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NSCD NY + + Ian  Williams Lecturer Reminder: Thursday, January 19th Historical Activities Lecture featuring Ian Williams and a Rum Tasting Rum Tasting by El Dorado and Favorite Lecturer Ian Williams (of Rum fame) returns- Join US! Ian Williams, one of our most INTERESTING guest lecturers, a writer and historian on revolution- and on [...]

Eatymology Monday, Oct 31, 2011 2:00 PM EDT The twisted history of candy From the tragedies of the slave trade to the glitz of the Jazz Age, the story of these sugary treats echoes our own By Felisa Rogers candy (Credit: carbonated / CC BY 3.0/iStockphoto/lisafx) Topics:Eatymology, Food, Halloween As frost bites the air and [...]

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St Lucia Rum Receives Top Honour Tuesday, 14 June 2011 21:28 Written by Press 0 Comments E-mail Print PDF Chairmans Reserve RumsSt. Lucia Distillers Ltd has become the first company to be certified to use the highest tier of the Authentic Caribbean Rum Marque which is administered by the West Indies Rum & Spirits Producers [...]

Pusser’s Rum bounty for Navy Tot Fund Tuesday, 07 June 2011 Admiral David Steel & Charles Tobias MEDIA INFORMATION 7 June 2011 Pusser’s Rum bounty for Navy Tot Fund Substantial donation handed over on HMS Victory Charles Tobias, President and founder of Pusser’s Rum, has presented a cheque for £25,000 to the Royal Navy Sailors [...]

The sound of a dead horse being flogged – Rumpundit Court rules against Pernod in rum dispute By The Associated Press   A U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled that the “Havana Club” trademark Pernod Ricard SA uses for its rum in other parts of the world can’t be used in the U.S. It is [...]

Captain Morgan Rewards Archaeologists With Rum For Ocean Floor Find by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) Mar 4th 2011 at 7:02PM You don’t hear about liquor brands getting involved in archaeology too often but the team of archaeologists has recovered six cannons from the site where “infamous privateer” Captain Henry Morgan’s ships wrecked in the 1600s [...]

As the article says, these were hardly key markets, but Pernod seems to have reacted to Bacardi vigorously – this is a global grog fight. Rum Pundit GLOBAL: Bacardi sees Havana Club trademark revoked in all but US By: just-drinks.com editorial team | 10 February 2011 Decrease font size Increase font size Comment on this [...]

Lowland Scots would not have been seen dead in a kilt until Walter Scott romanticised with all that Rob Roy stuff. And Rabbie Burns drank rum as well – Rumpundit. Row breaks out over rum advert making fun of Scotsmen in kilts Feb 7 2011 By Charlie Gall A ROW has broken out over a [...]

Ron Jeremy Wants You to Open Up and Swallow His Rum Rum, as all alcohol, is meant for adults. Next year, however, infamous adult star Ron Jeremy is launching his “adult” rum, making him another Johnny-come-lately–or Ronny-come-lately, if you’ll indulge–on the celebrity booze scene. Ron de Jeremy, which will be available next month for sale [...]