On September 26, Black Market, home to probably Indianapolis's finest rum selection, is hosting a Rhum Clément Dinner and competition. Three local bartenders will be competing throughout the night to win a trip to Martinique, and the audience will be placing votes on the cocktails they craft. So if you're in the area be sure to stop by ...
"The deal, spotted by the Airfare Spot, is for non-stop flights from mid-November until the end of March on Norwegian Air Shuttle. The low-cost carrier recently launched seasonal flights to Martinique, the newest Caribbean hot spot" Check out this article to find out how!
Check out this article and discover 11 places to drink rum in Washington D.C. "Bartenders are rediscovering the versatility and complexity of a good rum... Bars are starting to carry a greater selection of rums from a variety of countries, including aged and rare bottles. Twists on classic recipes like daiquiris, dark and stormys and Mai Tais ...
"The beautiful thing about agricoles," says Blackmore, "is that you cannot add flavoring, coloring or sugar. It has to be distilled from raw sugar cane juice. We follow those rules, although since we are not located in the French West Indies, we call ours a Low Country agricole." To make its signature agricole, High Wire ...
Check out this article to learn the tricks behind making the perfect Ti'Punch "The 'Ti'Punch name is an abbreviation of Petite Punch. But while a classic punch includes five components, the 'Ti Punch is made of just three -- agricole rhum, sugar and a bit of lime. "Anyone who says there is one way to make a 'Ti ...
Check out this recent article from Yachting Magazine that gives us a nice look into Martinique's rich culture of Rhum Agricole. “The best rum in the world comes from Martinique,” Laurent Assier de Pompignan insists. The silver-haired connoisseur is Martinique’s largest importer of fine wines, Champagnes and spirits, and he assures me there’s no need to ...
Check out some of our featured Rhums as well as several other fine Rums in this latest article from Forbes. Rum is a beautiful spirit. And it’s particularly spectacular in the summer—especially when paired with a fine Cohiba Robusto and a view of the ocean. (As I’ve written before, it’s the season when I set aside my ...
The crystalline turquoise waters drew us in, and one by one, we submerged in the shallows of Josephine’s Bathtub. The legendary swimming hole off the coast of Martinique is a natural wonder created by a long white sandbar, so named for Napoleon’s empress who reputedly liked to bathe there as a young girl. I was with ...
Island Exports If you can’t make it to Martinique, look for these bottles at your local liquor store The distilleries on Martinique that are fumante—"smoking," meaning currently producing rhum agricole—bottle hundreds of variations, from basic white to flavored to blends barrel-aged for decades. Although only a fraction of those get exported to the United States, here are ...
Christopher McNeal of Bar Dupont at The Doyle Collection gives Fox 5 morning hosts a quick Holiday Cocktail Class - Featuring Rhum JM.
Far on the eastern end of Guadeloupe’s butterflied island pair is Le Moule. It is a nondescript place of farms and palm trees, quiet and breezy. But it has a secret. In a lush hilltop next to an old mill is one of the Caribbean’s best rum distilleries: Damoiseau. It’s long been a Rum Journal favorite, whether the ...
Damoiseau Cocktail Competition to Win a trip to Guadeloupe About Damoiseau Rhum Rhum Damoiseau is the most popular rhum known in the French archipelago of Guadeloupe. The brand embodies the rich, quality-driven approach to French Caribbean Rhum while still maintaining a sense of humor and humility that is so prevalent in the sporty and casual culture of ...
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...
With its cooling properties and milky texture, horchata is the perfect companion to spicy foods and warm weather. While traditionally served booze-free, we find that, ...
The Indianapolis area is keeping their eyes open for the fall opening of The Inferno Room -"a thinking man's tiki bar" located in Fountain Square. Chris Coy ...
It is no hidden secret that the Caribbean region is rum central for the world. Tucked away in the shadows of huge distilleries like Bacardi ...