Reserva Ocho is a do-it-all shelf staple — cheap enough to make a punch with and smooth enough to drink on the rocks. This top-notch rum comes from an odd place: America. By most accounts ...

Distilled with a blend of Barbados, Dominican, Jamaican and Trinidadian rum, then aged in white oak ex-bourbon casks, it is lovely neat or mixed into your favourite cocktail. But it’s not cheap!

It's named for Rev. Elijah Craig, who reportedly discovered a bourbon-making method by storing the liquor in fire-charred barrels. Rye whiskey is an underappreciated liquor fundamental to a good ...