Saturday, September 16, 2017

Day by Day Something Else has Come Back to Life here in Key West.

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The Flag is Still Flying over Key West      With the restoration of cell phone and internet service, several of my friends have called ...
Friday, September 15, 2017

Key West is Coming Back Faster than Thought

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     It has been a very quiet few days without telephone, or internet.  It came back on line last night so I figured that my forced vacation...
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Sunday, September 10, 2017

Calm Before the Storm

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     This is the calm before the storm here in Key West.  I'm hoping that this will still be the scene when Irma has left us.  Best wish...
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Saturday, September 9, 2017

Final Preparation for Hurricane Irma in Key West

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     Now that most of the preparation is complete and all of the windows and doors have been boarded up, it is time for those of us staying ...
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Friday, September 8, 2017

Preparation for Irma is Mostly Complete Around the Island

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     Today the town is beginning to look like a ghost town, most of the people that are leaving have already left.  Marta and I are staying...
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Thursday, September 7, 2017

New Rum Distillery on Uninhabited Lamb Holm Island

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Lamb Holm Island, Northern Scotland      A tiny uninhabited Orkney Island, located in Northern Scotland, has started producing rum.  T...
Wednesday, September 6, 2017

El Floridita is Celebrating its 200th Year

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The Cuban home of the Daiquiri turns 200 in 2017, a milestone that I wish I could be there to celebrate.     Daiquiri Season is upon us...
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Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Ron Caney a Historic Rum That Originated from the Cuban Bacarti Rum Factory

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      A friend of mine called me the other day and asked if I knew anything about Ron Caney Rum from Cuba.   I had to admit that I had hear...
Monday, September 4, 2017

Happy Labor Day All

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     Labor Day is a day for picnics, Bar-B-Que on the patio or the aft deck of your favorite boat.  When you have time on the decks it is wi...
Sunday, September 3, 2017

Thinking about a Pink Flowering Ginger and Granada

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     Granada is one of those islands that just exude beauty.  Everywhere you turn, you are surrounded bu the beauty of the land, sea and the...
Saturday, September 2, 2017

Bacardi Promises $100,000 to Hurricane Harvey Victims

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     Bacardi has pledged to donate up to $100,000 to support its business partners and members of the public who have been affected by Hur...
Friday, September 1, 2017

Bahama Bob's Creme de Mure Daiquiri

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     School in back in session, and it time for some more refined cocktails as we sit on the aft deck or the patio.  This is a great time ...
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Thursday, August 31, 2017

Anheuser-Busch Pauses Beer Production to Send Water To Harvey Victims

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     I don't usually talk about things other that rum, but once in a while I run across things like this.  Anheuser - Busch stepping up...
Wednesday, August 30, 2017

What is it that Yeast Really Does in Rum Making?

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Filling the Fermenter with Molasses      Water, a derivative of the sugar cane and yeast, one of the three raw materials needed to make...
Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Vote Today for Your Favorite Craft Rum Distillery

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     USA Today’s 10 Best travel and lifestyle events are very well known and always a good indication of what is going on around the United...
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Monday, August 28, 2017

How is Rum Dealing with the Sales Decline in the United States?

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Rum's Future is Premium and Ultra-Premium Aged Rums      2016 found the rum category in decline, 1.2% or 22.1 million nine-liter ca...
Sunday, August 27, 2017

Good Sunday Morning to You

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     The morning beauty of the sky and the water coming together in the marina at Bahia Honda Railroad Bridge State Park is so calming and j...
Saturday, August 26, 2017

Bahama Bob's Lemoncello Dream

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     The summer is rapidly coming to a conclusion, but there is time for a few more summer cocktails.  Here is a really refreshing idea usin...
Friday, August 25, 2017

Flor de Cana Rum Opens Display at MIA

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MIA "Volcano" Display     If you are passing through the Miami Internatial Airport this month you might want to drop by the Fl...