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 [...]
Beach hopping, relaxing and rum drinking all make the New York Times list of things to do while spending just 36 hours in Trinidad. Sign us up!! ____________________________________________________ Click here for the full story.
A new rum distillery opens in South Florida, Robb Report sips Vintage MMXII, Rum Collective returns to Vancouver and much more in this week’s rum news. _____________________________________________________ Attention Philly foodies: next Wednesday and Thursday be sure to Dine Out for a Good Cause. 10 local restaurants (including our favorite, Rum Bar) will be donating a [...]
Summer is almost here and it’s time to order a Rum Connection t-shirt. All proceeds support the travel and drinking practices of the site’s owner. Thank you… _________________________________________________________ Stay Cool with RC Gear The Rum Connection Shop is bursting at the seams with two shirt designs that’ll keep you looking sharp. Whether you’re at the [...]
For all you gamers out there… Embark on the timeless pursuit of life, love and loot with the new mobile game from Captain Morgan Spiced Rum. _____________________________________________________ Today, the makers of Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum released Captain’s Conquest, a groundbreaking mobile social game that rewards players for real-life exploration, adventure and social influence by transforming [...]
Kahuna Kevin is back with another beautifully produced cocktail book. Why is the Rum Gone? – Volume 2 is a winner. Check it out!! ____________________________________________________ Following the super successful release of Why is the Rum Gone? – Volume 1, Kahuna Kevin returned to his cocktail lab and created another stack of fine tiki drinks. After narrowing [...]
We introduced Barbancourt Pango and 3-Star to the Key West cocktail scene last Friday and got an overwhelming response. Here’s the top drink of the day. ____________________________________________________ Part of the fun of hosting a rum tasting in Key West is the prep work, or research as we like to call it. You can’t talk intelligently [...]
After a single year of limited distribution, the new line of agricole from R. St Barth is making waves around the world. Here’s more about this hot new brand. ____________________________________________________ NEW PRODUCT ALERT: This is one to watch! R. St Barth is a new boutique producer of fine spirits that launched a line of high-end [...]
The Telegraph discovers the history, beautiful beaches, culture and cocktail scene of Bermuda in their latest 48 Hours segment. Enjoy. ____________________________________________________ Click here for the full story.
Malibu Red debuts, Caribbean Journal discovers Dos Maderas 5+3, Seleccion de Maestros hits the Czech Republic and much more in this week’s rum news. ____________________________________________________ Caribbean Journal.com launches Rum Journal, a segment that examines the wonderful world of cane spirits. Their first piece looks into the super-premium Dos Maderas 5+3. “One can imagine my intrigue [...]
Spring has arrived and rum season is knocking at your door! Brugal gets in the spirit with a few cocktails made with their popular Blanco Especial Rum. __________________________________________________________ Winter may not have been as cold and nasty as usual in some parts of the world, but the official start of spring gets us in a rummy [...]
While browsing the aisles of one of our favorite spirits shops we discover Alma de Bohemio, a Panamanian rum that has somehow eluded our grasp until now. _________________________________________________________ Bohemian Soul by Mike Streeter . Two weeks ago, while lazily driving south on US1 through the Florida Keys, I stopped at a place called Discount [...]
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