Every year, Mount Gay Rum Master Blender Trudiann Branker reaches into her ever-expanding bag of tricks to create a new concept for the annual Master Blender Collection. Now in its seventh iteration, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tony Sachs is an NY-based writer covering spirits, cocktails and bars. This year’s Master Blender’s Collection rum, Coffey Still, ...

The Coffey still was patented by Irishman Aeneas Coffey in 1830, and the whiskey world would never be the same. Prior to this, pot stills were used in Scotland, Ireland, and other countries—and they ...

Five rums are finalists for the World’s Best Aged Rum at the 2025 San Francisco World Spirits Competition. The SFWSC is one of the world's most prestigious spirit judging events, and both consumers ...

Barbados is home to some of the best rum in the world, and the distillery that has been making it for the longest there is Mount Gay (it’s also considered to be the oldest active rum distillery). The ...