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The Fallacy of "White Rum"
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Esters, Volatile Compounds, and Congeners - What's the Difference?
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Appleton Estate's "Legend" 17-Year Rum
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Hamilton Jamaican Pot Still Gold/Black Aren't Aged
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Selected Readings for National Mai Tai Day 2023
So it is that today, August 30th, is National Mai Tai Day. Or perhaps it’s International Mai Tai Day for those with a global perspective. We don’t…
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German Rum Festival 2023 in Photos
Most of my European travel itineraries these days involve a rum festival — shocking, right? This past July was no exception, with the German Rum…
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A Moment in the Limelight
Winning a Spirited Award
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Everything You Think You Know About Royal Navy Rum Is (Probably) Wrong
Selected Readings for Black Tot Day 2023
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Réunion Rendezvous
Outside of locales where French is the local tongue, Réunion Island rum gets little fanfare from enthusiasts obsessed with the latest limited editions…
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Caribbean Rum Producers Elect a New Leader - Margaret Monplaisir of St. Lucia Distillers
One of the many hats I wear is Community Envoy for the West Indies Rum and Spirits Producers’ Association, better known as WIRSPA. The organization…
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Liverpool's Main Rum Revealed - The Video
Back in the day — OK, 2017 — very few people had heard of The Main Rum Company, the Liverpool company that supplies most of the rum world’s independent…
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French Rum - Below the Waterline
Something that became clear while writing Modern Caribbean Rum is just how siloed the global rum industry is. It’s not so surprising since the largest…
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The Fallacy of "White Rum"
We can overlook that “white rum” is actually clear rather than white and accept that the term refers to rum with little or no coloring. The bedrock…
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