The Best Flavored Rums

This Banana Rum is one of the new flavor extensions from the Blue Chair Bay Rum brand. The rum is distilled from molasses in Barbados and spends at least one year in oak. The flavored rums are sold at a lower proof (53 proof) than their base white rum (80 proof).

Elixir de Cuba is the flagship spirit in the Ron Legendario collection. Rums that have aged at least 7 years in American white oak are blended together and barrel-aged for 30-45 days with syrup, macerated raisins, and distilled water. After filtration, this dark flavored rum is bottled at 34% ABV.

This maple cask-finished rum is produced in Vermont's Mad River Valley, where the distillery takes its name. It's initially made using the same process as their First Run Rum, which is distilled from sourced demerara sugar that's fair-trade certified. It matures in a combination of toasted and charred barrels, before finishing in barrels previously used to age Vermont maple syrup.

This expression is distilled from pure cane sugar in a copper pot still and cut with filtered water from Mount Waiʻaleʻale. It is then infused with coffee from Kauaʻi Coffee Company. It is bottled at 34% ABV.

RumHaven is a Caribbean rum with coconut liqueur. The rum is distilled from cane sugar and the coconut liqueur is made from coconut water. It's bottled at 21% ABV.

Kōloa Rum Company is the first and only licensed distillery on the Island of Kaua’i. It is distilled in a copper still and is made from crystallized sugar. The rum is bottled with no barrel aging. Their coconut offering is their base rum with the addition of natural coconut flavoring.

Named for a character in Charles Dickens’ “The Pickwick Papers,” the Pineapple Stiggins’ Fancy Rum began as a one-off collaboration between Alexandre Gabriel and cocktail historian David Wondrich. The demand was strong enough that Plantation made it a proper release. Pineapple rinds are infused with their Plantation 3 Stars Rum for one week, then pot distilled. The fruit is separately steeped in Plantation Original Dark Rum for three months. The two liquids are blended and the resulting Pineapple Rum is rested in casks for three months before bottling.

Don Q Coco is lower proof version of the popular Puerto Rican distillery's base spirit, with the addition of natural coconut flavoring.

This expression is named for a Filipino masked carnival, a.k.a. Smile festival. It is pot distilled and infused with local honey (calamansi) and other botanicals. It is matured in ex-bourbon casks before bottling.

Siesta Key Toasted Coconut Rum is produced in small batches and flavored with real shredded coconut. It is bottled at 35% ABV.