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Rum Journal: A Parisian Take on a Classic Caribbean Cocktail

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 […]

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Rum Journal: Papa's Pilar: A Rum for Ernest Hemingway

“I ordered a Rum St James. This tasted wonderful on the cold day and I kept on writing, feeling very well and feeling the good Martinique rum warm me all through my body and my spirit.” — Ernest Hemingway, A […]

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Rum Journal: Guyana's El Dorado 15

GUYANA IS the southernmost country in the Caribbean Community, and just one of two CARICOM Member States that are not actually islands. But its Demerara region long produced the best sugar in the Caribbean, and Guyana has one of the […]

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Rum Journal: Colorado's Dancing Pines Distillery Cask Rum

Above: Dancing Pines Distillery’s Cask Rum at CJ Headquarters in Miami (CJ Photo) MIAMI — THE UNITED STATES is seeing a boom in craft spirit production, with an upsurge in the number of boutique rums now on the market, some […]


Rum Journal: A Taste of Nevis' Nisbet Plantation Beach Club

Above: the Avenue of Palms at the Nevis Plantation Beach Club (Photo by Nisbet Plantation)   The historic Nisbet Plantation Beach Club is located on 30 acres on the beach in Nevis. At the heart of the site is the […]


Rum Journal: Barbados' Cockspur VSOR

Above: Bridgetown (CJ Photo) There’s a clear rum celebrity in Barbados — Mount Gay. It’s the rum ambassador for the island and its famous red caps dot many a sailing regatta. But Mount Gay is far from the only rum […]

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Rum Journal: A Rum Grows in Miami

Above: Miami Club Rum’s Wynwood distillery (RJ Photo) MIAMI: THE DE FACTO CAPITAL of the Caribbean and Latin America. It’s also the rum capital of the United States. But in the 116 years since it was incorporated, there has never […]


Rum Journal: A Classic Daiquiri from the Dominican Republic's Atlantico Rum

Atlantico’s story is the search for the perfect rum, led by two former executives at Bacardi who ended up finding it in the Dominican Republic. And Atlantico is a rum Rum Journal likes very much. What we also like is […]


Rum Journal: Reaching Cloud Nine With Nicaragua's Flor de CaƱa

Above: Flor de Caña (Photo: Compana Licorera de Nicaragua) NICARAGUA’S Flor de Caña has long been a Rum Journal favourite among Central American rums. As RJ discussed last year, Central America has developed into one of the world’s hubs of […]

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Rum Journal: The Rum Awards 2012

IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR— award season. When we look back on 2012, it was a strong year for rum across the Caribbean, from Barbados to Martinique, the Dominican Republic to Guyana, and everywhere in between. Rum Journal traveled across […]


Rum Journal: Getting into the Christmas Spirit With Jamaica's Appleton

Above: the Appleton distillery in Jamaica It’s Christmas in the Caribbean, and while it’s not frigid like the region’s neighbours in the United States, Canada and Europe, that doesn’t mean the same rum cocktail cures don’t apply. And no one […]


Haiti's Rhum Barbancourt Celebrates 150 Years With Special Edition

Above: the Cuvee 150 Ans By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s Rhum Barbancourt is launching a new special edition to mark the company’s 150th anniversary, the company announced. Barbancourt’s Cuvee 150 Ans is a special blend in an art deco […]


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