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Caribbean Photo of the Week: The Animal Flower Cave in Barbados

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The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Samantha Jagdeo, who sent in this lovely shot of the Animal Flower Cave in Barbados. Have you taken a great photo in the Caribbean? Send it to news@caribjournal.com with CPOTW in the subject line, including your first and last name and the location of the photo. […]

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Rum Journal: River Antoine, Grenada’s Mecca of Rum

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By Alexander Britell There is no crowd here, just a few curious travelers, less than a handful of staff. The buildings wear the fraying wardrobe of time. But in the empty silence of an off day at River Antoine, the sentiment quickly emerges that this is a truly special place. It’s a long drive to […]

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Rum Journal: The Newest Ron Diplomatico

By Alexander Britell There is an entry point for every rum aficionado. Seldom does a rum lover begin his or her journey in the world of rum with a rare agricole, or a limited-batch hidden-cask expression. There are rums like Bacardi 8 (the first rum I ever started to enjoy regularly, back when the choices […]

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Rum Journal: The Rum Awards 2017

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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 Awards is now in its sixth year, having grown into one of the world’s most […]


Rum Journal: The Newest Ron Diplomatico

It’s the late afternoon in Grenada, and just about any rum would work well while bobbing in the sparkling waters of Grand Anse Beach, but this one is special. This is Westerhall 10XO, perhaps the best rum from Grenada (competing with Clarke’s Court #37 expression for that honor) and it’s, well, terrific. Grenada has long […]

Rum Journal: Flor de Caña 18 Years

The world of great rummaking has long had its epicenter in the islands of the Caribbean – but the love and passion for making great rum is something that extends across the wider Caribbean Basin. Nowhere is that more true than in Nicaragua, a country with a strong tradition of rum led by the world-famous […]

Rum Journal: Papa’s Pilar Sherry Finish

By Alexander Britell It’s hard to believe it’s been almost five years since Papa’s Pilar rum first made its debut. The brand’s traditional aged rum, which is part owned by the Hemingway family and looks to exemplify Hemingway’s spirit of adventure, is a blend of rums from Florida, the Caribbean and Central America — and […]

Rum Journal: Rumson’s Grand Reserve Rum

You may not know it, but New England was a global hub for rum in the colonial period, when America was both bringing in rum from the West Indies and making a substantial portion of its own rum, too. While that tradition waned over two hundred years, New England’s love of rum hasn’t changed, and […]

Rum Journal: A Rum Corner at the Bitter End Yacht Club

After a long day on the North Sound you need a good rum. But not just any rum will do. So you walk around the Windward Mark Bar and find the rum corner. This is the home of rum at the newest bar at the Bitter End Yacht Club, a collection of fine rums that […]

Rum Journal: A Great Little Bar in Jost Van Dyke

“Red nuts and gin.” Within this phrase somewhere was great wisdom, the secret to enlightenment, or so Seddy at the corner of the bar instructed us. This was the venerable A&B Bar, a Jost Van Dyke institution older than anyone can remember, named for husband and wife owners Alan and Beryl, the kind of pure, […]

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 […]

Rum Journal: A New Look for Chairman’s Reserve

St. Lucia Distillers is unveiling new packaging for its flagship export rum brand, Chairman’s Reserve. The new look is coordinated with the scheduled relaunch of the brand in the U.S. on July 1. A unique blend of aged rums from pot and column stills, Chairman’s Reserve “represents what it means to St. Lucians to enjoy […]

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