Here are brief descriptions and tasting notes on five rums the IWSC judging deemed essential for a home bar and the perfect base for rum cocktails.

A Hurricane is a party in a glass, a cocktail that is as much of a whirlwind as its namesake. The iconic New Orleans drink is ...

The tropical concoction typically is made with rum, blackberry brandy, banana liqueur, orange juice, pineapple juice and ...

Outside of Brazil (where it is the best-selling spirit), cachaça is best known for its starring role in the caipirinha—a simple three-ingredient, lime-infused cocktail. Rum drinkers will find ...

The sweet and sour combination of vanilla vodka, passion fruit liqueur ... or other glass of your choice into the freezer. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Halve the passionfruit, scoop out ...