The water along Eagle Beach has a luminous blue that seems to go on forever. In Montego Bay, the hills rise behind a sweep of resorts, beaches and old sugar-estate country. On St. Thomas, ferries leave the harbor for St. John, sailboats cross Pillsbury Sound and Magens Bay curves around one of the Caribbean’s most […]
Above: Jamaica IT’S A CALM, spring Sunday — a perfect time for a rum cocktail. In this inaugural edition of Sunday Rum Journal, we bring you an easy way to bring paradise to you, whether within the Caribbean or without, courtesy of Jamaica’s Hampden Estate. The Trelawny-based Hampden Estate was founded in 1753, and specializes […]
Above: Paris (CJ Photo) THIS IS A RUM COLUMN, of course. Rum Journal’s mission is to bring the glory of rum to the world, and raise the level of discussion of rum to the kind traditionally enjoyed by wine and other spirits. But the ingredients to any classic rum cocktail do often involve a liqueur, […]
SAN JUAN — IT’S ONE OF the world’s most famous cocktails: a blend of coconut cream (preferably Coco Lopez), rum and pineapple. While the piña colada has a long and illustrious history at beach bars around the world, the story of the drink began in San Juan, Puerto Rico. But like any famous cocktail, there […]
