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10 All-Inclusive Resorts in the Caribbean Where Staying Active Is the Point

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The Caribbean was made for motion — water that begs for a paddle, trade winds that fill a sail, trails that pull you up to a lookout just in time for sunset. These all-inclusive resorts lean into that energy. They’re the places where your day is mapped by dives, hikes, matches, and miles — and […]

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The Best Rum Bar in Jamaica

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For centuries, Jamaica’s finest aged rums have long found immense popularity among connoisseurs around the world.  But for travelers to the island, finding them all in once place hasn’t always been easy.  For the best expressions from storied marques like Appleton to companies like Hampden and Worthy Park, both of which have seen a renaissance […]

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In Antigua, the Art of the All-Inclusive Rum Bar

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It’s called Nobody Knows.  But clearly someone does.  It’s just past twilight at Nobody Knows, the signature rum bar at Antigua’s renowned Hammock Cove resort.  Erick is pouring a diverse selection of some of the Caribbeans finest rums, from marques like Havana Club; Abuelo; Mount Gay, El Dorado and English Harbour.  It’s all here, a […]

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Flor de Caña Wins Green Distillery of the Year at Caribbean Rum Awards St Barth

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Nicaragua’s Flor de Caña has taken the crown as the Green Distillery of the Year at the Caribbean Rum Awards St Barth.  The annual event is the Caribbean’s leading celebration of the finest rums in the world.  The company won the award for its “broad commitment to sustainability and industry-leading example for green rum-making,” according to a […]


In Antigua, the Art of the All-Inclusive Rum Bar

By Alexander Britell GRAND CASE – There’s always something new to discover on Grand Case Boulevard, a corner unseen, a tiny alley overlooked. It’s a street that has lived many lives — including this latest one, a renaissance in the wake of unwanted visitors. The newest addition to Grand Case, though, is exceptionally special. It’s called […]

Rum Journal: Cooper Island's Remarkable Rum Bar

It’s the end of the afternoon, sky and water both silver, and there’s just one thing on the menu: rum. You stroll up the dock, past a smattering of barrels and enter what must be paradise on earth. Here, on a tiny island outpost of the British Virgin Islands, is one of the world’s greatest […]

The Caribbean’s Greatest Rum Bar

By Alexander Britell As you sit inside the bar, you start by watching. Watching like the way you look at a monument or a sweeping valley – it is stationary but a thing that demands your attention, dynamic without moving. That’s what happens when there are more than 600 bottles of rum in a single […]

Rum Journal: The Best Rum Bar in Turks and Caicos

It’s famous, this place, for its conch, and rightly so: Da Conch Shack draws pilgrims from across the world to taste its freshly-grabbed conch from the waters off Providenciales. (We like the cracked conch best). But there’s another reason to come to this corner of Providenciales — rum. Just to the side of the famous restaurant […]

The Caribbean’s Best Beach Rum Bar

We’ve long extolled the virtues of the rum bar in these pages: that is, bars that go beyond trivial cocktail rum and offer a serious, diverse offering of rums on the menu. But none of these bars has ever been right on the sand. Until now. Thanks to one of the Caribbean’s most creative hospitality minds, […]

The Best Rum Bar in St Martin

There are bars and there are beach bars and then there are rum bars. In the Caribbean, the last one means something quite different. As we’ve written in these pages before, a rum bar means a place where rum is appreciated, where rums are collected from both near and far — it’s a place for […]

Rum Journal: The Best Bar in Grand Cayman

Executed right, there is nothing quite like a hotel bar. While other bars prize crowds, bustle and numbers, a great hotel bar is about the art of refined hospitality, of making you feel pampered. It is a place to retreat, a place to reflect. And, of course, a place to drink. And when it comes […]

Anguilla Has a Serious New Rum Bar

By Alexander Britell Increasingly, Caribbean hotels have begun acknowledging both the demand and appreciation for fine rum. That’s often manifested itself in the form of “rum bars,” or bars that offer rums from around the region, not just one particular island. But there’s a new rum power in the Caribbean: Anguilla’s Zemi Beach House. The island’s newest hotel […]