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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 [...]

For history From the musical 1776, Rum Molasses and Slaves, for the song move to 4’42″ and get the flavour of Rum: A Social and Sociable History of the Real Spirit of 1776

I spoke about Haiti, Rum and Rhum Barbancourt, at the fundraiser for the Public-Private Alliance Foundation, whose work includes making available ethanol stoves in Haiti to stop deforestation caused by charcoal making. Once again, the big hit on a cold rainy night was the Fizzie Zombie, Barbancourt Rhum Barbancourt, dry New York Champagne, a squeeze [...]

Public-Private Alliance Foundation You are invited…. “Partners Against Poverty” Event to benefit the Public-Private Alliance Foundation and its work in Haiti Thursday November 4 6 – 8 pm Since the January 12 earthquake PPAF is helping Haitians revitalize their country by partnering with business, the Diaspora, non-profits, the Government, the United Nations and individuals on [...]

The Common Review, Summer Issue Empire and Alcohol: A Brief Survey By   Ian Williams Books mentioned in this essay: I Drink Therefore I Am: A Philosopher’s Guide to Wine, by Roger Scruton Continuum, 211 pages, $24.95 The Prohibition Hangover, by Garrett Peck Rutgers University Press, 309 pages, $26.95 Uncorking the Past: The Quest for [...]

Well, we raised a toast to Black Tot Day here in the Catskills, with a White Ensign flying from the porch, and heard news of others who did the same – any excuse to drink rum I suppose! Charles Tobias of Pussers passed on the following message which originally had a very nice photo, but [...]

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 [...]