World Rum Awards 2021

We explore the winners from this year’s World Rum Awards

2021-07-02 -

Who will be victorious?

We are very proud to present the results of the World Rum Awards 2021. These winners represent the cream of the crop in the global rum industry and it is our pleasure and privilege to be

able to celebrate them in this competition.

It has been an incredibly challenging year for all corners of the spirits industry, with rum being no exception, and we must commend the producers in these pages for continuing to strive for excellence. Their outstanding efforts have helped the industry not only to survive, but to thrive in the past 12 months.

We hope you enjoy perusing the results, which encompass

taste (p90-94) and design (p95-97).

World’s Best Agricole & Sugarcane Juice

Best Unaged

A 1710 Bête À Feu 50.9%

“Almost industrial alcohol note, but some nice cut cane and green fruit character also. Alcohol is quite hot. Quite full on the palate, nice texture – it feels full, weighty. Clean and fresh on the palate, with a touch of funk and spice.”

Best 5 Years & Under

A 1710, Cheval Bondieu 51.5%

World’s Best Column Still

Best 6 to 10 Years Old

Captain Bligh XO 40%

“Aromas of cacao and tonka bean. Nice flavours – banana skin, melon and mango, with cocoa nibs and green salinity. Spicy elements and an integrated but warm alcohol. Long finish with banana and walnut. Complex and balanced.”

Best Unaged

Unconventional Rum, Opus 63%

Best No Age Statement

Jung & Wulff Luxury Rums, Trinidad Rum 43%

Best 5 Years & Under

Illegal Tender Rum Co, Distiller’s Cut 45%

Best 11 Years & Over

Roble Viejo, Ultra Añejo 40%

Best Solera

Ron Zacapa, Centenario Sistema Solera 23 40%

World’s Best Contemporary & Botanical

Pussers Rum Gunpowder Proof Spiced 54.5%

“Bold interesting nose. Spice and cola cubes, sweetness and vanilla. Tight, but it does really well for delivering the flavour it does considering the high ABV. With cola there is still a lovely punch to this. It’s nice to see a high-ABV expression done so well.”

World’s Best Flavoured

Rhum Metiss L’Endormi 23.7%

“Big, classic agricole style with lots of fresh fruit, sugarcane juice, green banana, and a touch of funk. Delivers a lot of flavour with fresh herbs and spice. Very good.”

World’s Best Hybrid Still

Best 5 Years & Under

Adelaide Hills Distillery Left of Centre – Rum 46%

“Attractive dark fruit on the nose, some red plums and blackcurrant. Juicy malt, sugar cube. Bright fruit, really lovely tropical freshness. Long finish, good complexity.”

Best Unaged

JimmyRum, Navy 57.8%

Best No Age Statement

Kaufmann Spirits, Mountain Rum 41%

World’s Best Pot & Column Still

Best 5 Years & Under

Brix Gold Rum 40%

“Earthy and vegetal notes with stewed tropical fruit sweetness. Silky and mouth filling with a gentle heat. Lovely sweet spices.”

Best Unaged

Pixel Spirits, White Rum 43%

Best No Age Statement

Ten To One, Dark 40%

Best 6 to 10 Years

Merser & Co., Double Barrel 43.1%

Best 11 Years & Over

Black Tot, 50th Anniversary Limited Edition 54.5%

Best Solera

Warlich Rum, Hamburgisch - Traditionell & Streng Reell! 40%

World’s Best Pot Still

Best 5 Years & Under

Fnq Rum Co. Iridium 40%

“Bright and clear with a juicy pineapple flavour which dominates the palate.”

Best Unaged

BCC Spirits, Kiyomi 40%

Best 6 to 10 Years

Requiem, The Ferret 46%

World’s Best Rhum Arrangement

Ti Arranges De Ced’

Gang De Meufs Citron Gingembre

32%

“Warming and comforting on the nose. Spicy ginger softens to be warming. Lovely lemon, and the sweetness is quite nicely balanced.”

World’s Best Traditional Spiced

Ableforth’s

Rumbullion

42.6%

“Quite round flavour on the palate with a nice complexity to it. Lovely spice warmth, good sweetness. Some liquorice notes, well balanced with the sweetness. Nice caramel and sweet vanilla.”

Best Rum Design – Best Label Design

Plantation Rum

Vintage Barbados 2011

Gold

Plantation Rum, Vintage Barbados 2011

Silver

Bacardí Rum, Añejo Cuatro

Silver

Don Papa, Rye Aged Rum

Bronze

El Libertad, Flavor of Freedom

Bronze