Best New Rum of 2019: Admiral Rodney Royal Oak, Saint Lucia We’ve long adored Saint Lucia Distillers, the iconic distillery in Roseau, Saint Lucia, which continues to produce some of the Caribbean’s most interesting and creative molasses rums. This year, though, they raised the bar with a trio of new rums under the Admiral Rodney brand. Our favorite? The “middle” rum, the Admiral Rodney Royal Oak, a blend of twin-column Coffey-still rums from seven to 12 years aged in ex-bourbon barrels. In a word, it’s a marvel, and it almost redefines what’s possible from a column still rum. It’s velvety, it’s luscious and it’s almost unimaginably balanced.
