2001 until 2004 rated the International Rum Festival always the best rums worldwide. They rate in different categories and gave the winner a Gold, Silver or Bronce Medal. In 2006, Edward Hamilton, of the Ministry of Rum conducted the International Sugar Cane Spirits Tasting Competition in Ybor City, Florida where 59 sugar cane spirits from around the world competed. If you click on the link below you see all Gold Medal winners from 2002 until 2006.
http://www.spirituosen-superbillig.de/rumbewertungen/index.htm