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| Number One on the List |
The
Houston Chronicle has issued its top 100 rums list that cost less than
$100.00. I find the list very
interesting, but I cant believe there are several rums like Ron Zacapa 23
Solera, Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva, Havana Club Seven Year Old and a few others
that were not included. It is great to
have such a list available for us to view and a catalog to go to for ideas for
the purchase of some good rums.
Tired of drinking
standard Captain Morgan, but don’t quite have the budget to splurge for the good
stuff on the top shelf? Not to worry — when it comes to rum, there’s plenty of
affordable middle ground.
UnderTheLabel used our Smart Rating system, which combines expert reviews and liquor
competition results, to find the 100 best rums for under $100. We included the
average price, Smart Rating and category (dark, spiced, cachaca, et al.) of
each rum.
Every bottle on this list has a Smart Rating of at least 91, so
if you’re craving a drink but can’t justify spending too much, there’s plenty
of quality out there for the penny-pinching connoisseur.
#100. Atlantico Platino
Price: $20 Category: White Smart
Rating: 91
#99. ILC Aguardiente Tradicional Price: $7 Category: Cachaca Smart
Rating: 91
#98. El Dorado Rum 12 Year Old Price: $30 Category: Aged, Dark, Flavored Smart
Rating: 91
#97. Savanna 8 Ans Traditionel Rum Price: $25 Category: Aged Smart
Rating: 91
#96. Roble Viejo Ultra Añejo Rum Aged 10 Years Price: $55 Category: Aged Smart
Rating: 91
#95. Stone Rum Price: $23 Category: White Smart Rating: 91
#94. Stolen Dark Rum Price: $18 Category: Dark Smart Rating: 91
#93. Real McCoy 3 Year Old
Price: $20 Category: White Smart
Rating: 91
#92. Rusticator Rum Price: $40 Category: Aged Smart Rating: 91
#91. Pampero Especial Rum
Price: $20 Category: Dark Smart
Rating: 91
#90. Plantation Original Dark Rum Price: $35 Category: Dark Smart
Rating: 91
#89. Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum Price: $30 Category: Aged Smart
Rating: 91
#88. Debonaire Very Special Reserve Rum Price: $38 Category: Premium, Aged Smart
Rating: 91
#87. Malahat Spirits Spiced
Price: $40 Category: Spiced Smart
Rating: 91
#86. Cruzan Single Barrel Rum Price: $30 Category: Premium Smart
Rating: 91
#85. 3 Praias Agricole Rum
Price: $44 Category: Cachaca, Gold Smart
Rating: 91
#84. Hum Botanical Spirit
Price: $40 Category: Overproof, Spiced Smart
Rating: 91
#83. Screech Rum Price: $26 Category: Dark, Aged Smart Rating: 92
#82. Ron Abuelo Añejo Rum
Price: $13 Category:
Dark Smart Rating: 92
#81. Stolen Gold Rum Price: $30 Category: Gold Smart Rating: 92
#80. La Mauny VSOP Old Agricole Rum Price: $49 Category: Dark Smart
Rating: 92
#79. El Dorado 15 Year Old Rum Price: $30 Category: Aged Smart
Rating: 92
#78. Sagatiba Cachaca Brazilian Price: $28 Category: Cachaca Smart
Rating: 92
#77. Murray McDavid Guyana Rum 1990 Price: $76 Category: Aged Smart
Rating: 92
#76. Zafra Master Reserve Rum Aged 21 Years
Price: $40 Category: Aged Smart
Rating: 92
#75. Centenario Fundacion XX Años Rum Price: $44 Category: Aged, Premium Smart
Rating: 93
#74. Captain Morgan Rum 1671
Price: $20 Category: Flavored Smart
Rating: 93
#73. Gosling’s Family Reserve Old Rum Price: $80 Category: Aged Smart
Rating: 93
#72. Angostura 5 Year Anejo Rum Price: $24 Category: Aged, Flavored, Gold Smart
Rating: 93
#71. Tommy Bahama White Sand Rum Price: $24 Category: White Smart
Rating: 93
#70. Cruzan Aged Dark Rum
Price: $16 Category: Aged, Dark Smart
Rating: 93
#69. Ron Botran 1893 Solera Rum Price: $71 Category: Aged Smart
Rating: 93
#68. Clement Rhum Agricole VSOP Price: $42 Category: Gold Smart
Rating: 93
#67. Appleton Estate V/X
Price: $20 Category: Dark, Gold Smart Rating: 93
#66. Diplomático Añejo Rum
Price: $14 Category: Gold Smart
Rating: 93
#65. Havana Club Selecciíon de Maestros Price: $62 Category: Aged, Overproof, Premium
Smart Rating: 93
#64. Plantation 1998 Old Reserve Rum Price: $35 Category: Aged Smart
Rating: 93
#63. Rhum J.M. Vieux 1997 Rum Price: $90 Category: Aged Smart
Rating: 93
#62. Plantation Rum Grande Reserve Price: $20 Category: Gold Smart
Rating: 93
#61. Single Cask Rhum Agricole Price: $62 Category: Gold Smart
Rating: 93
#60. Diplomatico Reserva Rum
Price: $20 Category: Gold Smart
Rating: 93
#59. Kirk and Sweeney 12 Year Price: $40 Category: Aged Smart
Rating: 93
#58. Clement Créole Shrubb
