The 4th annual Miami Rum Week kicked off with a bang yesterday with rum soaked brand briefings and VIP parties. Here’s what happened… ____________________________________________________ We made the beautiful drive north from Key West to Miami yesterday, checked into the Deauville Hotel in Miami Beach and immediately got mixed up in all the Rum Renaissance fun. [...]
The Rum Bus is packed to the roof and patiently idling in front of Rum Connection headquarters. The road trip to Miami for Rum Renaissance starts right now!! ____________________________________________________ We’ve been talking about it for weeks and the time has finally come to pack up our cameras and computers and make our way north to [...]
“Had the 4 Seasons arrived on the island of Nevis before Christopher Columbus, the New World may have been different.” HITC spends a rummy week in Nevis. ______________________________________________________ Click here for the full story.
Angostura expands, Captain Morgan launches Black Spiced, Stolen Rum wins a Double Gold and Barrel House releases the new Oak Rum in this week’s news. _____________________________________________________ Barrel House Distilling Co. of Lexington, KY has released a barrel aged 105 proof rum. Oak Rum, as it is called, will be available in Illinois, Kentucky and online. [...]
It’s Friday!! Ditch work, grab the iPod and a bottle of rum and get ready for a lazy afternoon. Here’s the latest installment of Music to Drink Rum To. ____________________________________________________ A few years ago we found ourselves on the back roads of St. Croix in a rented Jeep searching for out-of-the-way rum shops and dive [...]
After 60 years of quietly producing quality rum in Belize, Cuello Distilling begins to gain the recognition they deserve. Here’s more about this family owned brand. _____________________________________________________ Distilling Tradition & Quality Most people who visit Belize go for the fishing and diving, but you can hardly claim to know this beautiful country without sampling some of [...]
The rum category cleaned up at the latest San Francisco Spirits Competition. Vizcaya, Cockspur, Rhum JM and Sammy’s Beach Bar all score top honors. ____________________________________________________ The San Francisco World Spirits Competition held its esteemed judging from March 22nd-25th at the Hotel Nikko in downtown San Francisco. With continued growth in its 12th year, 1,215 premium spirits [...]
“There’s more to Jamaica than just reggae.” A Bob Marley fanatic with SundayWorld.com explores the food, bars, rum, art, architecture and music of Jamaica. _______________________________________________________ Click here for the full story.
Miami’s Rum Renaissance Festival is a week of parties, tasting sessions, seminars and cocktail competitions. Here’s our favorite drink from Rum Ren. 2011. ___________________________________________________ Bermuda Triangle Cocktail A very warm and lazy day by the pool at the Deauville Hotel transitioned into a night under the stars with another lively cocktail competition hosted by Barritt’s [...]
Whether enjoyed as an aperitif, digestif, cocktail mixer or as a remedy to calm a hangover, bitters are back! Urban Moonshine brand enters the scene. ____________________________________________ New Organic Bitters from Urban Moonshine Over the last few years, the selection of bitters at our local liquor store has gone from one lonely bottle of Angostura to [...]
Miami’s annual Rum Renaissance Festival is right around the corner and promises to be the biggest and best rum event to date. Here’s a look at what to expect. ___________________________________________________ The fourth annual Miami Rum Renaissance Festival begins on Monday, April 16 with a series of evening VIP parties hosted by leading rum brands at [...]
Long a favorite among cocktail and spirits enthusiasts, Appleton Estate Reserve scores the Chairman’s Trophy at the 2012 Ultimate Spirits Challenge. ____________________________________________________ Appleton Estate Reserve proudly accepted the Ultimate Spirits Challenge Chairman’s Trophy last week as the top overall selection in the rum category in the 2012 competition, surpassing all other rum brands. The Ultimate [...]
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