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As Captain Morgan Leaves, Puerto Rico Hopes to Keep the Rum Business Lucrative With New Distillery 0 Comments Published at 1:15 pm, July 8, 2011 Image Photo Credits: As Captain Morgan Leaves, Puerto Rico is Hoping to Keep the Rum Business Going With New Distillery Near San Juan, Puerto Rico, a former pharmaceutical plant is [...]

“And did Trelawney die” was the song of the Western Men, whose defeated prisoners might well have ended up as indentured labour in Jamaica. Trelawney Gold did die, but who knows it might be coming back – in spirit at least! Rumpundit. Husseys make another half-billion bet on Long Pond Published: Sunday | April 3, [...]

 Glazer’s to distribute Amalgamated’s rum across Missouri St. Louis Business Journal – by Kelsey Volkmann Date: Thursday, March 31, 2011, 12:32pm CDT Jesse Jones  Amalgamated Brewing and Distilling Co. said Thursday it reached a deal with Glazer’s to distribute Amalgamated’s 85 Lashes Rum beyond St. Louis to throughout Missouri. Amalgamated, a craft brewer and [...]

Hampden ‘Fires’ up rum market: Red Of course the title is unfair – but irresistible. Sadly export markets are not easy for white overproof rum… which is an acquired taste, albeit one acquired by so many locals in the Caribbean. Rumpundit. Stripe to be sole distributors of new local spirit Published: Wednesday | March 16, [...]

Kraken Hokum – but Enjoyable   US: Proximo Spirits gives The Kraken TV push By: just-drinks.com editorial team | 15 March 2011 Proximo Spirits has lined up a television advert for its black spiced rum brand The Kraken. The ad, which breaks next month across a number of cable networks, including ESPN, forms part of [...]

Wandering around the Las Vegas International Bar and Night Club show is an otherworldly existence. Model Agencies from as far away as LA had been tapped to provide skimpily clad marketing assistants, but Dictador’s stand stood out.  Its models in kitschy festishistic outfits matched its black bottles, coated in sensual rubber smooth enough to make [...]

Love the headline! Rum Pundit Dollar Strengthens on Divine Intervention Published on Mon, 14/03/2011, 11:43:03 |   By Jordan Gelbart Australian owned rum Holey Dollar has continued its winning streak at international spirits competitions, being awarded ‘Master’ and ‘Gold’ status at The Spirit Masters Series. The series is held by The Spirits Business Magazine with [...]

The Spirit of a Privateer: Privateer International Opens Distillery Posted on 03/10/11 at 11:00pm by webmaster   The Spirit of a Privateer: Privateer International Opens Distillery Andrew Cabot opens rum distillery in Ipswich, MA Ipswich, MA (Vocus/PRWEB) March 10, 2011 It was an economic instigator for the American Revolution. George Washington insisted on having it [...]

Sceptics have cast doubt on their claim to age their rum at a depth of seven fathoms… but it’s taking off! Rumpundit Expansion creates new jobs soon Posted Sat, Feb 26th 2011, 07:38 (Grand Cayman – CITN) –   The Cayman Islands Distillery, a small local business that are the makers of Seven Fathoms Rum, [...]

Some fascinating details in this article from a Cuban rummery… places that don’t usually allow such scrutiny! – Rumpundit Puerto Principe Rum Has Its Bouquet February 26, 2011 | Por Lazaro Gonzalez Puerto Principe Beverage Complex in the central Cuban province of Camaguey. HAVANA TIMES, Feb. 26 — Well yes, it’s like what you’ve read: [...]