On September 23rd San Francisco's, Louisiana-styled Old Devil Moon celebrated its first year anniversary. We may have passed their commemorating ceremony, but thankfully Eloise Porter of SFWeekly shared some of the new changes to look forward to Here is the recap on the New Orleans-esque bar: On top of established hits like fried Gulf shrimp, Oysters Rockefeller, fried chicken, ...
This past Saturday, L.A. celebrated it's cocktail culture with Cocktails in the City, a London-based festival. This was the festival's first event held in Los Angeles. The result? Thirty LA bars at Majestic Downtown creating fun, expressive, and delicious drinks. The Observer's Andy Wang shares with us the night's most buzzworthy drinks. Buzzworthy drinks we tried included the Pelée Punch with ...
If you are in the Chicago area you are in luck! Today (September 19th) at 5PM River Roast will be hosting a Reid Bar Pop-Up sponsored by Rhum J.M and Chairman's Reserve Rum. Ken Pritz and his team have crafted together a delicious cocktail list featuring: J.M Punch with Rhum J.M Gold & VSOP, J.M Shrubb, cranberry, lime Agricolada with ...
The LA area is busting out their Tiki shirts this Labor Day weekend for Beverly Wilshire's Tiki Lounge pop up in the CUT Lounge by Wolfgang Puck. Until September 2nd, the Tiki Lounge pop up will be celebrating the last of summer with hand-crafted cocktails and small bites with a Polunesian/island influence. If you are in the LA area, keep ...
Indianapolis Monthly presents to us Chris Coy's variation on the Mai Tai - a tiki classic. Black Market beverage director and The Inferno Room's co-owner, Chris Coy says, “The fun of a Mai Tai is finding the blend of rums that works for you. This recipe calls for an ounce of dark Jamaican rum (Plantation O.F.T.D. ...
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 (beverage director of Black Market) and Ed Ruisell (Mass Ave restaurant's co-owner, also of Rook, Thunderbird, and Siam Square) have teamed up to deliver the Indianapolis area an escapist haven ...
The wonderful world of rum is filled with many variations of the spirit, we know it can get a bit confusing. One of the more simple ways to help distinguish the differences are with the 101's. For us that means distinguishing the difference between rum and rhum with an h, which is rhum agricole! For some of ...
Kansas City has a new player in town, the Monarch Cocktail Bar & Lounge. Set to open Monday, Aug. 21, in the West Plaza, this new bar "will sport everything from mezcal, vodka, Riesling and Dogfish Head SeaQuench Ale to green chilies, passion fruit, lime juice and local honey, both in syrup and as toasted ...
Rum, a spirit that is often overlooked, remains a key for many classic drinks, making it a must have in your liquor cabinet. To help us sift through the many rum options in the rum universe, Carey Jones of Food & Wine Magazine brings to us a list of 11 Essential White Rums for your ...
Bars around the UK are getting ready to join in a global celebration for the return of Old Fashioned Week in November. Old Fashioned week, created by Michael Landart and Cyrille Hugon, was originally launched in 2015 and initially included only 50 bars exclusive to France. In 2016, the event welcomed 180 bars across 14 countries and this year, the organizers ...
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 ...
The classic Daiquiri is a simple rum sour composed of just three parts—rum, lime, and sugar—that is shaken and served up. Though a Daiquiri is just three simple ingredients, the rum you choose can make all the difference, which means there’s still plenty of room to experiment. Opt for a clean, white rum, and you’ll get a ...
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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...
Sipping Rhum Clément 10-year old Grande Reserve Tres Vieux, a special-edition rum aged in a combination of French and American barrels, may mentally transport you ...
Rhum Agricole in the US elongates with top brand from Guadeloupe - Damoiseau introduces a White and Aged Rhum Agricole in the U.S. market Rhum Damoiseau ...
By BAZ DREISINGERFEB. 21, 2014 “Care to kiss the ground?” The question came, with a slightly patronizing grin, from Norman Murray, local sage and tour guide in ...