged 5 Years | Barbados | blended | lightly aged | 5.50 | 40% | finished | $25.71 |
| Planteray | Original Dark | various | blended | lightly aged | 5.00 | 41.2% | finished | $20.00 |
| Planteray | O.F.T.D. | various | black | overproof | 6.50 | 69% | — | $30.00 |
| Planteray | Sealander | various | blended | aged | 6.50 | 40% | — | $49.33 |
| Probitas (Veritas) | White Blended Rum | various | blended | white | 6.50 | 47% | — | $37.33 |
| Flor de Caña | 12 Years Old | Nicaragua | Spanish-style | long aged | 6.25 | 40% | — | $38.67 |
| Flor de Caña | 18 Years Old | Nicaragua | Spanish-style | long aged | 6.25 | 40% | — | $57.33 |
| Samaroli | Nicaragua Rum 2004-2023 Cask No. 15 | Nicaragua | Spanish-style | long aged | 8.00 | 50% | — | $400.49 |
| Nicoya | Añejo | Costa Rica | Spanish-style | gold | 6.00 | 40% | — | $28.57 |
| Nicoya | Blanco | Costa Rica | Spanish-style | white | 6.50 | 40% | — | $28.57 |
| Old Monk | XO Amber 20 Mellow & Matured Rum | India | spirit drink | spiced rum | 6.00 | 42.8% | — | $26.67 |
| Old Monk | XXX Very Old Vatted Rum | India | spirit drink | spiced rum | 4.00 | 42.8% | — | $22.67 |
| Bumbu | XO | Panama | Spanish-style | aged | 4.00 | 40% | — | $48.00 |
| Ron Abuelo | Añejo 12 Años | Panama | Spanish-style | long aged | 6.00 | 40% | — | $46.67 |
| Ron Abuelo | Añejo 7 Años | Panama | Spanish-style | aged | 6.00 | 40% | — | $33.33 |
| Ron Abuelo | Añejo | Panama | Spanish-style | gold | 5.00 | 40% | — | $15.43 |
| Ron Abuelo | Añejo XII Años Two Oaks | Panama | Spanish-style | long aged | 6.50 | 40% | finished | $53.33 |
| Père Labat | 59 | Guadeloupe | cane juice | white | 5.50 | 59% | — | $39.00 |
| Planteray | Isle of Fiji | Fiji | blended | lightly aged | 5.50 | 40% | finished | $33.33 |
| Bacardí | Reserva Ocho | Puerto Rico | Spanish-style | aged | 5.00 | 40% | — | $40.00 |
| Bacardí | Black (Carta Negra) | Puerto Rico | black | black | 4.00 | 40% | — | $12.00 |
| Bacardí | Gold (Carta Oro) | Puerto Rico | Spanish-style | gold | 4.50 | 40% | — | $12.00 |
| Bacardí | Superior (Carta Blanca) | Puerto Rico | Spanish-style | white | 4.50 | 40% | — | $12.00 |
| Havana Club | Añejo Blanco | Puerto Rico | Spanish-style | white | 4.00 | 40% | — | $28.00 |
| Kirkland | Spiced Rum | Puerto Rico | spirit drink | spiced rum | 2.00 | 40% | — | $13.71 |
| Parrot Bay | White | Puerto Rico | Spanish-style | white | 3.50 | 40% | — | $14.00 |
| Reykjavík | Rum | Iceland | spirit drink | spiced rum | 4.50 | 38% | — | $34.32 |
| Bounty | Strong 151 | Saint Lucia | blended | long-aged | 5.00 | 75.5% | — | $23.00 |
| Chairman's Reserve | The Forgotten Casks | Saint Lucia | blended | long-aged | 7.00 | 40% | — | $66.67 |
| Chairman's Reserve | Master's Selection (German Edition 15 Year 100% Vendôme) | Saint Lucia | pot still | long-aged | 7.50 | 59.3% | — | $142.86 |
| Standard Wormwood | Rum (Batch No. 3) | United States | blended | white | 7.00 | 50% | — | $57.33 |
| Tanduay | Silver Asian Rum | The Philippines | Spanish-style | white | 4.50 | 40% | — | $24.00 |
| Transcontinental Rum Line | Australia 2007 15 Yr | Australia | blended | long-aged | 8.50 | 65.7% | — | $185.71 |
| Angostura | 7 | Trinidad | Spanish-style | aged | 5.50 | 40% | — | $30.67 |
| Forres Park | Puncheon Rum | Trinidad | Spanish-style | white overproof | 4.00 | 75% | — | $21.33 |
| The Kraken | Black Spiced Rum | Trinidad and Tobago | spirit drink | spiced rum | 4.00 | 47% | — | $16.57 |
| Planteray | Trinidad 2003 (Terravera Series) | Trinidad | Spanish-style | long-aged | 6.50 | 47.8% | finished | $121.43 |
| Zaya | Gran Reserva | Trinidad | Spanish-style | gold | 3.00 | 40% | — | $32.00 |
| Captain Morgan | Original | USVI | spirit drink | spiced rum | 4.00 | 35% | — | $16.57 |
| Captain Morgan | 100 Proof | USVI | spirit drink | spiced rum | 4.00 | 50% | — | $36.00 |
| Captain Morgan | Sliced Apple | USVI | spirit drink | spiced rum | 4.00 | 35% | — | $28.00 |
| Captain Morgan | Caribbean White Rum | USVI | Spanish-style | white | 3.50 | 40% | — | $12.57 |
| Cruzan | Aged Light Rum | USVI | Spanish-style | white | 5.00 | 40% | — | $16.00 |
| Habitation Velier | Mhoba 2025 (62%) | South Africa | funky | white | 8.00 | 66% | — | $157.14 |
| Diplomático | Mantuano | Venezuela | Spanish-style | gold | 5.50 | 40% | — | $30.67 |
| Diplomático | Planas | Venezuela | Spanish-style | white | 6.00 | 47% | — | $30.67 |
| Diplomático | Reserva Exclusiva | Venezuela | Spanish-style | gold | 5.00 | 40% | — | $42.67 |
| Diplomático | Selección de Familia | Venezuela | Spanish-style | aged | 5.00 | 43% | — | $70.00 |
| Zafra | Master Reserve Aged 21 Year | Panama | Spanish-style | long aged | 6.00 | 40% | — | $93.33 |