August 16 is National Rum Day – and what a glorious day it is! The only problem is deciding how to celebrate with so many wonderful options out there. Don’t fret, we have made it easy for you and compiled a list of some of our favorite r(h)um concoctions from around the country First, we spotlight ...
This summer, Chicago Tonight's Historical Happy Hour pays homage to 13 women of Chicago’s past by curating an original cocktail recipe in their honor. This week they recognize Miss Myrtle Bachelder (1908-1997) with a Manhattan, but with a twist on the recipe. Myrtle Bachelder was a Massachusetts native who left the world of teaching to pursue the ...
In the recent years, rhum agricole based cocktails have been picking up major momentum and leaving a notable footprint all over the globe. Check out this Rumpolitan recipe from The Spaniard, a cozy rum-haven located in the Cathedral Quarter of Belfast, Northern Ireland (an all-time-favorite drinking city of New York Time's, Rosie Schaap). The Spaniard has a fine assortment ...
The Daiquiri - A quintessential summertime cocktail. Born in Cuba, the seemingly simple combination of rum, lime, and sugar is anything but. The perfect alignment of these ingredients takes great skill and, as stated by PUNCH Magazine, is what makes the Daiquiri a drink worth of competition. In search of the perfect expression of this classic cocktail, three visiting bartender ...
With enough warm-weather drinks, perhaps we can all will summer into existence! So we’re starting with a little inspiration from the tropics, in the guise of Clément’s Mahina Coco, a Martinique-made coconut liqueur This Caribbean liqueur is made from fresh young coconut meat and rhum agricole (a version of rum distilled from sugarcane juice rather than ...
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...
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. ...
Rhum Clément's Première Canne is produced using selected varieties of sugarcane from Habitation Clément. Première Canne is unique white rum created from fresh pressed sugarcane ...
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 ...