If you somehow have a strange inclination to read my blog then you might think I do nothing apart from eat and drink all the time. Well, I do work and I thought I would treat the team to one of the things I have been into lately and thus mix rum tasting with work. Well, after work to be precise.

I asked Peter Holland from the Floating Rum Shack, who also runs a monthly Bournemouth Rum Club, if this was something he could do for me and he kindly said yes. If you want to do the same for work or otherwise, then contact him through his website or through Twitter @FloatingRumShac.

I won't go into the gory details as that is a trade secret but suffice to say we got a bit squiffy and the team had their eyes well and truly opened to the world wide range of rums.

You can see the expanse of rums that he brought along that night and my personal favourites I have showcased. From the few that I have tried, the HSE ones just exhibit class and complexity. The Germana cachaca was such a surprise as well.

Don't tell Peter but after he left we were mixing up Cachaca and ginger beer because we were thirsty as anything after all that pure spirits.