Tag Archives: History

Cruzan Denies Ugly History

The producers of Cruzan Rum are maintaining that slavery was not an integral part of the “development of their corporations.”…

Tolly Moseley of The Austinist investigates the history of rum in the United States. Get the details here.

The debate continues over who invented the Mai Tai, Trader Vic or Don the Beachcomber. The Chicago Trib recounts the…

Have you ever wondered about the origins of the “cocktail scene?” We did too. Check out TheBar.com for the where…

“Benjamin Franklin penned a small ode to it. Ernest Hemingway mixed it in tall cocktails.” Bruce Owens hints of rum’s…

America’s first president enjoyed his whiskey, that’s no secret, but did you know that his wife was a rum fan?…

Our friends over at Rum-Drinks.com “aren’t experts at distilling or blending rum”, but they know a lot about drinking it.…

Newspaper-guy and hobby mixologist, Colin Powers, shakes up his version of a Zombie and waxes about the origins of the…

DrinkDogma.com has a great article about Ti’ Punch including their favorite premium ingredients and a bit of history on this…

Ok, it was actually molasses, but still, a wave measuring 15 feet high took out Boston’s North End back in…