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A Very Strong, Very Good Rum From The Bahamas

The history of rum is intertwined with the history of the Caribbean — particularly that infamous (and somehow lastingly romantic) age of rum-fueled pirates. But for all the stories of Caribbean pirates and treasure-seekers, a surprisingly small number of pirates […]

Rum Journal: A Sherry-Finished Rum From Puerto Rico

The growth of cask-finished rums has skyrocketed in recent years, as more and more distillers look to add new personalities and characters to rums. It’s a reminder of the power of the barrel to imbue flavor, of the importance of […]

Rum Journal: A Lovely New Rum From Venezuela’s Diplomatico

By Alexander Britell There’s a certain kind of rum you can’t enjoy. It’s the rum that your bar doesn’t serve. Years ago — and even today, rum lovers still face a rather small selection in even some of the best bars […]

Rum Journal: The Rum Awards — 2018

It’s hard to believe that this year is the seventh annual edition of the Rum Awards, a celebration of rum that was one of the earliest innovations of Caribbean Journal. And it’s just as remarkable how much rum has changed […]

Winston Churchill’s Suite in the Bahamas

By Alexander Britell “Mr Churchill is easily satisfied with the best,” Lord Birkenhead once said of his friend, Sir Winston Churchill. The preceding quotation— sometimes wrongly attributed to Churchill himself, and perhaps itself apocryphal — is one of my favorites — and a […]

A Climate of Change for Caribbean Internet

By Gerard Best CJ Contributor Spring storms with winter qualities clobbered North America this week, threatening Canada with slow-moving storms, and pounding the United States with near-record snowfall in the midwest, low temperatures in the south and tornadoes further east. […]

Rum Journal: The Rum Awards 2017

It began in 2012 with an idea: to lift up rum. The aim was to celebrate the glory of rum, to honor the greatest rums just as wines and spirits and so many other categories are honored. Rum Journal’s Rum […]

Rum Journal: El Dorado Single Barrel ICBU

If you love rum, it’s like that Guyana’s El Dorado rum has a prominent place in your cabinet. This robust, renowned marque has long produced some of the Caribbean’s best, most flavorful rums, owning up to Guyana’s proud rum (and […]

The Rummelier of Anguilla

Zemi Beach’s rum master By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor There’s no liquor more synonymous with the Caribbean than rum, so to visit without tasting the tropical tipple would be impolite. And while we absolutely encourage enthusiastic quaffing of plastic […]

A Major Tech Meeting in Santo Domingo

LACNIC On the Move heads to Dominican Republic’s capital By Gerard Best CJ Contributor Tech experts from Latin America and the Caribbean will gather in Santo Domingo this month for an important meeting of the region’s Internet community. LACNIC On […]

Making the Most of Caribbean Spectrum

A major resource for Caribbean telecom By Gerard Best CJ Contributor PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad—Caribbean countries have found an interesting way to extract value from one invisible shared commodity. The valuable resource is known to telecommunication industry insiders as spectrum. […]

St Maarten to Host Major Tech Conference

CaribNOG is coming to St Maarten By Gerard Best CJ Contributor Sint Maarten will host the twelfth meeting of the Caribbean Network Operators Group (CaribNOG) from October 24 to 26. CaribNOG is the Caribbean’s first volunteer-based community of network engineers, […]

You Should Visit Antigua in May. Here’s How.

Our new Destination of the Month feature offers a more in-depth exploration of the Caribbean’s top destinations, with a look at where to stay, play and eat — and how to get there. This month, our destination of the month is […]

Rum Journal: A New Limited Edition Rum From Papa’s Pilar

This is a rum we like. Papa’s Pilar, the rum named after Hemingway’s fishing boat and partly owned by the Hemingway family, has a likable story and a decidedly likable taste. The latter led us to name the brand’s dark […]

Rum Journal: The Rum Awards 2015

There’s something different about sipping a glass of fine rum. Sure, there are great spirits from around the world. But when you drink a glass of rum, you’re tasting something else — history, culture, love, torment, romance. You are tasting […]

Rum Journal: Opthimus, Cartavio, Siesta Key Highlight RumXP Winners

By the Caribbean Journal staff The results from the 2015 RumXP awards are in, and one of the world’s leading rum award slates has some new winners. Leading the way were a host of top-level rums, from Peru’s Cartavio, which took […]

Rum Journal: The Rum Awards 2014

RUM IS more than a drink. It is the spirit of the Caribbean. It represents the sweetness of the region; its history; its courage and its romance. And rum is a way to take the Caribbean with you, wherever you […]

Rum Journal: Trinidad’s Angostura No. 1

WE’RE BIG fans of the venerable House of Angostura here at Rum Journal. While much of the world knows Angostura first for its bitters we know better: their rum is outstanding, led by our typical favourite, the sensational 1919 (although […]

Rum Journal: Pusser’s, Don Q, El Dorado Among RumXP Winners

Above: Lost Spirits rum By the Rum Journal staff It was another solid class at this year’s Miami Rum Festival, which released the winners of its RumXP tasting competition on Wednesday. The competition featured three days of blind tasting trials […]

Rum Journal: A Punch Smash From Panama’s Ron Abuelo

SOME of the world’s best rums claim their origins in Spain — most notably Bacardi and Don Q. But another top rum was the result of a trip from Spain to the New World: Panama’s Ron Abuelo. The rum comes […]

Rum Journal: Pyrat Rum XO Reserve

For a long time, Pyrat Rum was bottled in Anguilla. Of course, Anguilla isn’t a sugar cane hub — but in recent years, everything has shifted to sugar-rich Guyana. That country, geographically South American but culturally and politically Caribbean, produces […]