“A rare bottle of rum fetched $20,000 at auction Wednesday night, as the Distilled Spirits Council held its annual heritage dinner…” Click here for the full story.
A very strange tidbit about the drinking techniques of one of the most infamous rummies of all time, Ernest Hemingway. Click here for details.
…has a variety of rum that tops 40 brands, a crew of master bartenders and an ultra-hip opium den vibe. Give them a try next time you’re in Melbourne. Click here for the where and when.
Do you have fruit and white rum laying around? Rejiggered gives you a great excuse to test your bartending skills with their rum infusion recipe. Click here for the how-to.
The Stogie Guys review one of our favorite rums from Trinidad, Angostura 1919, and match it up with a few medium bodied cigars. Enjoy. Click here for their review.
From The Economic Times – NEW DELHI: Havana Club, the celebrated Cuban rum, is entering the Indian market. Click here for the full story.
Blackwell Fine Jamaica Rum makes a big splash into a market that is well known for pretty damn good rum. Jamaica Gleaner has the story.
NPR correspondent Tom Gjelten tells the story of Bacardi’s tenure in Cuba until Fidel Castro nationalized the distillery in 1960. A great read! Get it here.
After a federal law change, American micro-breweries test the waters for micro-distilled spirits, including a few very nice rums by Rogue and Dogfish Head. Click here for the full story.
The Bundaberg Rum Distillery visitor center in central Queensland draws nearly 70,000 guests annually after $2.5 million renovation. Click here for details.
After Matusalem Gran Reserva won “Best Rum” at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition the guys over at Blog Critics give it the once over. Click here for more.
By Ian Neubauer – Theshout.com.au – The Lark Distillery is soon to release Rum Island, Tasmania’s first commercially produced rum in 169 years. Check out the full story.
Old New Orleans Rum boosts production to 9000 cases a year to meet demand after Hurricane Katrina. All those IRFC medals don’t hurt either. Click here for the full story.
Timothy Barber at City A.M. talks about the growing popularity of premium rum and rum based cocktails. I’m getting thirsty. Click here for more.
The marketing geeks at 10 Cane hit another homer with this series of ad posters being released this summer. Commercial Archive breaks it down for you.
