The custom of mixing lime with rum for a cooling drink on a hot Cuban day has been around a long time. It’s even been sugg…
The custom of mixing lime with rum for a cooling drink on a hot Cuban day has been around a long time. It’s even been...
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Spiced rum continues to grow as a category as every distiller on earth realizes that Captain Morgan has been sucking down cash for years with no competition. This latest brand, Blackheart, comes from Heaven Hill, home of Evan Williams bourbon and Christian...
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First produced in Cuba, Matusalem now hails from the Dominican Republic (after a stint in the U.S. — presumably Puerto Rico), but claims to hold fast to its original Cuban recipe dating back to 1872. This is the company’s top-end bottling,...
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DonQ is a huge rum brand from Puerto Rico. It’s now producing three flavored versions, two of which we were fortunate enough to review. Flavorings are natural and the proof level is rock bottom, so drink all you want
DonQ is a huge rum brand from...
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From the Jalisco highlands, 1921 is a line of 100 percent agave tequilas… plus a tequila liqueur.
From the Jalisco highlands, 1921 is a line of 100 percent agave tequilas… plus a tequila liqueur. I tasted them all while trying to figure...
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This MxMo (hosted by Frederic & company at Cocktail Virgin Slut has very interesting theme - tea. Tea, as it strikes me, is not widespread ingredients of cocktail
This MxMo (hosted by Frederic & company at Cocktail Virgin Slut has very interesting...
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Hailing from Guyana, El Dorado makes what is known as demerara rum, which is simply a rum from the Guyana area that is made using demerara sugar, aka turbinado sugar — you probably know the coarse brown crystals best under the trade name Sugar...
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The Mai tai was invented in 1944 by Victor Bergeron, also known as Trader Vic. He blended Jamaican rum, lime juice, a few dashes o…
The Mai tai was invented in 1944 by Victor Bergeron, also known as Trader Vic. He blended Jamaican rum, lime juice,...
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This variation of classic tropic cocktail Planter`s Punch with pompous name was found on my favorite Cocktail DB . Hotel Drake Vesuvius 30 ml gold rum 30 ml Jamaica rum 30 ml fresh lemon juice 45 ml fresh orange juice 15 ml grenadine 1/2 tsp. sugar Shake....
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The source of this interesting version of famous Zombie Cocktail is Bartender’s Guide by Trader Vic, 1947 . It contain one of my favorite spirit - Pernod - strong anise flavored liqueur from France. The Zombie is one of my favorite tiki-cocktail....
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