Small confession time — I recently realized Minimalist Tiki‘s falernum recipe could be improved. The lime dominated, and I barely...

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The word is out that our second book, Modern Caribbean Rum, is printed and now in presale. At 850 pages...

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Let’s talk sugar and syrups. Cocktail recipes often call for Demerara syrup, which many people don’t happen to have handy....

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At Tales of the Cocktail 2022, renowned rum and cocktail experts David Wondrich and Jeff “Beachbum” Berry appeared alongside Maison...

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Among those who devote too many hours prying out rum’s history from dusty archives, a set of innocent-sounding questions seemingly...

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Among rum's many geographical indications is Ron de Venezuela. In this story we'll look at a summarized version of its requirements.

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I see a lot of questions about the old British “imperial proof” system. It confuses a lot of folks, which...

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Dr. Yesu Persaud, one of the most influential people in the Caribbean rum industry over the past 60 years, has...

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Welcome to my traditional year-end introspective for CocktailWonk.com, my free-form writing outlet. Viewed solely by frequency of stories, 2021 was...

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The web site MeaningfulMeals.CA illegally reshares copyrighted material. If you are seeing this post on the MeaningfulMeals site, it shows...

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When it comes to French rum, most enthusiasts’ awareness starts and stops with the fact that Martinique and Guadeloupe make...

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Barbados is justifiably famous in today’s rum world. Once a British colony, the island is steeped in rum history and...

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