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 …
SPIRITS Have You Been Smoking…Rum? April 05, 2023 I love smoky whiskeys, but who’d ever think of a smoky rum? Why Plantation Rum, the brainchild of Maison Ferrand’s …
SPIRITS Does Price Predict the Quality of Rum? April 03, 2023 Is more expensive rum better? You’d think that would be a no-brainer, but I don’t make assumptions. Case in point: …
SPIRITS Visiting the Caribbean in Every Sip March 15, 2023 It’s always more fun to sample wine or spirits at the source– tasting a lush Brunello while overlooking the sun-dappled …
SPIRITS TASTING NOTES: Renegade Pre-Cask Lake Antoine Rum March 02, 2023 When it comes to rum, most people have only tasted white rums like Bacardí or spiced rums like Captain Morgan. …
RUM SPIRITS A Funky Rum with a Unique Flavor January 26, 2023 Once in a while, I find a liquor that I don’t understand, and Renegade Rum Distillery’s “Hope” Pre-Cask rum is …
GIFT IDEAS SPIRITS WHISKEY Giving the Holiday Spirit December 19, 2022 December is a nexus for gift giving, but finding the right gift for the spirituous adventurers in your life can …
COCKTAILS The Mai Tais of Waikiki March 08, 2022 There’s no cocktail more associated with Hawaii than the mai tai. This despite the fact that none of the ingredients …
COCKTAILS SPIRITS COCKTAIL IDEAS FOR VALENTINE’S DAY: The Equiano Manhattan February 14, 2022 It’s hard to say why rum seems more romantic than whiskey. Is it the aromas of a languid beach vacation? …
SPIRITS WHISKEY Taking a Look at Second Sight Spirits February 09, 2022 When’s the last time you saw a fortune-telling, Zoltar-themed still? Never, right? Road trip to the “thriving metropolis” of Ludlow, …
SPIRITS Getting Schooled on Rum in the Caribbean February 01, 2022 How is it that rum somehow escaped my cocktail-making attention? I’m a brown liquor lover, after all. While visiting the …
SPIRITS Discovering Old Monk Rum, a Legendary Indian Brand August 30, 2021 SOMETIMES YOUR FRIENDS know you better than you think. Sometimes this is a very good thing. I am, for instance, …
COCKTAILS YOUR WEEKEND COCKTAIL: Miss Kitt February 19, 2021 Few people in the world can make us feel quite as good as an expert bartender. And seeking out this …
COCKTAILS YOUR WEEKEND COCKTAIL(S): Over-the-Top Valentine’s Day Drinks February 12, 2021 One theory I have about romance is that, for special occasions, keep doing what you really like doing, just take …
COCKTAILS YOUR WEEKEND COCKTAIL: The Rum-Coco January 01, 2021 One of the many things that caught my attention during my annual viewing of the delightful film version of Tennessee …
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