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For decades, rum was the spirit you mixed. Now, aged expressions from Barbados, Jamaica, and Guatemala are competing wit...
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Caribbean Terroir: How Island Climate Shapes the Rum in Your Glass
Barbados makes elegant, refined rum. Jamaica makes funky, fruity rum. Guyana makes heavy, complex rum. The reason is not...
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Column vs Pot Still: Understanding Rum Distillation
Every rum begins in a still, and the type of still used shapes everything about the spirit — its weight, its texture, it...
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The Daiquiri: A Short History of the World's Most Perfect Cocktail
Three ingredients, no garnish, and two hundred years of argument about the right way to make it. The Daiquiri is the coc...
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Molasses vs Sugarcane Juice: The Great Divide in Rum Production
The raw material defines the rum. Molasses produces the rich, sweet rums of the English and Spanish traditions; fresh su...
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The Mai Tai: How One Cocktail Conquered the World
Created in Oakland in 1944, contested in origin, and butchered by a million beach bars — the Mai Tai is the most misunde...
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