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Rum Journal: The Rum Awards 2016

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - December 22, 2016 - 5:51 pm

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Best Spiced Rum: Siesta Key Distiller’s Reserve Solera Blend

One rum brand has won more of our Rum Awards than any other, and it’s a boutique distillery in Florida called Drum Circle Distilling. Distiller Troy Roberts’ Siesta Key Rum has won this category every year since the original Rum Awards in 2012, and thanks to creativity and continued, overwhelming quality it’s hard to see that changing. The latest Distiller’s Reserve is another spiced rum using natural ingredients that is, without a doubt, the world’s best spiced rum.

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