Price: $35 Category: Spiced Smart
Rating: 93
#57. Admiral Rodney 12 Year Old Rum Price: $35 Category: Gold Smart
Rating: 94
#56. Castries Rum Cream
Price: $30 Category: Flavored Smart
Rating: 94
#55. English Harbour 5 Year Old Antigua Rum Price: $30 Category: Gold Smart
Rating: 94
#54. Rhum J.M. White Rum
Price: $38 Category: White Smart
Rating: 94
#53. Phraya Extra-1 Price: $50 Category: Aged Smart Rating: 94
#52. Captain Morgan Black Spiced Rum Price: $22 Category: Spiced Smart
Rating: 94
#51. Flor de Cana 4 Year Old Gold Rum Price: $15 Category: Flavored, Cachaca, Spiced
Smart Rating: 94
#50. Tíz White Gold Rum Price: $26 Category: Premium Smart Rating: 94
#49. Ron Fortuna 8 Year Old
Price: $22 Category: Aged Smart
Rating: 94
#48. Ron Abuelo Añejo 7 Años Reserva Superior Rum Price: $20 Category: Aged
Smart Rating: 94
#47. Cabana Cachaca Rum
Price: $35 Category: Cachaca Smart
Rating: 94
#46. Whaler’s Vanille Rum
Price: $13 Category: Flavored Smart
Rating: 94
#45. Rhum J.M. Rhum Agricole Millésime 2001 Price: $89 Category: Gold
Smart Rating: 94
#44. Coisa Nossa Cachaca Branca Price: $15 Category: Cachaca Smart
Rating: 94
#43. Yaguara Cachaca Price: $45 Category: Cachaca Smart Rating: 94
#42. Don Rafael Cacao
Price: $40 Category: Flavored Smart
Rating: 94
#41. 1931 Rum Price: $45 Category: Aged, Premium Smart Rating: 94
#40. Coisa Nossa Cachaca Amadeirada Price: $15 Category: Cachaca Smart
Rating: 94
#39. Kinkylux White Price: $18 Category: White, Aged Smart Rating: 94
#38. Bounty Overproof
Price: $13 Category: Overproof Smart
Rating: 94
#37. Kinkynero Dark Price: $18 Category: Dark Smart Rating: 94
#36. Real McCoy 5 Year Old
Price: $24 Category: Dark, Gold Smart
Rating: 94
#35. Sergeant Classick Gold Rum Price: $22 Category: Gold Smart
Rating: 94
#34. Caribbean Treasure Rumby Vanilla Price: $35 Category: Flavored Smart
Rating: 94
#33. Murray McDavid Guyana Rum 1991 Price: $71 Category: Premium Smart
Rating: 94
#32. Facundo Rum Exquisito
Price: $90 Category: Aged Smart
Rating: 94
#31. Appleton Estate 12 Year Old Price: $30 Category: Aged, Gold Smart
Rating: 94
#30. Red Leg Spiced Rum
Price: $30 Category: Spiced Smart
Rating: 94
#29. Rougaroux Sugarshine Rum
Price: $29 Category: Overproof Smart
Rating: 94
#28. Miami Club White Rum
Price: $28 Category: White Smart
Rating: 94
#27. Stolen Over-Proof White Rum Price: $40 Category: Premium Smart
Rating: 94
#26. Rhum J.M. Rhum Agricole Blanc Price: $32 Category: White Smart
Rating: 94
#25. Appleton Estate Reserve
Price: $27 Category: Dark Smart
Rating: 95
#24. Botran Añejo Reserva Rum Price: $25 Category: Aged Smart
Rating: 95
#23. Ron Cartavio XO Rum Price: $80 Category: Aged Smart Rating: 95
#22. Pusser’s 15 Year Old Rum Price: $60 Category: Aged Smart
Rating: 95
#21. Ron Cartavio Solera Rum 12 Años Price: $35 Category: Aged, Dark, Flavored,
Spiced
Smart Rating: 95
#20. Inner Circle Green Spot Traditional Pot Still Rum Price: $55 Category: Dark, Overproof
Smart Rating: 95
#19. Tanduay Silver Rum
Price: $20 Category: White Smart
Rating: 95
#18. Vizcaya VXOP Cask 21 Price: $20 Category: Aged, Flavored, Premium, Spiced
Smart Rating: 96
#17. Tommy Bahama Golden Sun Rum Price: $28 Category: Aged Smart
Rating: 96
#16. Matusalem Gran Reserva 23 Year Old Rum Price: $62 Category: Aged Smart
Rating: 96
#15. Santa Teresa Araku Ron y Coffee Liqueur Price: $22 Category: Flavored Smart
Rating: 96
#14. Angostura 7 Year Old Dark Rum Price: $32 Category: Aged, Dark, Flavored,
Premium
Smart Rating: 96
#13. Montecristo Rum Price: $40 Category: Gold Smart Rating: 96
#12. Appleton Estate Extra Rum Price: $37 Category: Aged, Dark Smart
Rating: 96
#11. Plantation XO 20th Anniversary Rum Price: $60 Category: Aged Smart
Rating: 96
#10. Berkshire Mountain Ragged Mountain Rum Price: $26 Category: Gold Smart
Rating: 97
#9. Pusser’s Rum Price: $22 Category: Gold Smart Rating: 97
#8. Santa Teresa 1796 Ron Antiguo de Solera Price: $40 Category: Gold Smart
Rating: 97
#7. Dictador 20 Rum Price: $60 Category: Aged, Dark Smart Rating: 98
#6. Ron Abuelo 7 Year Old Rum Price: $25 Category: Aged Smart
Rating: 98
#5. Pampero Aniversario Rum
Price: $30 Category: Aged, Dark Smart
Rating: 98
#4. Cruzan Single Barrel Extra-Aged Rum Price: $16 Category: Aged, Premium Smart
Rating: 99
#3. Leblon Cachaca Price: $30 Category: Cachaca Smart Rating: 99
#2. Zaya Gran Reserva Rum
Price: $35 Category: Aged Smart
Rating: 99
#1. Ron Abuelo 12 Year Old Rum Price: $25 Category: Aged Smart
Rating: 100
