Monday, November 24, 2014

The "Freed Up" Daiquiri

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     It has been a while since I've been able to spend some time in my "Rum Lab", but with the cool weather this past week I w...
Sunday, November 23, 2014

Tropicana Theater: Havana, Cuba

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     The Tropicana in Havana is one of my favorite memories of Cuba.  The show that so many Americans and others from all over the world cam...
Saturday, November 22, 2014

Rum's Top 10 Historical Moments.

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     The Spirits Business published a very interesting article recently, dealing with historical events that have shaped the rum business an...
Friday, November 21, 2014

Casa Bacardi Tours in Puerto Rico No Longer Free

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The drinks are no longer on the house at Casa Bacardi in Puerto Rico.      Foreigners will now have to ...
Thursday, November 20, 2014

Is Cuba Going to Open Up Soon?

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      From the STR headquarters outside of Nashville, Tennessee, they currently gather performance data from over 50,000 hotels located in m...
Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Robots Replaceing the"Love Boat" Crew ?

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Love Boat Crew       The days of your "Love Boat" type services and going by the wayside to be replaced by robot bartenders in...
Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Richard L. Seale on Single vs Redistilled Rums

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     Richard L. Seale, Master Distiller at the Foursquare Distillery in Barbados, offers the answers to the difference between these two t...
Monday, November 17, 2014

Cockspur has Reintroduced "Old Gold Rum"

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    According to the Rum Journal, Cockspur is reintroducing its "Old Gold Rum".   This was an expression that was not distribut...
Sunday, November 16, 2014

Sunday Day Dreaming for the Road Again

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     It has been too long since I have had the opportunity to take off and head South for a week or so and I'm getting a bit of "ca...
Saturday, November 15, 2014

Underwater Aging of Spirits Proves Sucessful

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     Underwater aging that has been tried and successfully used by my friend Walker Romantica with his "Seven Fathom" rum is now b...
Friday, November 14, 2014

Effects of Mixing Caffeine with Alcohol

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     Today there are so many people that are mixing alcohol with the caffeine without having any clue what the real effects of their use a...
Thursday, November 13, 2014

Preventitive Action before DUI can Happen.

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     Mecklenburg County and the City of Charlotte, North Carolina have introduced a new program aimed at the reduction of people driving whi...
Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Thinking About Grenada

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     This time a year ago, I was in Grenada for a Beer and Rum Festival.  Unfortunately, it isn't happening this year.  The down ...
Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Thank You For Your Service.

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     Today is the day that we in America honor all of our people who served in the armed forces.  Over the years, it is our service men and ...
Monday, November 10, 2014

Rhum Agricole Martinique

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     There is no doubt that the center of Rhum Agricole is Martinique.    There are Fourteen distilleries in the tiny Caribbean island of Ma...