148: The Rumcast's Favorite Rums of 2025

About this episode

The hosts review their favorite rums of 2025 across various categories.

Note: As a reminder, Rumcast Reserve bottles are officially available in stores and shipping from our online retailer! You can grab your bottles here. You can watch the video version of this episode on YouTube. It's time once again for our annual lookback at our favorite rums of the year! This time, we both select favorites from the following categories for 2025: Value rum "New to me" rum Unaged rum Aged rum Blend Single cask "Am I the asshole?" rum Overall rum Bottler of the year Distillery of the year As mentioned during the show, you can donate to the American Friends of Jamaica's Hurricane Melissa relief fund here: https://theafj.app.neoncrm.com/forms/afj-disaster-relief-fund Tune in and let us know your own favorites from 2025! Thanks, as always, for listening and supporting the show throughout the year. We're looking forward to running it back with you in 2026.

People in this episode

Hosts: Will Hoekenga, John Gulla

Topics covered

• rum
• annual favorites
• value rum
• aged rum
• distillery of the year

Keywords

• rum
• favorite rums
• 2025
• distillery of the year
• bottler of the year

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: American Friends of Jamaica

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