Here are brief descriptions and tasting notes on five rums the IWSC judging deemed essential for a home bar and the perfect ...

“It’s a perfect sipping ... best of your favorite rum-based cocktail. This traditional Jamaican rum consistently wins awards across the board. Single estate means it’s all batch-distilled ...

This is a well-blended affair, showcasing the best of the funk ... entry-level sipping rum for the new rum fan, being low in sometimes-divisive funk but high in aged complexity elsewhere.

“There is absolutely an opportunity to entice dark spirits category drinkers with aged rums, both for sipping and in classic cocktails.”—Daniel Marsteller ...