Best White Rum Brands To Make The Most Delicious Cocktails

Starting strong with a crowd favourite! I would be extremely rich if I got a dollar every time someone recommended Old Monk for this list. Launched in 1855, Old Monk White Rum has a sweetish taste with nuances of coconut and light strokes of citrus in the frame, along with vanilla accents on the palate. It's an absolutely OG, a true representative of the Indian alcohol scene, and has a smooth, creamy consistency.

Alcohol Percentage: 37.5% ABV

Price: INR 215 on Mansionz

Maka Zai is the new upcoming rum brand that emerged all the way from the Goan seashore. In Konkani. it means 'I want' and that's exactly the sentiment they have retained with the flavour profile. It's a super high-quality and matured white rum, giving the symphonious notes of the sugarcane grown in and around the Panchaganga river in Maharashtra. This is a luscious rum meant to be sipped or added in a tweaked Manhattan. The brand also offers a dark rum variant.

Alcohol Percentage: 42.8% ABV

Price: INR 1,995 on Mansionz

Founded in 1862, Bacardi is one of the most 'IT' spirits at the moment, popular among everyone who knows and loves their 'good times'. This rum brand has a rich history and uses high-quality molasses sourced from around the world. Floral and fruity, this white rum serves up orange blossom, lavender, and rose, teamed with apricot, lime, light coconut, and ripe banana. It’s smooth and creamy, along with many fun flavours that add just the right amount of pizzazz to any cocktail. 

Alcohol Percentage: 37.5% ABV

Price: INR 2,390 at Delhi Duty Free

Don't be surprised to find Captain Morgan on this list. This is one of the best and most affordable white rums that you need to have on your radar. With 40 per cent alcohol content, this white rum is distilled five times and made with fine cane molasses, making it extremely smooth and refreshing. We recommend it for the most perfect mojito, and its price point makes it all the more great in our books.

Alcohol Percentage: 40% ABV

Price: INR 2,700 on Livcheers

Straight from California, Malibu white rum has 20 per cent alcohol strength and carries the strong flavour of sweet coconut, making it absolutely perfect for summer especially. The aroma of this spirit is very well-rounded, with a sweet note of custard on the side. The silky-smooth texture is addicting, and once you taste it, we are sure you won't be able to get enough of it (like us).

Alcohol Percentage: 21% ABV

Price: INR 2,390 at Delhi Duty Free

Sour peaches, cherry, esters, pineapple, and tropical fruit—Amrut Indie white rums have the most interesting flavour profile, which goes really well with a variety of cocktails. The flavour of fruity Brabs' caramel, pickles, plantain, olives, and varnished cedar gives the most delightful notes and is absolutely perfect for an evening with scintillating music, great conversation, and delicious cocktails. 

Alcohol Percentage: 42.8% ABV

Price: INR 1,750 at Bottle Store Bangalore

Exclusively available in Goa, Sitara white rum is another highly recommended choice for a great set of mojitos. Sitara white rum is aged to perfection, with a buttery, caramel, coconut flavour, a slight sense of roasted almonds, and a subtle hint of ripe fruits. It's a perfect party pick-up, and you need to experience it while in Goa.

Alcohol Percentage: 42.8% ABV

Price: INR 1,200 in Goa

If you are deep into Cuban cocktail recipes, then Havana Club is not a new name for you. The white rum Havana Club 3 is an essential ingredient for your classic Cuban cocktail recipes. Aged in Cuba from local sugarcane molasses, it combines the fresh, green notes of sugarcane with the fruity notes of Caribbean rum and takes your mojitos and daiquiris up a notch. 

Alcohol Percentage: 40% ABV

Price: INR 1,500 in Haryana

This homegrown brand is a Shark Tank baby and is upping the stakes with their rum variants that are triple distilled and made in small batches using sugarcane, present in abundancy in our country. For white rum, they have three variants — the Coastal White Rum that plays with woody and sweet notes with a touch of vanilla, the Zesty Lemon that's perfect for cocktails and the Tropical Coconut that reminds of you of the last beach vacation you took with its creamy flavour. 

Alcohol Percentage: 40% ABV

Price: INR 1,500 on Living Liquidz

This Indian liquor brand believes in keeping it uncomplicated, thus the name Short Story that reflects their idea to keep things simple with their branding and packaging, but the quality and flavours of their white rum does make great noise. This is tehir take on a Caribbean rum wherein they have combined Indian molasses rum with Jamaican, Trinidadian and Dominican flavours and aged it beautifully to give a long and complex finish.

Alcohol percentage: 40% ABV

Price: INR 1,300 at Mumbai Duty Free