Rum expert Jeff "Beachbum" Berry of Latitude 29 in New Orleans calls out six of his favorite rums. In an age when some tiki bars pride themselves on vast rum collections—200, 300, 400 bottles!—at 5-month-old Latitude 29 in New Orleans, the liquor locker contains a mere 22. Curated by owner, author and rum obsessive Jeff "Beachbum" Berry, ...
As we sit facing the sea, incredibly shaded in different hues of blue, one thing becomes instantly clear: in the laidback tropics, the only thing to consider drinking is, well, a tropical drink. I have visions of pina coladas and mojitos floating up in tall glasses as we soak in the salt and sand. Not that ...
It’s a word whose meaning has broadened in recent years. Today, it means authentic, it means close by, it means fresh. And while we love rums from all over the Caribbean, an increasing number don’t source their core ingredients locally — that is, they get their sugarcane from abroad — using imported molasses. In Martinique, that’s never ...
No, this is not a typo mistake. Yes, this tiny H letter makes a big difference. And to understand it, we need to investigate deep down into the sugarcane field. Rum and rhum may both be made from sugarcane, but this is the only thing they have in common. The opposite of industrial rum distilled from ...
What the head bartender of Eveleigh drinks when she's off the clock Posted on 5/30/2014 12:35:00 PM by Whitney Adams Welcome to the debut of Shift Drink, where we take a peek into the post-shift drinking habits of LA's finest food and drink personalities. First up to bat? Kiowa Bryan, head bartender of West Hollywood's Eveleigh. She is ...
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...
Clément Créole Shrubb has been a staple of French West Indian culture for centuries and is truly an experience of the senses, whether in a ...
SPIRIBAM Fine Rum Specialists recently announced the upcoming release of a 110-proof expression of its Rhum J.M White Rhum Agricole. The new product, Rhum J.M ...
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. ...