Best Rums for Home Tiki Bars

By Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Rums originating from Barbados to Martinique each have unique characteristics and versatile flavor profiles specific to their home island. Keeping these unique characters in mind, Paul Sneft delivers a quick guide of island rums perfect for home tiki bars. With its lush landscape of banana and sugar cane fields the French island of Martinique is home to the top ...

The Caribbean’s Greatest Rum Shop

By Sunday, March 5, 2017

Calling all rum lovers, aficionados, and Caribbean tourists alike- Your rum haven has been discovered and, nonetheless, it is located in Martinique. True “rum shops” are few and far between — stores where one can savor the diversity of the regional spirit and peruse bottles from across the Caribbean the way one would in a fine wine shop. But ...

The Cocktail Cure for Spring Fever

By Monday, February 27, 2017

Spring is upon us! Cue lighter and brighter cocktails, including our favorite Caribbean staple, the Ti' Punch. ‘Ti Punch, if you’re not familiar with it, is the characteristic short drink of the French Caribbean, and has been at least since the 1880s. While its name, “Petit Punch,” or “Little Punch” in Kriyou (the local dialect of ...

5 French Style Rums you Need

By Sunday, February 5, 2017

French styled rum, commonly identified as rhum agricole (yes, rum with an H) is inescapable when seeking out rum options at your local bar, restaurant, or liquor store.  AOC Rhum Agricole, hailed from the French West Indies of the Caribbean, undresses a category of rum bursting with bold and funky flavor profiles that cannot be imitated anywhere else in ...