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Happy holidays and New Year (in advance), everyone!
In our fourth annual Year in Review episode we take a look back at our favorite rums of the year in the following categories:
Unaged molasses rum
Unaged cane juice rum
Aged rum (5 years or less)
Aged rum (Over 5 years)
“New to me” rum
Best value rum
Most surprising rum
Overall rum
Plus, we each throw in picks for Distillery of the Year, along with another round of "Am I the a**hole for not liking this rum?"
Have a listen, and let us know your favorites in these categories from the past year! Also, what did we miss? What were we too high or low on? We'd love to hear your takes.
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