I don’t typically like to get multiples of a brand new rum, just in case I don’t like it categorically. I only got one Old Monk, just in case I ended up hating it. I only got one Worthy Park back when I bought it, also just in case. But, I felt safe buying multiple Jamaican-forward rums from Hamilton, because Hamilton 86 was alright, and I like Jamaican rum in general. So, now I have Breezeway Blend as well, which I probably wouldn’t have bought, had I known that I wasn’t going to like Jamaican pot still gold.

Note: This rum is a blend of two rums: Jamaican pot still blonde, and white stache. Jamaican Pot Still Blonde is from the Worthy Park Estate in Jamaica. The white stache blend is a Trinidad base with Dominican and Demerara portions added. The Jamaican pot still blonde rum is pot distilled, and I could find no info about how the white stache blend portions are distilled. Educated guess says all 3 are column still, but that’s just a guess on my part. The Jamaican pot still blonde rum is the Jamaican pot still gold/black rum, which is then aged for 18 months in ex-St. Lucian rum barrels, then blended with another 1 year old pot still rum from Worthy Park, and aged another 6 months. Various sources describe white stache as a blend of three lightly aged rums, but I could find no specifics. From Ed Hamilton: “if you’re still reading this, I want you to know there is nothing in this bottle but rum and filtered, well water. No flavors, sugar, glycerine or anything else that you might find in other spirits.”

Review

Smell

Much like the Jamaican pot still gold, I am getting a smell of grassy, briny, clairin-like rum. A bit of pineapple, overripe banana, and olives.

Taste

It also has that very specific taste profile of Worthy Park, iykyk. It’s a bit harsh, but not as harsh as Bacardi Superior. Lightly fruity, a bit of grassy taste, in fact it kind of gives me San Zanj vibes, with regards to it being both fruity and grassy. I like how crisp and light it is, which is something I like in a white rum. It’s actually not as grassy and industrial as I was preparing for, and it has a nice coconut note on the finish.

And, I mean, Ed Hamilton himself said that this blend was made specifically for daiquiris. So, let’s make some daiquiris. One with Bacardi Superior, one with Breezeway Blend, one with San Zanj, and one with Planteray 3 Stars, just to cover our bases. Don’t worry, this test was done over the course of two days.

Bacardi makes a pretty darn good daiquiri. Maybe I haven’t had it in a while, but Bacardi always surprises me with just how “not that bad” it always turns out to be. Of course, I feel like it’s clearly beaten by Breezeway Blend. The fruity and grassy flavors just elevate it. But, alas, I prefer both San Zanj and Planteray 3 Stars to Breezeway Blend. The fruity flavors are just bolder and better.

Verdict 6.5/10

(Edited from 6/10 on 6/11/26)

I am actually not upset that I got this blend, because I saw it and thought “oh, great, so basically a good Jamaican rum watered down with boring TDL rum, who wants that?”, and after not liking the Jamaican rum, I was even more worried about this bottle. But, maybe white stache is just that good. Or, maybe this blend is greater than the sum of its parts. It does make a pretty darn good daiquiri. It’s comfortably better than Bacardi, but that being said, it’s not only beaten by Planteray 3 Stars (another TDL based rum with a Jamaican component) in taste, it’s also beaten in price. 6/10.

June 11, 2026 Update:

Honestly, this blend has grown on me, and San Zanj and Planteray 3 stars has… un-grown. Now I think they’re all tied at 6.5/10.