Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Maggie Campbell: A Master of American Rum

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Maggie Campbell       Maggie is the head distiller and president of Privateer Rum Company.    Wondering what she was going to do with ...
Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Hemingway Rum Company Bottles First Bottling Pilar Blonde in Key West Yesterday

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     An exciting day at the Hemingway Rum Company yesterday.  We Bottled our first bottles of rum.  This has bee a 4 plus year project from ...
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Monday, March 5, 2018

Eastside Distilling Introduces Their Coffee Flavored Rum

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      Portland-based spirits producer Eastside Distilling has launched a coffee-flavored rum, called Hue-Hue,made from Arabica coffee bea...
Sunday, March 4, 2018

The Beauty of the Caribbean From the Air

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     With Spring Break about to start here in Key West, I dream of my many flights over so many beautiful islands in the Caribbean Sea and ...
Saturday, March 3, 2018

Havana Club Introduces Whisky Cask Finished Rum

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      Pernod Ricard has released the third member of its limited-edition Havana Club Tributo Collection.  This is a rum that was finished...
Friday, March 2, 2018

Wild Fermentation Is the Sexiest and Least Understood Part of Spirits Making

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Rums Raw Materials Where Wild Yeasts can be Found      It's one of the most divisive areas in spirit making. Fermentation, by ...
Thursday, March 1, 2018

Everyone Has at Some Time or Another Jumped on Those Two-For-One Cocktail, But Are These Promotions Irresponsible?

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      A lot of bars and pubs offer these two for one deals Here in Key West to get people in the door, some places are handing out coupons...
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Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Why Whiskey Drinkers Should Look at Trying Rum

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Good Candidates for Whiskey Substitution       If you’re a whiskey drinker, that is looking for a little bit more from his cocktails y...
Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Trash in, Trash Out, it is Not Just True With Computers

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Large Production Fermenter      What are some of the factors that you have to be aware of when you are making rum?   First of all, you h...
Monday, February 26, 2018

Drinking Alcohol More Important Than Exercise to Living Past 90

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Clinic for Aging Research and Education in Laguna Woods, California       RAISE A GLASS TO THE golden years.    Making it past 90 year...
Sunday, February 25, 2018

Barbados: The Birthplace of Rum

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     Another Island that I haven't visited in quiet some time is Barbados.  I have a lot of very fond memories of this Island.  It was w...
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Saturday, February 24, 2018

Virginia Distillers Association Advocates for SB803

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If passed, Senate Bill 803 is set to breathe new life into Virginia's distilled spirits industry       Senate Bill 803 proceeds th...
Friday, February 23, 2018

In 1933 Congress Strikes the First Blow in The Fight to Kill Prohibition

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      A lot of people feel that prohibition just appeared, it didn’t, it was a long time coming and it took a long time to appeal it.   I ...
Thursday, February 22, 2018

What Kind of Drinker Are You?

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     This is an interesting article that I ran across today.  I often question myself about this very question.  I seem to have different ...
Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Dos Maderas Luxus Rum Brand Renews Support to Help Save 3,000 Baby Turtles

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Dos Maderas Rum Helping Baby Turtles       Caribbean rum brand Ron Dos Maderas Luxus has renewed its collaboration with the Billion Ba...
Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Yesterday We Had a Holiday, Presidents Day, or Was it?

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George Washington      Presidents’ Day , officially, Georg e  Washington’s Birthday , in the United States, celebrated the third M...
Monday, February 19, 2018

2005 Finish Finition En Fût Du Château La Tour Blanche

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     This wonderful expression, after spending 8 years aging in the traditions of  HSE Rhum, this 2005 vintage spends an additional 1 year...
Sunday, February 18, 2018

Dreaming of Getting Off or the Islands Again.

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     It has been over a year since I've bee off of the island and basking in the Caribbean sun on a different tropical island.  I still ...
Saturday, February 17, 2018

Looking at the Way Havana Has Cleaned Up Since 2012

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2012 Downtown Havana 2018 Old Havana      One of the really interesting things about wandering through the streets of Havana and d...