The Results are In: 2012 Rum XP International Tasting Competition

   The final results for the 2012 International Tasting are in and there were so many great rum in the competition this year.   All of the Rum XP's spent a lot of time over three days evaluating these rum and we hope that you all enjoy them as much as we did.    This is a competition that is held in high esteem and it is an honor to be a part of it and an honor to have been a part of the panel.   ;o)

The 2012 RumXP International Tasting Competition was held at the Deauville Beach Resort on Miami Beach April 18 to 20 as part of the Miami Rum Renaissance Festival.

More than 25 members of the International Rum Expert Panel participated and more than 100 of the finest rums in the world were presented for evaluation.

The RumXPs were sequestered in their tasting room for three days of blind tasting trials. The rums were grouped and judged in categories of white, gold, aged, old aged, premium aged, dark, spiced, flavored and overproof.

Their collective expertise as a group of judges is unrivaled in the spirits world. Their combined experience spans many dozens of countries and hundreds of brands. They are authors, lecturers, trainers, historians, journalists, consultants, collectors, proprietors, mixologists and promoters of rum.

Gold - Best In Class 1 Barrel Diplomatico Exclusiva Plantation Guatemala Gran Añejo Plantation Jamaica 2000 Plantation XO 20th Anniversary Poesia Cachaça Rhum J.M. White SantaTeresa Araku Siesta Key Spiced Panama Red Bronze 10 Cane Atlantico Platino Bermudez 1852 Blackwell Brugal 1888 Brugal Ron Añejo Dictador 12 Dictador XO Perpetual DonQ Coco Dos Maderas PX 5+5 Dzama Blanc Nosy-Be Prestige 84° Medellin 8 Panamonte Prichard’s Peach Mango Rum Siesta Key Gold Tiki Lover’s White

Gold Atlantico Private Cask Bacardi Oakheart Botran Reserva Clarke’s Court Superior Dictador 20 Diplomatico Ambassador Diplomatico Añejo Diplomatico Reserva Dzama Vanilla Rhum 10yr Plantation Barbados 2000 Plantation Panama 2000 Rhum J.M. White Rhum St. Barth Vizcaya Cristal Plantation Original Dark Overproof

Silver Appleton Estate Reserve Atlantico Reserva Bacardi 8 Barrillito 3 Star Blackbeard Bohemio 15 Botran Solera Carta Viejo Añejo Centenario 7 Don Q Añejo DonQ Pasion Dos Maderas Luxus Dzama Cuvee Noire Flipflop Spiced Plantation Trinidad 2000 Prichard’s Crystal Santa Teresa Añejo Santa Teresa Orange Rhum Siesta Key SX Samba Cachaça Vizcaya Cask 21 Rum Fire