Saturday, December 28, 2013

How Much Sugar is Their in Rum?

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Fermentation Tanks      I hear this question on a daily basis behind the bar.  "I can't drink rum because is has sugar, and too...
Friday, December 27, 2013

Tweener Recipe

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     These are the days between Christmas and New Year, I feel like it is the perfect time for a new version of a Virgin Island favorite.   ...
Thursday, December 26, 2013

What is Happening to "America's Spirit"

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     Today many feel that "America's Spirit" is bourbon, but in fact it is rum.    There was a time in Colonial America, at th...
Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Look What this Rum Writer Got for Christmas

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   I found a great present under the Christmas Tree this morning.   This is one of the rums that I have been waiting to put into my colle...
Tuesday, December 24, 2013

From My House to Yours

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    I just want to take the time to wish everyone a Merry Christmas from my house to yours.    This is a very special day that deserves the ...
Monday, December 23, 2013

Christmas in the Caribbean

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         I love the Caribbean during Christmas season, we replace white snow of the frozen north with white sand.  Naturally, White Bay,...
Sunday, December 22, 2013

Time to Drift Away

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This time of year it is really a time for me to just drift away and think of all that has happened over the year and how much fun I have had...
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Saturday, December 21, 2013

Classification of the Rums

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     As a judge of rum, I am often asked how do you compare all of the different types of rum?  Actually you don't.  Rum is broken up in...
Friday, December 20, 2013

Just One of Those Days

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     It seems to be one of those mornings where I really don't have much to talk about, so lets go to the Virgin Islands and see some of...
Thursday, December 19, 2013

"Santa's Helper": A Cure for Those Present Wrapping Nights

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     The late nights of wrapping presents can be a little brighter with this different version of the Cosmo I created just for the Christmas...
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

"Selected by Berrys'" 11 Year Old Barbados Rum

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        Founded in 1698,  the cellars of Berry Bros. & Rudd  have been, for centuries, a temporary resting place not only for the ver...
Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Havana Through the Windshield

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     Havana for all it's beauty and charm is after all made up of very industrious and colorful people.  Traveling in the taxi on differ...
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Monday, December 16, 2013

Study Concludes that "James Bond" Had a Drinking Problem

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     In a study that was just released in the British Medical Journal by the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust made some very int...
Sunday, December 15, 2013

December Morning at Sunrise

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     With daylight savings time gone, this time of year provides us with very short days and longer nights.  My early morning strolls down t...
Saturday, December 14, 2013

The Holidays are Upon us, Drinking, Take a Cab!!!

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     A friend of mine sent me a little note today that reminded me that we are in the height of the Holiday Party Season.   T here is always...