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13 Rum Brands to Try In Your Summer Cocktails

By Madison Higgins Hwang | June 14, 2022 | Updated on July 14, 2022 | Leave a Comment
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Bourbon and whiskey are great for winter, but when the weather is warm, it’s time to start pouring the rum. Whether you’re making coconut rum cocktails that make you feel like you are on a beach instead of inside your tiny apartment or just enjoying it neat, here are some rum brands to try this summer.

It’s worth noting that these are not necessarily the “best” rums out there, but they are ones we think you’ll enjoy. Either way, they’ll probably make you more fun at parties. So, sit down, make yourself a Dark and Stormy and peruse the list.

Rum Brands

What Is Rum?

Rum is a liquor made from fermenting and distilling sugarcane molasses or sugarcane juice. Most rums are produced in the Caribbean, but they can be made anywhere.

Here are some common rum grades and variations.

  • Light Rums: Also known as white or silver rums. These are generally aged in stainless steel tanks and often used in cocktails because they have a sweeter taste.
  • Gold Rums: These are also known as amber rums. They’re usually aged in oak barrels (like bourbon) and are stronger-bodied than light rums.
  • Dark Rums: These rums are also barrel-aged, but for longer than gold rums. They are enjoyed straight or used in cocktails with strong flavors.
  • Spiced Rums. These are dark rums that have had spices like cinnamon and cloves or flavors like caramel added to them.

 

Light Rums

1. The Real McCoy 3-Year-Aged

This rum has hints of citrus, vanilla, caramel, coconut, and nutmeg. and is single-sourced from the Foursquare Distillery in Barbados. “By law, rums made in Barbados do not have added sugar,” says Shawn Zipay from Cocktails with Class.

So this light rum won’t have the strong, sugary aftertaste of the pre-made pina colada mix in the liquor store discount bin. It does have us as mayor, though.
Rum Brands - The Real McCoy
Available at Drizly.

 

2. Mount Gay Silver Rum

Mount Gay has been around since 1703 and is the oldest producer of rum in the Western Hemisphere. All that practice makes for a perfect double distilled rum. Not so much for figuring out how to sell their product online. It’s ok. We want to go back to 1995, too.
Rum Brands - Mount Gay
Available at Mount Gay.

 

3. Owney’s Original

This white rum is the first release of The Noble Experiment NYC, a woman-owned distillery founded in 2011 by Bridget C. Firtle. It’s made in Brooklyn from locally grown and harvested ingredients, including filtered NYC tapped water. Which sounds terrible until you think of the bagels.
Rum Brands - Owney's
Available at Owney’s.

 

Dark Rums

4. Dos Maderas 5+5

“One of my favorites is the Dos Maderas 5+5,” says bartender Diana Novak. “For mixing up a cocktail, I like to use a dark rum that has some body to it. I like something with a little age and complexity to it.” You’ll want to keep drinking this until you don’t know what five plus five is. Which, for us, is now.
Rum Brands - Dos Maderas
Available at Drizly.

 

5. Plantation Original Dark Rum

While our passports have been collecting dust, Plantation Original Dark Rum is a world traveler. This double-aged rum from Barbados and Jamaica is aged in France for three to six months. It has notes of plum, banana, and vanilla and the air of I just went on a vacation and you didn’t.
Rum Brands - Plantation
Available at Drizly.

 

Coconut Rums

6. Kōloa Kauaʻi Coconut Rum

This rum comes from Hawaii and it’s a truly tropical coconut rum made with young coconut, sugarcane, and filtered water from Mount Wai’ale’ale. It will help you forget the allergic reaction you’re getting from your dollar store lei.
Rum Brands - Koloa
Available at Drizly.

 

7. Bacardi Coconut Rum

You spent all that money on your frozen pina colada dispenser and now you’re supposed to spend more on the rum? Sometimes, the classics are classic for a reason. Bacardi Coconut Rum is a solid option when you’re on a budget. It’s infused with real coconuts and has an ABV of 35%.
Rum Brands - Bacardi
Available at Drizly.

 

Spiced Rums

8. Sailor Jerry

Thankfully, we’re not still all running around wearing Von Dutch trucker hats and Ed Hardy shirts (if you are, this is your sign to stop). But, that same horrific era of fashion also repopularized tattoo artist Sailor Jerry and helped give birth to this spiced rum that has flavors of cinnamon, clove, vanilla, ginger, and lime.
Rum Brands - Sailor Jerry
Available at Drizly.

 

9. The Kraken Black Spiced Rum

“There’s only one dark rum that matters to me, and that’s The Kraken,” says Christina Russo, Creative Director of The Kitchen Community. “It’s a tumultuous, incredibly complex drink whose combination of flavors explodes in your mouth as it warms the back of your throat with a burnt sugar warmth.”

Rum Brands - Kraken

Available at Drizly.

 

10. Boukman Botanical Rhum

This rum–pardon us, rhum–is worth it for the bottle alone. Rhum is short for rhum agricole, a style of rhum from the French Caribbean that is made from sugar cane. And the name is inspired by Dutty Boukman, the rebel leader who launched the Haitian revolution against the French colonizers. A portion of their profits go to Haiti Futur, a non-profit that supports education in the country.
Rum Brands - Boukman
Available at Drizly.

 

11. The Salford Spiced Rum

This delicious golden spiced rum comes from England and is housed in a cool ceramic bottle that’s hefty enough to fight off any pirates. Your umbrella will have to fight off your drink from the rain.
Rum Brands - The Salford
Available at Salford Rum.

 

Sipping Rums

12. Probitas Rum

“This is a blended white rum made by two of the powerhouse distilleries in the Caribbean, Foursquare Rum Distillery in Barbados and Hampden Estate in Jamaica. It’s perfect for drinking neat or on the rocks,” says Zipay. We love a BOGO deal.
Rum Brands - Probitas
Available at Drizly.

 

13. Plantation 3 Stars Rum

“If you like dark rums with a bite, you will be pleasantly surprised by this white rum,” says Zipay. “That’s because it is actually a dark rum that is cold filtered. It is perfect for sipping and great in cocktails too.” We give this 3 star rum 5 stars. So we guess that’s 8 stars? We lost count.
Rum Brands - Plantation
Available at Drizly.

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Madison Higgins Hwang
Madison Higgins Hwang
Madison Higgins Hwang is a New Jersey-based freelance blogger and content marketing writer with a B.S. in Marketing. She writes about sex, relationships, lifestyle, travel, and more. She has written for Let's Eat Cake, World Wildlife Fund, Good Nature Travel Blog, and TouringPlans. 

In her free time, she enjoys volunteering for reproductive justice causes, dropping that she worked at Walt Disney World into every conversation, and using her Wedding and Events Planner certification to throw Survivor watch parties. See more of her work on her website or follow her on Twitter @maddihiggs.
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