The Rhum Diaries

By Tuesday, November 28, 2017

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 agricole, a french sub-category within the world of rum.  Rhum agricole is made by crushing and fermenting raw cane juice and is found to have a vegetal and grassy profile ...

Vogue Recommended: Balthazar’s King Walker

By Friday, October 20, 2017

Fall is here, Halloween is near, and Vogue Magazine presents 13 Essential Halloween Inspired Cocktails from some of NYC's top bars. There is no better way to embrace the shift in seasons than with your favorite spirit, highlighted in a seasonal drink. Though the list presents fantastic cocktails highlighting fine spirits such as Mezcal's, Tequila, Brandy, Bourbon, and more.. our ...

NY Rum Fest Sets the Tone for Rum-Focused Events

By Friday, October 6, 2017

This past Saturday, September 30th , NY Rum Fest took place at Tribecca's historic music venue, SOB’s (Sounds of Brazil). This event was the first NYC installment of The Rum Lab’s Rum Fest. The event's origins began with California and Chicago installments by organizer Federico Hernandez, founder of the The Rum Lab. Both NY Rum Fest ...

Rum Journal: Tasting a Guadeloupe Rhum From 1991

By Tuesday, December 15, 2015

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 ...

The Only 6 Rums a Tiki Enthusiast Will Ever Need

By Monday, March 30, 2015

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, ...