Martin Cate from Smuggler’s Cove has organized an excellent list of rums categorize by geographical origin, still type, and age. In the book, he describes several categories into which the bottles he recommends can be grouped. Of these categories, 8 have an associated number that he uses in his recipes rather than describing specific bottles. I’ve copied this list here for quick reference behind the bar. Items in bold will be easier to find. Italics means overproof.

Molasses and Evaporated Cane Rums

Pot Still Unaged

  • Hamilton Jamaica Gold (Jamaica)
  • Owney’s New York Rum (New York)
  • Pritchard’s Crystal (Tennessee)
  • Privateer Silver Reserve (Massachusetts)
  • Rum Society #40 (Guyana)
  • Rum Society #62 (Regional Blend)
  • Sammy’s Beach Bar Rum (Hawaii)
  • Sergeant Classic White (California)
  • Wray & Nephew (Jamaica)

 

Pot Still Lightly Aged ➊

  • Ballast Point Three Sheets Aged (California)
  • Diablo’s Shadow Navy Strength (California)
  • House Spirits Aged Rum (Oregon)
  • Journeyman Road’s End Organic Rum (Michigan)
  • Maggie’s Farm Queen’s Share Rum (Pennsylvania)
  • Montanya Oro and Platino (Colorado)
  • Pritchard’s Fine (Tennessee)
  • Privateer Amber (Massachusetts)
  • Ragged Mountain Rum (Massachusetts)
  • Richland Georgia Rum (Georgia)
  • Rum Society #65 (Regional Blend)
  • Smith & Cross (Jamaica)
  • Sun Rum Barrel Aged (Washington)
  • Thomas Tew Single Barrel (Rhode Island)

 

Pot Still Aged

  • Berry Bros & Rudd (Various)
  • Cadenhead (Various)
  • Duncan Taylor (Various)
  • El Dorado Single Barrel PM (Guyana)
  • Hamilton St. Lucia (St. Lucia)
  • Mezan (Various)
  • Plantation (Various)
  • Samaroli (Various)
  • St. Nicholas Abbey 5 Year (Barbados)

 

Pot Still Long Aged

  • Appleton Estate 50 Year (Jamaica)
  • Diplomatico Ambassador (Venezuela)
  • Diplomatico Single Vintage (Venezuela)
  • The Black Tot (Regional Blend)

 

Blended Lightly Aged ➋

  • Appleton Estate Signature Blend (Jamaica)
  • Banks 5 Island (Regional Blend)
  • Banks 7 Island (Regional Blend)
  • Cartavio Selecto 5 (Peru)
  • Chariman’s Reserve Silver (St. Lucia)
  • Cockspur Fine (Barbados)
  • Denizen (Regional Blend)
  • El Dorado 3 Year (Guyana)
  • Mount Gay Eclipse (Barbados)
  • Plantation 3 Star (Regional Blend)
  • Real McCoy 3 Year (Barbados)
  • Santa Teresa Claro (Venezuela)

 

Blended Aged ➌

  • Appleton Estate Reserve Blend (Jamaica)
  • Appleton Estate Rare Blend 12 (Jamaica)
  • Cadenhead Green Label (Regional Blend)
  • Cartavio Selecto 12 (Peru)
  • Cartavio Selecto 18 (Peru)
  • Chariman’s Reserve (St. Lucia)
  • Chariman’s Forgotten Casks (St. Lucia)
  • Cockspur 12 (Barbados)
  • Denizen Merchant’s Reserve (Regional Blend)
  • Diplomatico Reserva (Venezuela)
  • Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva (Venezuela)
  • Doorly’s 5 Year (Barbados)
  • Doorly’s 12 Year (Barbados)
  • Doorly’s XO (Barbados)
  • Dos Maderas 5+3 (Regional Blend)
  • Dos Maderas 5+5 (Regional Blend)
  • El Dorado 5 Year (Guyana)
  • El Dorado 8 Year (Guyana)
  • El Dorado 12 Year (Guyana)
  • Kaniché XO (Barbados)
  • Mount Gay Black Barrel (Barbados)
  • Mount Gay XO (Barbados)
  • Plantation 5 Year (Barbados)
  • Plantation 20th Anniversary (Barbados)
  • Provencia (Regional Blend)
  • Real McCoy 5 Year (Barbados)
  • Real McCoy 12 Year (Barbados)
  • RL Seale 9 Year Port Cask Finish (Barbados)
  • RL Seale 10 Year (Barbados)

 

Blended Long Aged

  • Appleton Estate 12 (Jamaica)
  • Banks the Endeavour (regional blend)
  • Cartavio XO (Peru)
  • El Dorado 15 Year (Guyana)
  • El Dorado 21 Year (Guyana)
  • El Dorado 25 Year (Guyana)
  • Mount Gay 1703 (Barbados)
  • Pusser’s 15 (regional blend)
  • Santa Teresa 1796 (Venezuela)
  • Smooth Ambler Revelation Rum (Jamaica)
  • St. Lucia Distillers 1931 (St. Lucia)

 

Column Still Lightly Aged

  • Bacardi Heritage 1909 (Mexico)
  • Caliche (Puerto Rico)
  • Caña Brava (Panama)
  • Crusoe Organic White (California)
  • Cruzan Estate Diamond (U.S. Virgin Islands)
  • Don Q Cristal (Puerto Rico)
  • Facundo Neo (Bahamas/Puerto Rico)
  • Flor de Caña Extra Dry 4 Year (Nicaragua)
  • Ron Del Barrilito 2 Star (Puerto Rico)
  • Scarlett Ibis (Trinidad)

