Jacques Scott Wines & Spirits is the exclusive Cayman Islands distributor for many top-selling premium rum brands, such as Appleton Rum from Jamaica, the most popular rum in Grand Cayman. If you are looking for the best rum to buy, we can recommend some of the world’s finest, award-winning rums.
Jacques Scott Wines & Spirits is the leading retailer of premium wines, beers and spirits in the Cayman Islands. Visit any of our six convenient liquor stores, or order everything you need online, including mixers and soft drinks, and have us deliver it FREE to your home, office, vacation villa, resort hotel, or anywhere else in Grand Cayman.
Top Caribbean Rums
Barbados – Mount Gay from Barbados is the world’s oldest existing brand of rum (since 1703). The distilleries are in the northern part of the island where the Island’s best sugarcane originates. There are other rums made on Barbados, but Mount Gay Silver is one of the most prominent and makes an excellent cocktail or mixing rum.
Bermuda – The Gosling family has blended rum in Bermuda for over 200 years. Their distinctive black rum, originally called Old Rum, would eventually be known as the award-winning Gosling’s Black Seal, which has been produced since 1806. This is the rum that is mixed with ginger beer to create Bermuda’s national drink – the Dark ‘N’ Stormy cocktail.
Cayman – Seven Fathoms Rum from Cayman Spirits Company is an award-winning golden rum aged in wooden barrels seven fathoms under water. It is the first spirit to be made entirely in the Cayman Islands and includes local ingredients, such as sugarcane from Grand Cayman’s East End. The rum is aged in American White Oak bourbon barrels in a secret location off the Island’s coast.
Cuba – The sophisticated Havana Club 7 Year Old Rum is delicious in premium cocktails and just for sipping. The terroir, the cane and the climate all create this distinctive geographic Cuban style of dark rum. Rums from Havana Club are the most rewarded Cuban rums, with 27 medals in tasting competitions in the last four years.
Haiti – The exceptionally smooth Rhum Barbancourt is produced by Société du Rhum Barbancourt on the Island of Haiti. This is an ”agricole” style rum, made from fermented sugar cane juice rather than fermented molasses. It is distilled twice in copper pot stills, aged to perfection in white Limousin oak casks, and widely regarded as one of the finest rums in the world. If you decide to try just one rhum agricole, this should be the one!
Jamaica – The Appleton Estate has been producing rum since 1749. It is the island’s oldest sugar estate and the country’s oldest continuously run distillery. The estate where the sugarcane is harvested, processed, distilled, and aged encompasses over 11,000 acres in Jamaica. We heartily recommend the silky, smooth Appleton 12 Year Old Rare Blend.
Although the sugar-rich islands of the Caribbean and West Indies still produce the majority of the world’s rum today, the spirit is now also produced in places like Austria, Australia, Canada, Fiji, India, Japan, Mauritius, New Zealand, the Philippines, Reunion Island, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, and the U.S. Broaden your horizons and ask a knowledgeable Jacques Scott staff member for recommendations.
When you are relaxing in Grand Cayman, be sure to buy the best rum from Jacques Scott Wines & Spirits and take advantage of free delivery anywhere on Island!
