2015 RumXP Awards Announced At Miami Rum Fest

Last week I had the pleasure of traveling to the Miami Rum Renaissance Festival to be part of their inaugural Consumer Rum Jury. It was a wonderful weekend of meeting new people, learning more about rum and the rum industry, and sampling 100s of terrific rums. I’ll be writing about my personal experiences in the coming days.

At this year’s event an international panel of rum judges participated in three days of blind tasting competition.

Held at the Doubletree by Hilton in Miami April 14-16 as part of the Miami Rum Renaissance Festival the seventeen-member panel (12 International Rum Expert Panelists & 5 guest judges) evaluated 127 of the world’s finest rums in six separate tasting sessions broken into 14 individual categories.

2015 RumXP judges included:
Dirk Becker (Germany)
Javier Herrera (Spain)
Leonardo Pinto (Italy)
Bernhard Schäfer (Germany)
Forrest Cokely (California, USA)
Tatu Kaarlas (Australia)
“Bahama Bob” Leonard (Florida, USA)
Paul Senft (Georgia, USA)
Juan del Busto (Florida, USA)
John Gibbons (Sweden)
Rene van Hoven (Holland)
Ingvar Thomsen (Denmark)

Guest Judges:
Marie King (California, USA)
Johnny Drejer (Denmark)
Suzanne Long (California, USA)
Mark Theron (St. Kitts and Nevis)
Alexander Brittel (Florida, USA)


BEST IN CLASS Medals White Rum Skotlander White Premium White Rum Fwaygo White Gold Rum Bacardi Gold Aged Rum Plantation Original Dark Premium Aged Rum Cartavio XO Aged Rum 5-8 Years Cartavio 5 Aged Rum 12-15 years Pusser’s 15 Aged Rum 18-25 years Opthimus 25 Aged Rum – Special Cask Plantation Jamaica 200 Spiced Rum Siesta Key Spiced Limited Edition Flavored Rum Plantation Pineapple Overproof Rum Plantation Overproof Original Dark Agricole Blanc Trois Rivieres Rhum Blanc Agricole 55% Agricole Vieux Trois Rivieres Rhum Vieux VSOP	GOLD Medals White Rum Blue Chair Bay White Carta Vieja Silve Brugal White Extra Dry Premium White Rum Plantation 3 Star Nine Leaves Clear Skotlander Rum III Gold Rum Brugal Anejo Ron Carta Vieja Gold Don Barrilito 2 star Aged Rum Ron del Barrilito 3 star Pusser’s British Navy Bundaberg Small Batch 4 Premium Aged Rum Plantation 20th Anniversary Mezan XO Brugal 1888 Aged Rum 5-8 Years Plantation Barbados 5 Bacardi 8 Real McCoy 5 Aged Rum 12-15 years Yolo 10 Don Q Gran Anejo Real McCoy 12 Aged Rum 18-25 years Opthimus 21 Opthimus 18 Carta Vieja 18 Aged Rum – Special Cask Plantation Guyana 2005 Opthimus Malt Tomatin Whiskey Barrels 25 yr Opthimus Oporto Barrels 25 Spiced Rum Siesta Key Distillers Reserve Siesta Key Spiced Blue Chair Bay Coconut Spiced Bayou Spiced Blue Water Caribbean Gold Premium Spiced Flavored Rum Bayou Satsuma Blue Chair Bay Banana Caray Cafe Overproof Rum Don Q 151 Lost Spirits Colonial American Inspired Rum Wicked Dolphin Strawberry RumShine 100 Proof Stroh 80 Agricole Blanc Trois Rivieres Cuvee Speciale 40% Trois Rivieres Rhum Blanc Agricole 40% Trois Rivieres Rhum Blanc Agricole 50% Agricole Vieux Trois Rivieres Rhum Ambre 40% La Mauny Rhum Vieux X.O. 40% Trois Rivieres Rhum Vieux Martinique 12yr

The 2015 Consumer Rum Jury Awards The Consumer Rum Jury was comprised of 20 enthusiastic rum collectors and experienced consumers, offering the perspective of the active and engaged rum buyer in their evaluations. Best In Class Ron Cartavio XO Gold Awards Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva Opthimus Ron Artesanal Solera 25 Anos Siesta Key Distillers Reserve Solera Spiced Rum

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