The meaning of “Martinique rum” completely changed between the 1950s and today. Martinique rhum agricole wasn’t readily available to consumers in the 1950s, while today, it’s nearly impossible to find a Martinique rum that isn’t rhum agricole.
One of the many reasons I never want to write a cocktail book again, butting heads with editors, and subsequently readers, over using updated ingredients to sub for the old ones in the recipes to speak to today's marketplace. Thank you for illuminating these conditions so thoughtfully!
One of the many reasons I never want to write a cocktail book again, butting heads with editors, and subsequently readers, over using updated ingredients to sub for the old ones in the recipes to speak to today's marketplace. Thank you for illuminating these conditions so thoughtfully!
This comment made my morning. Thank you.
Loved it! Can't wait to get my hands on a bottle of the Holmes Cay.
Any opinion on the Denizen Merchant's Reserve? I thought it had some rum traditionnel in its contents just to emulate that Mai Tai mix.
It does! I've used it often and wrote it. In fact, one of my first "deep dive" stories over a decade ago covered it.
https://cocktailwonk.com/2014/07/going-deeper-with-denizen-merchants-reserve-and-dutch-rum-powerhouse-ea-scheer.html
Nice! Thank you! I will dive into this article right now!