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Marriott Just Reopened This Barbados Luxury Resort With a New Brand

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I remember the first time I stayed at the Colony Club in Barbados. It was more than a decade ago. I was immediately struck by the feel – there was this palpable sense of ceremony, of classic grandeur. It felt like Barbados, of what you imagine about the island, especially the Platinum Coast.  Now, after […]

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The World’s Top Rum Competition Is in the Caribbean

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I remember the first time I stayed at the Colony Club in Barbados. It was more than a decade ago. I was immediately struck by the feel – there was this palpable sense of ceremony, of classic grandeur. It felt like Barbados, of what you imagine about the island, especially the Platinum Coast.  Now, after […]

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Rum Journal: This 12-Year-Old Rum Is a Taste of Grenada 

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I remember the first time I stayed at the Colony Club in Barbados. It was more than a decade ago. I was immediately struck by the feel – there was this palpable sense of ceremony, of classic grandeur. It felt like Barbados, of what you imagine about the island, especially the Platinum Coast.  Now, after […]

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Rum Journal: A Game-Changing Caribbean Rum Gets Even Better 

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I remember the first time I stayed at the Colony Club in Barbados. It was more than a decade ago. I was immediately struck by the feel – there was this palpable sense of ceremony, of classic grandeur. It felt like Barbados, of what you imagine about the island, especially the Platinum Coast.  Now, after […]


Rum Journal: This 12-Year-Old Rum Is a Taste of Grenada 

We love St Maarten’s new airport. It’s been quite the process rebuilding things since Irma, and Princess Juliana just put the finishing touches on the project at the end of last year.  The result is a sparkling new Caribbean airport with some terrific shopping options (and a lovely outpost of the Bacchus brand).  But what […]

Rum Journal: LVMH’s Newest Caribbean Rum 

It’s been one of the most successful rum releases of the last decade: Eminente, the Cuban brand that has instantly found itself in the pantheon of the best rums on the global market.  While the premium aged rum has launched several spin-offs (including an outstanding 10-year Gran Reserva), it’s the 7-year that is the standard-bearer […]

Momofuku Just Opened a Caribbean Hotspot in New York (With a Rum Bar)

It’s one of the hottest restaurant brands, well, anywhere: Momofuku, the contemporary Asian hotspot founded by David Chang that now has locations all around the globe.  But Momofuku started life in New York, and that’s where the brand’s newest concept has taken shape: Bar Kabawa, a new Caribbean rum bar that’s all about celebrating the […]

Rum Journal: “Extra Virgin,” an Aged Rum from St Thomas 

If you’ve spent any time in the US Virgin Islands, you know there’s a very strong rum culture. Whether it’s in a punch or a painkiller, the sugarcane spirit is an essential part of the experience.  When it comes to rum-making, it’s a different conversation. There’s one dominant player: St Croix’s Cruzan Rum, which is […]

In St Barth, a One-Of-a-Kind Festival With Rooftop Parties, Luxury Villas and the Best Rums on Earth 

In a spirits world that is always searching for the next best thing, the rarest bottling, the impossible-to-find expression, it’s something that still, somehow, remains something of a secret: the Rhum Agricole of the French Caribbean: the rum distilled from pure sugarcane juice that is just about the rarest, most exquisite rum you can find […]

Rum Journal: A Legendary Rum Bar in Athens, Greece, Baba Au Rhum

We’ve written often in these pages of the joy of the Rum Bar, a bar that celebrates the best of Caribbean rum-making with a diverse, robust selection of rums from across the region.  For years, such bars were few and far between, even in the Caribbean: places like Antigua’s Papa Zouk, or the Rhum Room […]

Rum Journal: In St Thomas, a Rum Bar With a View 

Sushi. Poke. Rum. The sign at the entrance makes a rather compelling case. But the biggest selling point at the US Virgin Islands’ newest rum bar, Sugarfin, sn’t any of those things.  It’s the view.  Here at the legendary Frenchman’s Reef in St Thomas, USVI, you’ll find one of the most spectacular, jaw-dropping views in the […]

Rum Journal: The Caribbean’s Best New Rum Is From Grenada 

They have been making rum here in some form for almost three centuries, in a 500-acre estate anchored by waving cane fields on the southern coast of Grenada.  As you walk around the grounds, you find the remnants of centuries of sugarcane tradition — and a flowing natural spring.  While the still here is now only […]
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The Best Rums in the World come from the Caribbean. And that’s just the beginning of the story. Because discovering the best rums from around the region isn’t a science — it’s an art, a journey best traveled with an understanding of the Caribbean beyond cane.

At Rum Journal, we bring you the finest writing on rum anywhere on the web, with an emphasis on revealing undiscovered, less heralded rums and shining a light on the things that make the region’s rum so unique, from distilleries to recipes to in-depth videos.

This is also the world’s leading resource on the special rums of Martinique and Guadeloupe, where rum is made from pure sugarcane juice and called “rhum agricole.”

Rum Journal is all about the best rums, and about giving the spirit all of the reverence and respect that it deserves, in the same way that other spirits around the world have been treated for centuries.