Our tour of the Belizean beach bar scene continues with a trek to the tip of an island for rum and jerk chicken, but we don’t find exactly what we’d hoped. ______________________________________________________ No surprises here: good food and drink have a tendency to play a big part in the lives of the Rum Connection team. [...]
Montanya Rum Distillers of Crested Butte, Colorado was named “Best Après Adventure Bar” in Outside Magazine’s 2012 Global Travel Awards. ____________________________________________________ Montanya Distillers of Crested Butte, CO has been selected by Outside Magazine as a recipient of its first-ever Active Travel Awards. Montanya Distillers was honored as Best Après Adventure Bar. The full list of award winners will be [...]
Meet Luis Ayala, a Texas-based rum consultant, collector, enthusiast, promoter and publisher of Got Rum Magazine. Here’s our interview. _____________________________________________________ How and when did you become interested in rum? From a very young age, my grandfather taught me how to mix cocktails (mainly so I could keep making them for him during gatherings/parties). I was [...]
With only 200 bottles of Bacardi Vintage MMXII hitting the market, it’s become an instant collectors item. Here’s what sets this rare rum apart from the others. ____________________________________________________ Proud Family Expertise with Ron Bacardi, de Maestros de Ron, Vintage, MMXII “We have gathered the most experienced master blenders of Bacardi and made a unique rum for our [...]
Bacardi celebrates their 150th business anniversary by launching a new $2000 limited edition bottling called Maestros de Ron, Vintage MMXII. __________________________________________________ To commemorate the rum-making standards achieved by Bacardi 150 years ago, family-owned Bacardi Limited announces a first—the rarest Bacardi rum ever released, as a celebration of the expertise and craftsmanship in every bottle. An unprecedented [...]
Modern day bootlegging in Jamaica, a simple Punch recipe, Prince Harry loves One Barrel, another Beach Bar Rum review and much more in this week’s news. ____________________________________________________ Prince Harry makes a trip to Belize and gets a taste of local music, dance, food and One Barrel Rum! People Magazine has the details. NY Daily reports [...]
Bundaberg Rum Co. has released an amusing new iPhone app called IngeniOmeter aimed at determining whether the user is top shelf or bottom of the barrel. ___________________________________________________ The maker of Bundaberg Rum has released its first-ever smart phone application, a program used to gauge people’s ingenuity – in the spirit of the company’s historic millers. With [...]
Our research takes the Belizean floating pub crawl into uncharted waters with a jaunt toward the Mexican border in search of the super-elusive Aquarium Bar. ____________________________________________________ The Belize leg of the floating pub crawl started off with a bang. The cocktails and atmosphere at Rojo Lounge cannot be beat, and we will definitely be back [...]
‘Tis the season of cocktail competitions. Don Q Rum and the United States Bartenders’ Guild announce the 2012 Mix It Up Ultimate Mixology Challenge. ____________________________________________________ Serralles USA, exclusive distributors of Don Q Rum, proudly announce the launch of the “2012 Mix It Up Ultimate Mixology Challenge.” This multi-staged mixology competition in conjunction with the United [...]
Look out Havana Club! There’s another Cuban rum positioning itself for a larger piece of the export rum pie. Ron Santiago de Cuba expands their line. _____________________________________________________ To increase their exporting assortment, the spirits firm Ron Santiago de Cuba announced that it will roll out a new line of light and dark rums within the [...]
Barbados has turned to social media to spread their tourism message and wants to reward you for listening. Rum, beer and hotel stays are all up for grabs. _____________________________________________________ The Barbados Tourism Authority (BTA) proudly announces that their Facebook page has reached over 50,000 fans! In celebration of this milestone and to reward loyal followers, the [...]
“After 3 days of history, glorious beaches and rum, I’ve realised that there is a great deal more to Puerto Rico than gaudy casinos and burger chains.” Daily Mail ___________________________________________________________ Love for Puerto Rico from DailyMail.co. Click here for the full story.
Sammy Hagar talks rum, a look at Callwood Distillery, Leblon launches in Australia, strong cocktails at Seabright and more in this week’s rum news. ____________________________________________________ The Sun reports that Sammy Hagar continued the roll out of his new Beach Bar Rum at a star-studded event and tasting at the Cabo Wabo Cantina in Las Vegas. Carl [...]
New York’s Shingo Gokan tops a field of 26 of the world’s best bartenders to win this year’s Bacardi Global Legacy Cocktail Competition. _____________________________________________________ United States Bartender Shingo Gokan from New York City is the winner of the 2012 BACARDI Global Legacy Cocktail Competition (BGLCC) hosted by BACARDI. Gokan emerged from a field of 26 [...]
Our floating pub crawl continues, this time on the beautiful island of Ambergris Caye in Belize. First stop, rum cocktail sampling at Rojo Lounge. Here we go! _____________________________________________________ Our first-ever floating pub crawl last October was so much fun that we decided to do it again, this time in Belize. Much like our research trip [...]
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