Here are brief descriptions and tasting notes on five rums the IWSC judging deemed essential for a home bar and the perfect base for rum cocktails.

If you’re a rum drinker, you know about the rum-crafting prowess of the iconic brand Foursquare. This Barbados-based distillery is well-known for its collaborations and limited-release rums.

Doorly’s produces a range of rums at the Foursquare Distillery in Barbados. Rob Burr, a long-time rum collector, founder of Rob’s Rum Guide, and co-producer of the Miami Rum Renaissance ...