Sunday, June 5, 2011

Look Out Drum Circle Distillery Here We Come

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     The Rum XP's are on the move again this morning.     A bunch of us are all converging on Sarasota, Florida for a tour of the Drum C...

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This is the proper way to spend a Sunday in paradise
Saturday, June 4, 2011

The Bacardi Cocktail/Daiquiri: Another Proprietary Cocktail

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      The "Bacardi Cocktail" like the "Dark and Stormy" is a proprietary cocktail.     Like the "Dark and Stormy...
Friday, June 3, 2011

The Dark and Stormy: Corporate Trademark, or Cocktail

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     One of the more refreshing drinks in the tropical menu is a "Dark and Stormy, but Gosling's pursuit of absolute control of the...
Thursday, June 2, 2011

Odd, Did you See What I Saw?

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 Dogs that drink at Bars  People riding hammerheads  That is a head of Hair Key West is a funny town with some very odd thing...
Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Mamajuana: "Dominican Viagra"

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     Mamajuana, like my own Bahama Bob's Root Juice is a natural herb infused liqueur.    Both Haiti and the Dominican Republic have ver...
Tuesday, May 31, 2011

More Research Completed

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 The Labratory       Yesterday we accomplished quite a few of our goals during our lab session.     We finished a new "KeyZ Cockta...
Monday, May 30, 2011

Monday and Rum Research Day

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Happy Memorial Day, this is the day that we say thanks to all of the men and women that have made so many sacrafices that we can live in saf...
Sunday, May 29, 2011

The Still

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What a thing of beauty and it produces such a beautiful nectar as well.    ;o)
Saturday, May 28, 2011

Ghosts in Key West?

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Key West is a rather old city with many many stories of historical relevance, but the ghost stories told nightly by the various "Ghost ...
Friday, May 27, 2011

Let's Look at Another Classic Cocktail: The Fog Cutter

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     The Fog Cutter is another of those classic cocktails from the "Tiki Era" of the 50's through the 80's that has withst...
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Thursday, May 26, 2011

The Cocktail of the Day: The Planter's Punch

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     The Planter's Punch like many other cocktails has a history that is sketchy as to it's true origin.     Fred L. Myers founder o...
Wednesday, May 25, 2011

There is a New Zombie in Key West

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     The "KeyZombie" is officially ready for consumption by the drinking world.     After several days of  rum research and develo...
Monday, May 23, 2011

Yup, it's That Kind of Day

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Yup, you know where I am today!!!!!!!      I think that the stress of the world on the precipice of destruction and "Jesus" coming...
Sunday, May 22, 2011

Another Week Fades into the Sunset

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This is a week that was suppose to bring the end of the world at 6PM yesterday and like so many of the "End of the World" predicti...
Saturday, May 21, 2011

Where in the World did the Pina Colada Come From?

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El Pirata Cofresi      The Pina Colada has been a part of beach and tropical cocktail fare for as long as I can remember, but it real...
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Friday, May 20, 2011

One of the Surprises of the Tasting Competition

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Siesta Key Rum, created by the Drum Circle Distilling in Sarasota, Florida has proven to be one of the better rum arriving on the scene toda...
Thursday, May 19, 2011

Today Reminded Me Why I Live in Key West

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    Looking out over the Gulf of Mexico this morning as I was opening up the office reminded me how lucky I was being able to live in such a...