 

Column Still Aged ➍

  • Admiral Rodney (St. Lucia)
  • Angostura 1824 (Trinidad)
  • Angostura 1919 (Trinidad)
  • Angostura 5 Year (Trinidad)
  • Angostura 7 Year (Trinidad)
  • Bacardi 8 (Bahamas)
  • Bacardi Reserva Limitada (Puerto Rico)
  • Brugal 1888 (Domincan Republic)
  • Brugal Extra Viejo (Domincan Republic)
  • Caña Brava 7 Year (Panama)
  • Cruzan Single Barrel (U.S. Virgin Islands)
  • Don Pancho Origines 8 (Panama)
  • Don Q Añejo (Puerto Rico)
  • Don Q Gran Añejo (Puerto Rico)
  • El Dorado Single Barrel EH (Guyana)
  • El Dorado Single Barrel ICBU (Guyana)
  • English Harbour 5 (Antigua)
  • English Harbour 10 (Antigua)
  • Facundo Eximo (Bahamas)
  • Facundo Exquisito (Puerto Rico)
  • Facundo Paraiso (Puerto Rico)
  • Flor de Caña 12 (Nicaragua)
  • Kirk & Sweeney 12 (Dominican Republic)
  • Kirk & Sweeney 18 (Dominican Republic)
  • Kirk & Sweeney 23 (Dominican Republic)
  • Ron Abuelo 12 (Panama)
  • Ron Abuelo 7 (Panama)
  • Ron Abuelo Centuria (Panama)
  • Ron Botran Reserva (Guatemala)
  • Ron Botran Solera 1893 (Guatemala)
  • Ron Cenenario 9 (Costa Rica)
  • Ron Cenenario 12 (Costa Rica)
  • Ron Cenenario 20 (Costa Rica)
  • Ron Cenenario 25 (Costa Rica)
  • Ron Del Barrilito 3 Star (Puerto Rico)
  • Ron Matusalem 15 (Dominican Republic)
  • Trigo (Puerto Rico)
  • Westerhall Plantation (Grenada)
  • Zacapa 23 (Guatemala)
  • Zacapa XO (Guatemala)
  • Zafra (Panama)

 

Column Still Long Aged

  • Don Pancho Origines 18 (Panama)
  • Don Pancho Origines 30 (Panama)
  • English Harbour 25 (Antigua)
  • Flor De Caña 18 (Nicaragua)
  • Flor De Caña 25 (Nicaragua)
  • Reserva de la Familia Serrallés 20 Year Old (Puerto Rico)

 

Black Pot Still

  • Hamilton Jamaica Black (Jamaica)

 

Black Blended ➎

  • Coruba (Jamaica)
  • Goslings’s Black Seal (regional blend)
  • Hamilton Guyana 86 (Guyana)
  • Kohala Bay (Jamaica)
  • Lemon Hart 80 (Guyana)
  • Pampero Anniversario (Venezuela)
  • Newfoundland Screech Jamaica\
  • Blackwell’s Black Gold (Jamaica)
  • Skipper Finest Old Demerara (Guyana)

 

Black Blended Overproof ➏

  • Hamilton Guyana 151 (Guyana)
  • Lemon Hart 151 (Guyana)
  • Plantation O.F.T.D. (regional blend)

Fresh Cane Juice Rums

Cane Coffey Still Aged

  • Rhum Barbancourt 5 Star (Haiti)
  • Rhum Barbancourt Estate Reserve (Haiti)

 

Cane Pot Still Unaged

  • Capovilla Agricole PMG (Marie Galante)
  • St. George California Agricole (California)

 

Cane Pot Still Aged

  • Capovilla Rhum Liberation 2010 (Marie Galante)
  • St. George California Reserve Agricole (California)

 

Cane AOC Martinique Rhum Agricole Blanc ➐

  • Clément Première Canne and Canne Bleve (Martinique)
  • Duquesne Blanc (Martinique)
  • La Favorite Blanc (Martinique)
  • Neisson Blanc (Martinique)
  • Neisson Le Rhum (Martinique)
  • Neisson L’Esprit Overproof (Martinique)
  • Rhum J.M White 100 proof (Martinique)

 

Cane AOC Martinique Rhum Agricole Vieux ➑

  • Clément V.S.O.P. (Martinique)
  • Clément 6 Year Très Vieux (Martinique)
  • Clément 10 Year Très Vieux (Martinique)
  • Duquesne Élevé Sous Bois (Martinique)
  • La Favorite Coeur de Rhum Ambré (Martinique)
  • La Favorite Coeur de Rhum Vieux (Martinique)
  • Neisson Élevé Sous Bois (Martinique)
  • Neisson Élevé Sous Bois Réserve Spéciale (Martinique)
  • Rhum J.M E.S.B. Gold (Martinique)
  • Rhum J.M E.S.B. Gold V.S.O.P. (Martinique)

 

Cane AOC Martinique Rhum Agricole Long Aged

  • Clément Cuvée Homere (Martinique)
  • Neisson 15 Year (Martinique)
  • Neisson 18 Year (Martinique)
  • Rhum J.M 1994 (Martinique)
  • Rhum J.M 1997 (Martinique)

 

Pot Still Unaged Cachaça

  • Avuá Prata (Brazil)
  • Novo Fogo Silver (Brazil)

 

Pot Still Aged Cachaça

  • Avuá Amburana (Brazil)
  • Novo Fogo Gold (Brazil)