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Ian Williams, Rumpundit, commiserates Black Tot Day. Saturday  31 July is the 40th Anniversary of Black Tot Day when the Royal Navy abandoned the daily grog ration for its sailors. Do hoist  a dark rum to mark the occasion. The British decision to abandon a centuries-old tradition of high octane fighting spirit and replace it [...]

Appleton strikes gold Published: Thursday | July 8, 2010 0 Comments and 0 Reactions Appleton Estate V/X Jamaica Rum The internationally respected Monde Selection International Institute for Quality Selections has awarded three Grand Gold medals to Appleton Estate Jamaica Rum. The flagship Appleton Estate V/X Jamaica Rum, the super-premium Appleton Estate Reserve Jamaica Rum and [...]

// Maine coast home to award winning distillery Bartlett Winery is exploring the world of brandies, liquors and rums — and getting noticed for it 4/21/10 By Sharon Kiley Mack BDN Staff BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY SHARON KILEY MACK Bartlett’s State of Maine Distillery’s Apple American Brandy and Pear American Brandy are winning international [...]

Barbados government to assist rum producers Published on Saturday, April 17, 2010 Email To Friend Print Version By Julie Wilson BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) — The rum industry, which has lost some of its preferential trading arrangements, will get a lifeline from Government to help it stay afloat. This assurance has come from Minister of Economic Affairs, [...]

HAITI AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE They’ll drink to that: Haitian rum maker endures Rhum Barbancourt, Haiti’s signature rum, is bouncing back from quake damage and will bottle and ship soon. // Photos Related Content Court backs Bacardi’s use of the name Havana Club BY TRENTON DANIEL tdaniel@MiamiHerald.com PORT-AU-PRINCE — It has survived 19 coups, military rule, [...]

Haitian rummaker rebuilds business after quake Published on Saturday, March 27, 2010 By Pascal Fletcher PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) — At Haiti’s famous Barbancourt rum factory [1], patches of grass and shrubs around the warehouses are burned black from where the aging golden liquor spilled from oak casks split by the Jan. 12 earthquake. Toppled caskets [...]

On the Rocks by Ian Williams Mar 05 2010 As part of its push to introduce American sippers to a wider range of high-end cognacs, Rémy Martin is selling a “rare cask” of the brown liquor for a mere $15,000 a bottle. Sample Sale Sample Sale . Premium brown spirits, whiskies, malts made from grain, [...]

February 17, 2010, 6:47 pm New Rum Campaign Has a Sophisticated Tone By STUART ELLIOTT The raucous, party-hardy image of rum is not for the rum distillers of Puerto Rico. They are taking another tack in a campaign that is now under way. The campaign, which carries the theme “A reflection of who you are,” [...]

Rum revival sparks new interest in old spirit By MICHELLE LOCKE (AP) – 20 hours ago SAN FRANCISCO — If the huge anchor and float lights hanging from the ceiling of Martin Cate’s Smuggler’s Cove bar don’t clue you in, the stacks of barrels and ship’s figurehead mounted on the wall should get you in [...]

Haiti’s Rhum Barbancourt Suffers Quake Damage Dan Marsteller Posted: January 25, 2010 Rhum Barbancourt’s Port-au-Prince distillery will not resume production for at least a month following significant damage sustained during the Haitian capital’s recent earthquake. One of the facility’s exterior walls fell, and barrels of aging rum were destroyed along with equipment inside the plant. [...]