The Caribbean is filled with storied places. Former colonial mansions and centuries-old inns. Sugar plantations and oceanfront estates that have watched over harbors for generations. Some of these hotels have been hosting travelers for decades. Others have transformed elegant heritage buildings into hideaways for a new era. They’re places where the past is never far […]
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. […]
