Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Barbancourt and Pango from the Rum Lab

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     The Rum Lab got to do it's magic with Barbancourt 3 Star and Pango with very tasty results.    These two Haitian spirits have quali...
Monday, March 5, 2012

The Spring Breakers Have Arrived

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     The streets of Key West are alive with the first crop of 2012 spring breakers.     Scooter horns are blowing and the breakers are fully...
Sunday, March 4, 2012

Finding Your Pathway Through Life

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Life is all about choices, but first you must find the right pathway to take you where you really need to be. ;o)
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Saturday, March 3, 2012

The Many Faces of a Rum Runner

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     The Rum Runner is a drink that has it's origins in the Florida Keys.     This refreshing fruity cocktail began with a need by the o...
Friday, March 2, 2012

Magical Tour: Duval Street, Key West

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     Duval Street is one of the best known streets in the country.  Just like Bourbon Street and Broadway, Duval street is one of those magi...
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Thursday, March 1, 2012

When I Think About Rum, I Think about Cane Garden Bay

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    Cane Garden Bay, Tortola, British Virgin Islands is the site of the oldest continuously operating rum distillery in the world.   At leas...
Wednesday, February 29, 2012

When I Think About Rum, I Think About Barbados.

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     Having visited many of the rum producing countries,  I find it funny that my mind keeps coming back to Barbados.    I think that it is ...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Marie Brizard's Chocolat Royal Liqueur in the Rum Lab

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     Marie Brizard's Chocolat Royal performed very well in yesterday's Rum Lab.    The thick viscous nature of the spirit makes for ...
Monday, February 27, 2012

Welcome to My Monday

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     Today is going to be an interesting one, we are opening up the Rum Lab again and this time experimenting with a new to us Marie Brizard...
Sunday, February 26, 2012

Sea and Land at Peace with Each Other

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     It's when the sea and the land can get together peacefully that things begin to happen in a beautiful way, and all is preserved.  ...
Saturday, February 25, 2012

Brinley's Gold Rums: Gold from St. Kitts

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     In the center of the Eastern Caribbean, lies the very special little island of St. Kitts, home to Brinley Gold Rums.     Originally the...
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Friday, February 24, 2012

The Sea and Her Perils

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     The ocean is one of the most powerful forces on the planet, and something that people and things seem to take for granted.     Her powe...
Thursday, February 23, 2012

The Caribbean Kiss, Revived by "The Rum Diary"

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Like many other things in this world, cocktails are sometimes brought back to life by movies and songs.    A few years back, Alan Jackson an...
Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Rum and My World

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     What is with this thing we call rum, that we spend so much time talking about, drinking, and analysing?    Rum is one of the most versa...
Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Great Birthday Cruise: Sun and Fun for All.

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     Yesterday started out with some clouds and a pretty stiff breeze out of the Northeast, but by the afternoon, the day turned out beautif...
Monday, February 20, 2012

Another Birthday Cruise Today, This Time to Snipes Key

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Happy Birthday  Leanne Today is Leanne's Birthday and we are off to Snipes for a day on the beach and sand bar at the edge of the Gu...
Sunday, February 19, 2012

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May your day be getting better as my barometer indicates for me today.   ;o)