When news broke that New York City nightlife hitmaker Ravi DeRossi, of Death & Co., Mayahuel and Amor y Amargo fame, was transforming his literally sinking Gin Palace into a tiki-inspired bar, the expectation of umbrella-festooned Mai Tais and Scorpion Bowls was high. And with its billowing curtains, curvy booths tricked out in bird-patterned upholstery ...
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. Our July/August issue touches on a few ways talented bartenders are using rhum agricole in cocktails, but this flavorful type ...
Your Mojito Is Muddled With Fresh Mint and a History of Centuries of Slavery Rum drinks are synonymous with summer chillaxing, but they carry a much deeper history There are so many kinds of rum nowadays. What are they made from? And what are the differences among the various kinds - Jeanie Kilmer Rum is the general term for ...
France is a little ahead of us when it comes to appreciating an old school spirit called rhum agricole. Step inside any decent cafe in Paris and you'll find rhum with a "h" displayed prominently on the back bar; it's been this way for nearly one hundred years. "Rhum, with its grassy, vegetal, garlic, truffle, and ...
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 United States (DISCUS) show that in 2014, over 25 million 9-liter cases of rum were sold across the country, compared to approximately 19.3 million 9-liter cases of bourbon, 9.4 million ...
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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...
By Lauren Viera, Special to Tribune Newspapers 4:16 pm, May 2, 2014 With summer on the horizon, mojitos and daiquiris are poised for heavy rotation on the ...
Spirits that are made from sugarcane are made in a vast range of styles under sometimes conflicting and incongruous techniques in several dozen countries around ...
The tiki bar movement has been gaining momentum and steering drinkers towards a rather overlooked spirits category: rum. More particularly, drinkers are gaining interest with rhum ...