Rum
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Beloved rum line Plantation has unveiled its latest limited edition rum, Guyana 2007. The bottling celebrates marine animals native to traditional rum regions. Plantation Guyana 2007 is the fourth bottling in the Maison Ferrand-owned brand’s…
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In one of my last masterclasses for waiters and bartenders I asked a simple question: “How do you categorize Rum?” Some of them responded, “White and Dark”, others “Agricole and Traditional”, but almost everyone used…
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National Rum Day has finally arrived! In order to make sure we take advantage of everyone’s favorite tiki-fueled holiday, we asked our friends at BACARDÍ for a little guidance. Luckily, they sent A-K Hada, North…
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National Rum Day arrives on August 16 in the midst of the Third Rum Revolution. The sugarcane-based spirit hasn’t been this popular since tiki drinks took the world by storm, but this time it’s sipping…
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The beauty of the universe is its relativity and that’s why nature is not always precise. If you pick two apples from the same tree they will not have the same shape, they will have…
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Ancient Greek philosophy already taught us about the balance in life and nature. Human health needs exercise as much as it needs enough rest; cooking delicious dishes requires taste equilibrium; building fast cars means adding…
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If Mr. Aeneas Coffey, the inventor of the first patented two column continuous still in 1830, would have known that almost two hundred years later there would be more than eighteen different models of stills…
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What defines a high quality perfume? You would probably respond: “what defines a good perfume is the length of essence persistence on our skin”. That’s right! But what makes the perfume stay on your skin longer?…
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In many of my masterclasses the consumers ask which is the best sugarcane. People love to do that! But the answer is not that simple. There is no such thing as the best sugarcane; only…
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Rum as a category is possibly the most difficult to understand. One of the reasons could be the fact that, at the moment, there is no existing international law other than Rum must be produced…