Cockspur Rum wins big at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition scoring a Double Gold medal and being selected as Best Gold Rum. _____________________________________________ The West Indies Rum Distillery, producers of Cockspur Rum, has announced its results in the 2012 San Francisco World Spirits Competition. Cockspur Fine Rum, the Distillery’s flagship brand, brought home a [...]
Plantation Rum brings home an unprecedented nine medals, including 4 Best in Class, from the Rum XP Tasting Competition. Here are the details. ___________________________________________________________ Suntan, snapshots and seashells. That’s what most people bring home from a trip to Miami. But if you are Plantation Rum from producer Cognac Ferrand, you bring home the gold. Gold [...]
A giant selection of rum was sampled and scored last week in Miami as part of the 4th annual Rum XP Tasting Competition. The winners are…. ____________________________________________________________ While everyone was partying last week at the Rum Renaissance Festival in Miami, a group of judges was hunkered down in a super-secret tasting room at the Deauville [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
2200 entries have been narrowed down to 24 finalists for the Outstanding Bar Award from the James Beard Foundation. Here are the finalists. __________________________________________________________ Campari has announced that it will be the presenting sponsor of the James Beard Foundation Awards’ first-ever “Outstanding Bar Program Award.” The debut award category breaks new ground by recognizing a restaurant or [...]
Angostura’s commitment to producing fine rums has been reinforced after being crowned Rum Grand Master 2011 in London. Read on… ______________________________________________________ Angostura’s portfolio of Pure Trinidadian rum was recognised at the Spirits Master Series, one of the world’s most respected and high profile blind tasting competitions in the industry. The judging panel was chaired by Dominic [...]
Find The Best.com pulls together data from the industry’s most trusted experts and awards Smart Badges to the top 10 alcoholic beverages. __________________________________________________________________________ Rum Lover’s Top 10 FindTheBest, an unbiased data-driven comparison engine, just released the Smart Badges for the highest rated alcoholic beverages—beers, brandy, champagne, wine, gin, rum, tequila, vodka, and whiskey— just [...]
Martinique’s Travel Promotion Bureau wins a Silver Magellan Award for La Route des Rhums, a self-guided tour of the island’s tradition of rum distilling. _____________________________________________________ The Martinique Promotion Bureau was recently named among the winners of Travel Weekly’s Magellan Awards. Among the travel industry’s top honors, Magellan Awards recognize the very best in marketing and design [...]
The Caribbean Alcohol Beverage Tasting Competition was held last week during the second annual Rum & Beer Festival in Barbados. The winners are…. ____________________________________________________ White Rum Gold – El Dorado White – Demerara Distillers Silver – Mount Gay Silver – Mount Gay Distillers Bronze – Clarkes Court White – Grenada Distillers Overproof Rum Gold – [...]
The UK Rum Fest and its founder, Ian Burrell, hosted the second annual Golden Rum Barrel Awards last weekend in London. Here are the winners… _____________________________________________________ Rum Distillery of the Year Foursquare Distillery, Barbados Rum Distiller of the Year Richard Seale (Foursquare, Barbados) Rum Blender of the Year Tito Cordero (Venezuela, Diplomatico) Rum Blogger of [...]
The American Academy of Hospitality Sciences proudly bestows its coveted Five-Star Diamond Award to Puerto Rico’s Destilería Serrallés for DonQ Gran Añejo. ___________________________________________________ The American Academy of Hospitality Sciences (AAHS) just doesn’t give its Five-Star rating to any rum; in fact they found only one worthy enough of this honor: Don Q Gran Añejo. This prestigious honor will be [...]
The SIP Awards recently hosted its 2011 competition at the Vin de Syrah Spirit & Wine Parlor in downtown San Diego. Here are the results. ____________________________________________________ Distillers rallied their highest quality spirits to compete for the coveted status as a consumer favorite. The competition, which enlists consumers to form its judging panel, featured 73 judges [...]
The Spirited Awards, the ultimate nod of excellence from the booze world, announce their 2011 nominees. Winners will be awarded at Tales of the Cocktail. ___________________________________________ Tales Announces Award Nominees Nominees have been chosen by a group of esteemed members of the cocktail industry for the prestigious Spirited Awards. The Ceremony will be held in [...]
The Rum XP Tasting Competition was held last week in Miami. Rums were sampled, scored and medals awarded to the finest in each class. The winners are…. __________________________________________________ Rum XP Announces Winners of Tasting Competition by Mike Streeter Being a member of the Rum XP (International Rum Expert Panel) has afforded me several memorable opportunities. I’ve [...]
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