ever since I started getting into rum, I was on the search for new rums with specific flavors and lately for the best rum you can get in the range of 40 - 80 €. If you enjoyed typical beginner rums up to 40€ and are curious to take a step forward to more advanced rums, I’m happy to present you a list containing the best price-performance rums you can get. This list is a result of a data analysis I did based on the ratings from rumratings.com and rum-x.com and up to date prices from various online shops. If you are interested in how exactly this was done, just let me know. In short, I was looking for ~80+ rated rums on both sites and then ordering them by their performance/price-ratio. Since sugared rums are kind of a dealbreaker for some folks, I put eventually sweetened rums into a separate list. Here we go:
Best price-performance rum (non-sugared) between 40-80€:
Abuelo Two Oaks
Foursquare Rum Sixtysix Cask Strength 12-year
Neisson Profile 105
English Harbour High Congener (plus their Madeira cask Finish)
Chairman’s Reserve Vintage 2005
Hampden estate 8-year / Overproof
Real McCoy Limited Edition 12-year
Facundo Eximo
Malecon 1996 Rare Proof 20-year
HSE Grande Reserve XO
Doorly’s 14-year
Dictador XO Perpetual / Insolent
Depaz Millésime
Ron Esclavo XO Cask
Most of Foursquare Exceptional cask series (if you are lucky to get a bottle below 80€)
Rhum J.M Calvados/Cognac Cask Finish
Rum Artesanal Australia
Chairman’s Reserve 1931
Rum Nation Barbados Anniversary 12-Year
Depaz Grande Reserve XO
Appleton Estate 21-Year
Plantation Barbados Single Cask Wild Cherry Finish 12-Year
Best-price-performance rum (eventually sugared) between 40-80€:
Spirits of old man: Project One
Plantation XO 20th anniversary
Centenario Fundación 20/25 Años
Oliver’s Exquisito 1985
Brugal Leyenda
Puntacana Club XOX 50
Quorhum 30-year
Surely, these lists miss some rums. I will update them when rum-x will get an advanced filter search function or when you name a rum that should be on that list and which complies with my analysis
@Oliver I have seen your list! If you are just focusing on the best value, most of the rums you will find come from the 20-40€ range. As your list proves!
Hi Tim,
this is indeed a very interesting list. I can fully subscribe to the English Harbour High Congener, the Hampden 8 yrs, the Saint Lucia Chairmans Reserve and the Dictador XO Insolent. Despite the fact that it has become more expensive latetely, I believe that the Black Tot 50 should not be missing on the list, if you are into navy style rums (as am I). On Spanish type solera rums, my favourite is the Cubaney Centenario, which I believe, also provides very decent value for the money.
all the best,
Michael
Ich meine der hat ein paar Gramm Zucker drin. Ich weiß nicht die genaue Angabe aber trotzdem für mich ein absoluter Knaller. Ich liebe Brugal (vielleicht auch daher dass ich schon ein paar Mal vor Ort war)…
