Drink Tank host Gibson Thomas, publisher and editor of Edible Marin & Wine Country, talks to Benjamin Mélin-Jones, managing director of Clément USA Inc. and descendant of Homere Clément, deemed by many to be the “father of Rhum Agricole.” Read The Full Article Here
When our own David Wondrich and Leslie Pariseau discussed the drink of this summer (or the drinks, rather), there was talk of a rum old-fashioned. We'd recommend trying it out, but don't be afraid to throw the dark stuff in a few other classics, perhaps even a Manhattan. Consider it a new summer standard, when ...
17 hours of travel from Portland, Oregon to Fort de France, Martinique have left me groggy and hungry. I’ve had nothing to eat except some horribly stale chips in the San Juan airport, and the 40 minute drive along the coast of Martinique to St. Pierre isn’t helping things. Luckily, when I arrived with my ...
RHUM AGRICOLE IS A FRENCH ISLAND TRADITION The majority of rum comes from distilling fermented molasses, a byproduct of sugar manufacturing. Rhum agricole, on the other hand, is a tightly controlled rum manufactured in the French territories of Martinique and Guadeloupe from freshpressed, free-running sugar cane juice. It is governed by an AOC (Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée). The ...
Not the wildest of reactions, but it's the one you want when you take that first sip of a summer cocktail after baking at the beach, playing a round of 18 or, let's face it, coming out of an air-conditioned car that you drove from your air-conditioned office to your air-conditioned home. (One can really ...
Build in glass in order listed. Add ice. Stir approximately 20 times. Express orange peel over cocktail and enjoy!
The rum world is a place of multifaceted beauty, and one of the more captivating styles of the spirit is the category of rhum agricole, traditionally made in the French islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe...
Michael Neff's Take At this point, most readers of this space don't need to be introduced to Tales of the Cocktail, the annual gathering of cocktailians ...
Understanding the oft-overlooked spirit. In the United States, people buy more rum than bourbon, Scotch, gin or tequila. Statistics from the Distilled Spirits Council of the ...
Rum's longstanding history has brought it to become the world's third-most consumed liquor after vodka and whisky. Over the years, rum has been successfully building a reputation ...