A festival in Europe had the most expensive rum in the world, but not necessarily for drinking. This bottle, dating back to the 1940s, is worth over $54,000 USD. It’s one of four unopened bottles of a blend of Wray and Nephew Rums. In fact, some of the rums used are over ninety years old at this point.
Wray and Nephew Rum
(Via BBC News.)
The Jamaican distillers who bottled this blend were forced to abandon their traditional distillation methods due to the 1930s Mai Tai craze draining their supplies. That makes this rum especially valuable, as it comes from that lost tradition.
Another bottle that might hold the claim as the world’s most expensive rum was recently launched from Havana Club. The Maximo Extra Anejo, the most expensive rum ever sold in Canada, is yet another blend of older rum reserves. Only nine bottles of this rum were made available.
The Wray and Nephew bottle was on display at RumFest, Europe’s first ever rum festival. The Maximo Extra Anejo is on sale in Toronto’s Summerhill LCBO for a mere $2000 CAD.
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oh my……if i buy this, will it get me drunker than a $20.00 fifth of myers rum?……..i dont think so!
No but it will sure as hell taste better.
I’ve had cheap rum, and $100 a fifth rum. More expensive DOES NOT mean taste better!!
expensive rum might cost more but it doesnt mean it tastes better
Most expensive rum I’ve actually tried is Bacardi Limited Reserve ($70 a bottle). In my opinion it is not as good as my three faves which are all in the $20-30 dollar range per bottle…..
1) Captain Morgan Private Stock
2) Sailor Jerry
3) Screech (made in Newfoundland, Canada)
Sailor Jerry is the bomb
The two most expensive rums commercially available in Canada are the English Harbour 1981 25-yr old (~$200/bottle) and the Appleton Estate 30-yr old (~$320). While I absolutely concede the quality of both, the EH25 is the better value for money.
No rum beats the curacaon san pablo dark rum, from curacao
People. I live in Puerto Rico. The major rum company here is Bacardi but they are not the best P.R. has to offer. Try Don Q Rums including their premium ones. That is rum at its finest. Don Q is hard to find outside P.R.