Check out the El Macua, Nicaragua’s national drink. 181 calories and 14 carbohydrates worth of rummy goodness. Get the recipe here.
Drinkhacker shows some love for two popular rums, Gosling’s Black Seal and Gosling’s Gold. It’s nice to see these two getting some well-deserved respect. Check out Drinkhacker for the full review.
Representatives from 10 countries rally behind Havana Club as their trademark battle continues. Click here for the full story.
Lamb’s Navy Rum celebrates 160 years in business and pays tribute to Navy veterans and the obscure language they created on the high seas. Check out the full story.
Bacardi makes 77 job cuts at their flagship distillery as they move forward with a corporate restructure. Some bottling will move to the mainland US and UK. Get more details here.
New Orleans bartender, Maksym Pazuniak, takes the Tales of the Cocktail challenge and creates a new and improved version of an old classic…..The Creole Julep. Get the full article and recipe here.
“The centre of the Milky Way galaxy tastes of raspberry and tastes of rum according to astronomers.” A very strange tidbit from Metro.co.
Liquor giant, Diageo, celebrates Earth Day by announcing its commitment to several environmental initiatives across North America. Get the details here.
The Foodczar finds a new appreciation for rum while attending a tasting hosted by Andrea Bearbower of Cruzan. Read on at the Foodczar blog.
Another Colorado based distillery is gaining credibility with a variety of high end spirits. Leopold Bros. has a full line-up including Single Barrel Dark Rum. Click here for more details.
A bbq aficionado’s journey to Cuba results in true love for mojitos. Included is a classic recipe from La Bodeguita del Medio, Hemingway’s hangout. Click here for more.
A young actor-turned-bartender gives up the goods on El Floridita, including the original daiquiri recipe that Papa Hemingway enjoyed daily. Click here for more.
Kaiser Penguin and the rest of the Thursday Drink Night crew put together nearly 50 tasty cocktails made with Mount Gay Rum. Some very nice recipes here!
Gay rights activists hosted a “rum dump” in front of New York’s Stonewall Inn as part of their “Boycott Jamaica” campaign. Get the details at Village Voice.
Malibu-Kahlua is set to lay off 50 people in July from their facility in White Plains, New York. Pernod Ricard plans to manage both brands from Stockholm. Click here for more details.
