The sand along Palm Beach in Aruba holds its shape underfoot, bright white against water that stays calm most days of the year. Trade winds move steadily across the shoreline, lifting the edges of beach umbrellas and pushing small waves toward the sand. Catamarans idle just offshore. Parasails rise slowly above the waterline. You step into the […]
The Caribbean’s most exclusive island is the new home of a major Caribbean rum event. Caribbean Journal’s Caribbean Rum Awards, the region’s leading celebration of premium rums, is coming to St Barth from Nov. 6-10. The second edition of the event will be highlighted by a panel of spirits experts judging some of the most […]
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 the years rums spend in wood after their brief sojourns in pot and column stills. […]
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