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 ...
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Catch a Flight to the Caribbean for Less than $150 Round-Trip
"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!
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Where to Drink Rum in Washington D.C.
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 ...
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Craft Distillers Tap Pure Sugar Cane For A Southern Rum Renaissance
"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 ...
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Pouring Out Paradise
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 ...
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Summer Guide to the Best Rums: What to Sip, Mix, and Enjoy in a Cool Cocktail
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 ...
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Magnificent Martinique
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 ...
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Adventures: Rhum with a View
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 ...
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Rhum JM – Holiday Cocktail Class from Bar Dupont
Christopher McNeal of Bar Dupont at The Doyle Collection gives Fox 5 morning hosts a quick Holiday Cocktail Class - Featuring Rhum JM.
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Rum Journal: Tasting a Guadeloupe Rhum From 1991
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 ...
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L’Esprit de Damoiseau – Cocktail Competition!
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 ...