Monday, June 9, 2014

"Look Out Pretty Mama I'm on the Road Again:" Back up to the Lake

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     Work time up in Charlotte, North Carolina has me back up at the lake again.  This trip it isn't going to be snow and freezing weat...
Sunday, June 8, 2014

Sugarcane Fields Through Different Eyes

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My travels to many islands and countries has given me a different perspective of the sugarcane plant.  I was fooling around with the tools o...
Saturday, June 7, 2014

Cachaca: Brazil's Sugarcane Spirit

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      Cachaca is one of the sugarcane spirits that is rarely talked about, yet very widely consumed by tourist to Brazil and Locals as well....
Friday, June 6, 2014

Beaches: Worldwide Chill Spot

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     It is really funny, Key west isn't really known for its beaches, but still people gather every day and fill them here.  It doesn...
Thursday, June 5, 2014

"The Journalist": What Does This Bring to Mind?

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   The Journalist, this is a concept that brings back a picture of an inquisitive man with a trench coat and a brimmed hat, lerking through...
Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Start of Hurricane Season and a Rainy Day in Key West

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   Hurricane season is in it's fourth day and all is calm.  All of the names have been chosen for the 2014 season, and now we just wai...
Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Havana Day Dreaming and Wishing That I was There.

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   Seeing the pictures and reading about all of the fun that my friend is having in Havana this week, has me longing to head back over th...
Monday, June 2, 2014

How About a Rum Smoothie for Dessert?

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     Rum for desert, wow what a concept. I have gotten several desert like expressions lately, and I have been playing around with them in t...
Sunday, June 1, 2014

The Tropicana Theater, Cuba

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   One of the highlights of my visit to Havana last July, was attending a show at the fabled Tropicana Theater and seeing the 193...
Saturday, May 31, 2014

An Orange Colada Surprise

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     Fooling around in the Rum Lab is always an enjoyable afternoon for me.   Today was no exception, I was fooling around with some colad...
Friday, May 30, 2014

Rum's Fourteen Most Interesting People

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     Wednesday the Caribbean Journal announced its 14 most interesting people.  This is the inaugural  selection and there are some very int...
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Thursday, May 29, 2014

Marti Autentico Licor de Ron

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     I've gotten the new cocktail bug here lately, and as I was digging through the collection of rums, I stumbled upon this interestin...
Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Put Some Life in Your Cocktails with Licor 43

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     I discovered Licor 43 several years ago, and have found it to be a wonderful addition to most anything that I have tried to put it in. ...
Tuesday, May 27, 2014

The Fly Boys of Boca Chica Channel

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    Today I'm just floating down through Boca Chica Channel watching the Navy Fly Boys bring in their fighters for a landing at NAS Key ...
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Monday, May 26, 2014

Summer Cocktails with Cachaca

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   Cachaca is a Brazilian sugarcane brandy, known by the natives of Brazil as Batidas.    Usually distilled directly from the sap of the sug...
Sunday, May 25, 2014

Fast Boats and Summer Fun

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     The time of year is finally arriving for everyone to get the boats out of storage and have fun on the lakes, bays and oceans here in Am...
Saturday, May 24, 2014

The Daiquiri Revisited for the Patio Season

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Jennings Cox      The Daiquiri is one of the forever type of cocktail that can be traced to the copper mines in the Cuban province of Or...
Friday, May 23, 2014

Bacardi Gran Reserva Maestro de Ron Announced

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    There has been an announcement for the release of the newest of the Bacardi line of rums.  Bacardi Gran Reserva Maestro de Ron, a white ...
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