Powerfully smoky rum from the Cut Rum range. Made with a base of Jamaican rum and smoked using oak chips, this will stand out in cocktails and might make for an intriguing alternative postprandial tipples for people with a penchant for peaty whisky.

Bold vanilla bean and sweet toasted caramel accents - think creme brulee or toasted marshmallows. Further notes of toasted orange, pancake batter, buttery fudge, clove, warm cinnamon and ginger, aniseed, nutmeg and coriander seed. Mellow and smooth oak tones with a bite of pepper to finish.

Intense aromatics of fresh green spice notes balanced by rich sweetness. Rich and rounded with yuletide spices and molasses. Long lingering finish of pepper and cinder toffee.

Spicy, medium-to-heavy mouth feel, buttery, fruity and spicy all at the same time, slight touch of sulfur and tobacco notes lets you know it is a molasses rather than a cane rum. Nutty, spicy, finish is long, but subtle. Slightly dry nutty finish with sweetness rather than a nasty sweet cloying that some rums have.

Bursting with bold, ripe tropical fruit flavours, silky smooth vanilla and a touch of dry, toasted oak, Don Papa Baroko is rich and perfectly balanced with a touch of dried dates and raisins, and toasted oak on the finish.

A blend of 2-year Aged rums from Jamaica and Barbados spiced with vibrant Pineapple, Kola nut and Island spices.

Made in Guyana from Demerara sugar cane, its buttery caramel and vanilla taste can be traced back to the one-of-a-kind wooden still its distilled in (as well as the ex-bourbon casks its kept in)

Full fruity depth. Pineapple meets the typical Jamaican rum base notes, ripe banana, tropical fruit and a peppery finish. One for a Daiquiri!

Sweet, toffee, vanilla, spices, oak. Hints of smoke. To taste, Cocoa, caramel, prunes, spices, vanilla. Long finish, sublimely smooth, hints of smoke on the tail.

Nose Spicy and sweet with notes of peppermint, nutmeg, Christmas cake, marmalade and parsley. Palate Toffee apples, sweet spices and gingerbread. A little perfumed character and bitter orange peel. Finish Long, sweet, spicy finish.

Gosling Black Seal 5 is a full-flavoured dark rum that has the additional benefit of oak barrels which have been used to age bourbon. It stands out against other rums of the region because of its caramelised flavour and the bourbon notes that the oak casks offer.

Nose Sweet, dark, cooked fruits. Fruitcake, spice, herbal. Palate Balanced with thick, sweet spices, stewed fruits. Finish Spiced, crisp, tingling.

The nose is crisp and fresh with notes of marzipan, citrus, allspice, ground ginger, a little lime and gentle oak. The palate is clean and rounded with notes of citrus, vanilla and oak, a little spice and lemon and a delicate nutty note.

Nose Sweet and buttery with intermingled notes of toffee, honeycomb and coffee, a little spice and dried peels with notes of orchard fruits and biscuits. Palate Full and rich with notes of cigar box, particularly the cedar wood thereof, guava and banana leaf with more toffee. Finish Fruity, creamy finish.

Nose Complex, slightly honeyed nose with hints of vanilla cream, buttery toffee, cinnamon, cedar and sandalwood. Palate Thick, smooth palate. Good caramel-like entry with soft fruits, spiced oak, manuka honey and cinnamon. Finish Citrus and vanilla on the finish.

Hoolie is the Manx word for bloody windy, which it often is on the Isle of Man. Biscuity cereal notes with sweet liquorice and a hint of vegetal fennel, a touch of butterscotch, and zesty spice.

Cocoa, red chilli flake, sultana, dried orange peel, toffee, and yet more chocolate.

Trinidad rum comes in at 43% abv and has notes of cinnamon and cumin, followed by zesty orange peel and vegetal, earthy qualities.

Nose Spicy and rich with notes of vanilla and toffee apples. Hints of lime and cinnamon too. Palate Dark, rich palate. Thick with molasses and tar, and a barrage of cinnamon, golden syrup, nutmeg and charred oak.

Maturation takes place in oak casks and this delivers a treacle-deep flavour, pungent in molasses, toffee and nutmeg. The flavour is fruity with Christmas cake notes and espresso coffee intensity. Mild clove spice ensures a traditional rum complexity to Lambs, making it one of the most popular dark rums around.

Leblon holds a tequila-like nose with transparent fruity and herbal notes, as well as undertones of vanilla. The full-bodied palate is smooth with complex layers of citrus, vanilla, pepper, and a very subtle oak.

The palate is fruity and well-rounded with notes of banana, vanilla, smoke, toasty oak, spice. The finish is long and spiced with toasty oak.

Notes of blackstrap molasses, hints of coffee, celery, allspice, hazelnut, and toffee with a subtle layer of ripe pineapple. Buttery upon entry and followed by sweet sugar cane, caramel, tobacco, leather, honey, dark chocolate with elements of raisin and fig.

Nose : Intense and very precise notes of coffee, orange, plum, jam and truffles. Palate : It bursts with caramel cream, chocolate and vanilla notes. It continues on with cinnamon, raisins, nutmeg, oak and molasses with smoky accents.

Delicate scents of brown sugar, honey, coffee bean; later whiffs following further aeration encounter baking spices: vanilla, and cloves. Entry is biscuity, yet is bittersweet and light-bodied. Midpalate features round, supple flavors of dark chocolate, root beer, egg cream.