SPIRITS Tasting Notes: Planteray Cut & Dry Coconut Rum January 06, 2025 Planteray Rum, a brand name under the Maison Ferrand spirits empire, makes a wide array of quality rums, and Cut …
SPIRITS Kōloa: A Hawaiian Rum Company Making Real Hawaiian Rum December 23, 2024 When Kōloa Rum Company began production in 2009, it had a simple goal: to make authentic Hawaiian rum of the …
SPIRITS Tasting Notes: Brugal Colección Visionaria Edición 02 Rum October 09, 2024 When Wine and Whiskey Globe first wrote about Brugal Colección Visionaria (Edición 01) a year and a half ago, we touted …
COCKTAILS Hawaii: Travel First Class Style August 09, 2024 When I talk to people about my trips to Hawaii, I often hear folks say they’ve never been because it’s …
SPIRITS Yo Ho Ho for Kokomo Rum July 17, 2024 So, what comes to mind when you think of The Beach Boys? For many, it’s the song Kokomo, with its …
COCKTAILS Hunting Tiki Bars in Hawaii July 15, 2024 A tiki bar in Hawaii? Isn’t that redundant? After all, aren’t tiki bars meant to recreate the lure of the …
SPIRITS Fourth of July: Let’s Get Ready to RUMble! July 03, 2024 Every year, as July 4th approaches, Americans face a monumental decision: what to drink on the big day! You’d have …
SPIRITS Renegade Rum Revisited (Again) April 01, 2024 Grenada may be a relatively small island, but it produces some of the most compelling and delicious rums available today. …
SPIRITS Renegade Rum Gets a Wood Makeover February 02, 2024 The cold winds are blowing, the snow is falling, and a deep, damp chill covers the lands. Old man winter …
SPIRITS Walking the Line with Flavored Spirits January 15, 2024 When people talk about flavored spirits, many envision those sticky-sweet variations of whiskey such as Fireball, Crown Royal Apple or …
SPIRITS Is Rum the New Whiskey? October 11, 2023 Specialty and niche expressions are the norm now in the world of whiskey but are a recent phenomenon for rum. …
SPIRITS Rum Roundup: Four Rums Worth Sipping August 28, 2023 “Sippin-Rum” Status As a long-time malt whisky enthusiast, I hadn’t expected to appreciate, much less even like rum. Don’t get …
SPIRITS Tiki Kon – The Final Voyage July 26, 2023 The Final Voyage “Tiki-Kon” has sailed its last. The long-running Portland, Oregon, festival began in 2005 as “NW Tiki Crawl” …
SPIRITS Peated Rum from an American Whiskey Maker? What? June 17, 2023 Prohibida Rum One of my best friends works for Balcones Distilling, and after a D&D session, he said, “Hey, I …
SPIRITS Renegade Pre-Cask “Nursery” Cane Rum April 26, 2023 Single-Origin Cane Rum Mark Reynier is a renegade. The man who resurrected the Bruichladdich Distillery on Islay and created Waterford …
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