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Rapid Ship
Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $29.40 $33.60
The aged expression of the Original Albany Rum, picking up its distinctive color as well as rich spice and vanilla...
Rapid Ship
Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $43.68
This rich, silky sipper entices with caramel and vanilla aromas. The palate opens with deep toffee and caramel and a...
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Rapid Ship
Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $32.62
Classic aromas of tropical fruits, spice, and funk are balanced and inviting. Sweet-tart in the mouth, flavors of...
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97
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93
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Rapid Ship
Spirits
1.0Ltr
Bottle: $25.54 $26.88
Candied ginger, ripe mango, and fresh sugar cane are sweet and fresh on the nose. Rich and silky in the mouth,...
UBC
92
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Rapid Ship
Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $31.35 $33.00
Aromas of fresh coconut leap out of the glass along with banana, mango, and madagascar vanilla, with a slight peppery...
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Rapid Ship
Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $17.42 $18.34
Big 5 Cafecito Cuban Coffee Rum has the delightful bitterness of a rich espresso and a hint of sweetness to balance....
Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.94
12 bottles: $13.94
Focussed herbal, wild black fruit and tobacco nose. The youthful palate is poised and approachable with a soft...
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Rapid Ship
Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $27.14 $28.57
Toasted pastries, coffee bean and chocolate confections create potent aromas. The flavors open on a savory note,...
UBC
91
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Rapid Ship
Spirits
1.0Ltr
Bottle: $13.88 $14.61
Captain Morgan Apple Smash blends our Caribbean rum with a burst of green apple flavor that is sure to be a favorite...
Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.94
12 bottles: $19.54
Lots of fruit and flowers here with a mixture of red and blue berries. Currants and blueberries. Juicy, vibrant fruit...
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Red
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Rapid Ship
Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $23.98 $25.24
Off the bat you get baking cocoa, charred wood followed by flavors of butter cookies and caramel, with a warming...
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $14.00 $16.66
Grapes are destemmed and vinified in concrete tanks with the use of indigenous yeast. Short alcoholic fermentation...
Rapid Ship
Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $30.00
A richly flavoursome rum from the Philippines, inspired by the story of Papa Isio, who played a big part in the...
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Rapid Ship
Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $31.92 $33.60
Excellent, Highly Recommended (Finalist) (Great Value) - 2020 ULTIMATE SPIRITS CHALLENGE
UBC
94
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Rapid Ship
Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $47.80 $51.40
Opening nosing pass shows deft touches of caramel, honey and molasses. Palate entry is dry to off-dry and mildly...
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Rapid Ship
Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $44.36 $46.70
This nut-brown rum is scented with sweet vanilla and baking spices, though it shows a hit of booziness on the nose....
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92
UBC
91
Rapid Ship
Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $22.99
Very Good, Strong Recommendation - 2020 ULTIMATE SPIRITS CHALLENGE
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UBC
89
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Rapid Ship
Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $63.00 $72.00
Pepper and papaya on the nose, more tropical fruit and clove on the tongue, and a finish of leather and baking spices.
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Rapid Ship
Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $70.99 $76.94
This is a glorious icewine where acidity and sugar are in perfect harmony. The candied orange peel, ginger, straw and...
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Ice Wine Mencia Rum Rapid Ship

It is difficult to categorize rum as a single spirit, because of all the spirits found around the globe, rum is perhaps the one which varies most dramatically from place to place. Clear, white rum - a favorite for cocktail drinkers - is perhaps the most prevalent example found today, but there is a whole world of darker, spiced and molasses-rich rums to explore, thanks to the fascinating history and wide reach this drink has.

Rum came about during the colonial times, when sugar was a huge and world-changing business. The molasses left over from the sugar production industry could easily be distilled into a delicious alcoholic drink, and provided extra income for the sugar traders. Before long, it became a favorite of sailors and transatlantic merchants, and it quickly spread across the Caribbean and Latin America, where it remains highly popular today.

The production of rum is a basic and simple one - you take your molasses, add yeast and water, and then ferment and distil the mixture. However, as is often the case, the devil is in the detail. The variation in yeasts found from place to place, the maturation period, the length of the fermentation and the type of stills and barrels used provide the rainbow-colored variation that gives rum its spectrum of styles and characteristics.