BEST Rum of 2023 & More! | The Rum Revival Awards Ceremony 

Damn man what did i do? Feels good to know i have the top rated rum on the year. My spending has gotten out of hand, too. So many of the spirit world has influenced me to pick up a bunch of bottles

Glad to see you thought as highly of the Serrano Blend #2 as I did I, our lists have some overlap. Good recap and I enjoy your content!

Looking sharp! Great video 👏👏

Been thinking about grabbing a terrioir volcanique and you just convinced me! Great content as always, you are truly the most informative rum content creator out there and have never steered me wrong as I've built up my collection. I hope you find some great rums in 2024 to share with us!

Thank you so much for the great vids this year! If there's a Patreon in the works, I'll be one of the first to sign up. Happy New Year!

Nice picks! I always enjoy your videos and appreciate you taking the hit in the bank account so others can make better, more informed, rum purchases. I’m mostly a scotch/bourbon/mezcal guy but I started getting into rums this year. I’ve really enjoyed the Hampden 8 and the Doorlys 14. Keep up the great work my friend!!

Great takes, looking forward to expanding my rum journey in 2024 beyond foursquare and the classics. Cheers.

Great video, I shared almost all of your picks! Although, now you have me feeling like I should have picked up that Trinidad 2002 when I saw it in store. Usually not super interested in TDL products, but you make it sound incredible!

Very interesting and informative! Well done! I'd love for you to do a special on just top-tier rums from the United States, even if it's a universal spirit, the media has been attempting to keep winners at the top-tier from being featured where we should be in the media when winning those huge awards at the San Francisco World or the International World. Ask me how I know....:)

I was so excited to watch this, I trust your opinion on Rum maybe more than anyone, so this was of great interest to me. It reminded me that I gotta go drop some cash on that amazing Hampden collection, Bitters & Bottles still has some available! Also, my biggest takeaway was that new release from Rhum J.M. I actually fall in that category of folks who are still struggling to acquire a taste for Agricole, so maybe that will jump start my interest, and I love using Rhum J.M. products in cocktails, so it's perfect. I'll keep an eye out for those crazy La Maison & Velier bottles, looks amazing. Thanks, Arminder!

My first visit here. Excellent presentation.

Great list

Awesome video! How do you store your Hampden 8 Marks? Do you leave it upright or flat? Thinking about the cork damage if stored flat

Wonderful, thank you for sharing! I'm fortunate to own the Isautier ag and Alambique Serrano blend #1... But I'm very curious about the Isautier molasses rum and all the other Alambique blends! Great eoy roundup, thaks again, keep up the good work :)

My favorite this year is Grander 10yr Panama Toasted Barrels Rum. It is 106 proof aged 11 months in Woodford bourbon barrels. Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge. I’m just starting out and look forward to where this might lead. Happy New Year

I can't wait to see all the cool rams for next year

I literally bought Terroir Volcanique because the label was so good!

Earlier this summer I bought the Rhum JM Volcanique based on needing some Rhum for Mai Tai's and of course the gorgeous label and bottle. It is fantastic sipped neat. Finding all the other rums is impossible, even in Austin, TX. There is a store on South Lamar that has curated an excellent selection of rums, and that's where I got the Volcanique. But it does not have any of the others. I'll join you in the In Memoriam to the bank account. Your channel, along with several others, has done serious damage... but I'm happy with all my purchases.

Very enjoyable! Best paper is that even living in Alabama (a rum wasteland), I actually have all of those save 2! Very nice list

Great Video.

Dress sharp and fabulous. This is the best video for the end of the year, I hope you continue with more success next year. Also, let's all be honest, we were all ready in the comment section if rum fire is mention on the label of the year. Can't believe all the rum fire videos and it did not get mention at all. I just started drinking rum this summer and rum fire is my favorite so far.

Great video, please keep up the good work in 2024, us rum nerds need a channel or two that not all about cocktails or cheap mixing rums Being UK based my choices will be driven by the UK/European market, so with that in mind thoughts below: Label of the year: For info on the website/label I agree hard to beat the Mount Gay, although Renegade comes very close. For the visual impact of the bottle then A710 Renaissance. Rum of The Year: St Aubain Sauternes Finish or The Labat Black Opus UK Rum of the Year. Islay Une Mahor Value Bottle of the Year SBS Single Origin Series WP Jamaica Cane Juice Best Personal Buy of the Year: SBS Skeldon SWR 1997 The 1423 SBS Cask Strength / Milhade

Thank you for the video. I had the opportunity to try a few great rums this year from Mount Gay Master's Select, Papa Seal, Black Tot 2022 and Zafra 30 years. I have been keeping an eye on Rhum J.M. for a few years, but have not been able to pull the trigger, I guess I will have to look for it this year. I have tried Banbarcourt 8 and 15 and a few Clement.

I approve of everything here except the notch lapels. 😂 I'm old!! My own bests are going up, uhh, today sometime? But yeah, those old Angosturas are stupid-good and I wish the official bottlings reflected that style a bit more...

Love that you’re bringing more love and attention to rum, and doing it in such a way where ‘stuffiness’ has no place! That said, when I start having more trouble finding things because of all the bourbon emigres, I may have to find you personally responsible… :p

I’m literally sipping on some of that Rhum JM this NYE, it’s just so flavor packed and that bottle design is amazing. My personal rum of the year was some KoHana rum I tasted straight out of the barrel, that was truly special, I know it’s not a bottle but it was special to me. Their koa wood aged rum also blew my mind

Fantastic videos! Keep them coming in 2024! Would love to see you do an in depth dive into specific brand offerings such as Appleton (Signature, 8-Year, 12-Year, 15-Year), Doorly's (5-year, 8-year, 12-year, 14-year) etc to compare the differences and maybe where the best value or law of diminishing returns kicks in for each line.

Have you had a chance to try any of the Foursquare Exceptional Cask rums? I got a store by me that has like 4 or 5 different ones for MSRP and would like some recommendations.

Completely applaud your pick of the Trinidad flag series bottling. It seemed to be overshadowed by the Guyana flag but after buying & tasting both, the cheaper bottle was more enjoyable.

Great vid tho, dropped a sub

"RIP my bank account."..laughed out loud...I feel your pain!

Best looking man on the Internet right here. 🎉🍻

It pains me that I still can't find TCRL High Seas locally yet

What country are you in that you can get rum from reunion? Not in Canada right

I nominate Rum Fire for label of the year, every year.

TCL High Seas is soooooo good

There was a lot of foreshadowing here lol

I need Shellback silver. Out of production.😢

R.I.P 💸😢

hmm, not even an honorable mention to Malibu Peach?

number 1 rum didn’t sound as palatable….