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Lots of nice rums are smooth, but few are equally as supple at the same time as Papa's Pilar Blonde.

Proudly made in Brooklyn using genuine New York City tap water, Owney's is among the rare, yet growing number of white rums actually suitable for sipping.

For a truly uncommon rum 101 course, you'll want to enroll in an upcoming Rum Cruise with RumGallery.com and Island Windjammers.

The Plantation Rumba Daiquiri proves that the best rums make the best rum cocktails, which is why you'll always want to have some Plantation Rum on-hand.

I've yet to visit Belize, a hole in my Caribbean travel game that her rums have done precious little to entice me to fill... until now, thanks to Tiburón Rum.

The condensing of rum cocktails into cans is not a practice I'd generally condone. Gosling's Dark 'n Stormy in a can, though, is another story.

Salted Cod Fish Cakes are a true taste of Barbados made better with a rum-based dipping sauce. Paul Yellin, aka: The Rhum Chef, shares recipes for both.

The Jamaicanite is a tad more sour than sweet, deadly and delicious rum cocktail, in large part owing to its main ingredient, Appleton V/X.