White Rum, Dark Rum, Flavoured Rum and Spiced Rum, we’ve got the perfect Christmas recommendations for each to please the rum drinkers in your life.
The rum shelves are stacked at this time of year and picking out a bottle to gift can be daunting, but no more rumming and ahing, because we’ve picked out the rums that receive rave reviews from everybody.
The Best White Rum to Gift for Christmas
El Dorado 3 Year Old White Rum
This is tremendous rum for the price, using the traditional method of Demerara sugar which comes through luxuriously in the expression. It is still mightily fresh and crisp though, which white rum drinkers want, and this balance explains all the awards.
Size: 700ml
ABV: 40%
Find here: £23.95
Sunset Very Strong Rum
No, that isn’t a typo, this is 84.5% ABV, and therefore makes for a striking Christmas gift indeed. It’s molasses distilled from Saint Vincent, but don’t be thinking that this is just pure alcohol and that’s it. It’s a serial award winner for a reason, but not when treated like a 40% rum. It demands respect, and when served with a lot of mixer, or into cocktails and punches, it shines. Surprisingly smooth with a gorgeous warm glow, carrying sugary spice and coca notes on the finish, it’s more than just a throat burning gimmick.
Size: 700ml
ABV: 84.5%
Find here: £47.99
The Best Dark Rum to Gift for Christmas
Ron Barceló Gran Añejo Rum
Añejo is a categorisation we’re more used to seeing on tequila bottles, but in this case it’s applied to a stunningly smooth Dominican rum brimming with delicious sweetness. Espresso, dark chocolate, and roasted hazelnuts bring a richer, darker quality to the manuka honey, to create a rum bursting with flavour. Connoisseurs love it!
Size: 700ml
ABV: 37.5%
Find here: £26.99 (usually more!)
Pusser's 'Gunpowder Proof' Black Label Rum
A rebrand of the original Blue Label, this brings the same silky complexity as that did. You’re looking at a traditional high proof dark rum in the British Naval mould, using authentic recipes. The warm flavour is intoxicating, and it really punches through with full-bodied dried syrupy fruits.
Size: 700ml
ABV: 54.5%
Find here: £37.40
The Best Spiced Rum to Gift for Christmas
The Duppy Share Spiced Rum
Duppy Share have excelled in delivering exceptional taste without overbearing sweetness with this spiced rum. It means, ‘Angel’s Share’ referencing the evaporation within the rum barrels. A rich blend of spices merge with kola nuts and pineapple, but there’s so much depth with vanilla, white chocolate, caramel, and ginger, as well as tangy citrus. Gorgeous Caribbean bottle too.
Size: 700ml
ABV: 37.5%
Find here: £25.99
Golden Buck Rum
Golden Buck Rum brings a boiled sweet vibe with its cherry and vanilla infusion giving a creamy and fruity taste that stands out from other rums. Tropical pineapple and rich brown sugar come through too, and it’s just as delicious as it sounds. It has all those sweet flavours, but with maturity and authenticity and seems to go down a storm with anyone that tries it.
Size: 700ml
ABV: 40%
Find here: £34.58
The Best Flavoured Rum to Gift for Christmas
Bombo 40 Rum - Caramel & Banana
The caramelised banana flavour is deliciously complimentary to the core richness of the Bombo 40 Rum, completely coating your mouth. If you know someone that loves sweet rum, then this really is perfect because there’s no going away from it, it is very sweet. After a few servings, it gets a little too sickly but a few serves just with ice is such an indulgent treat.
Size: 700ml
ABV: 40%
Find here: £27.95
Diablesse Clementine Spiced Rum
This a gorgeous rum that embraces the Christmas spirit with bright clementines that cut through the richness harmoniously. It has a fair whack of sweetness too, but it’s natural and tastes it. Forget any throat burn, it’s pure smooth spiced rum with the distinct clementine twist, and it would make a cracking gift for a spiced rum drinker.
Size: 700ml
ABV: 40%
Find here: £28.75 (usually more!)
We’ve got a tonne of Christmas present guides all across our website currently, like our Gin one for example, so do check out these for other present recommendations!