Author: Matt Pietrek

Talking Rum with Erik Carlson and House Spirits’ Bridgetown Rum

House Spirits of Portland, Oregon is dipping their toes into the rum…

Power Tools for the Home Bar Wonk

I’ve realized recently that within the mixology world there are two tribes:…

Lost Spirits Distillery’s new Polynesian Inspired Rum, and a Polynesian Paralysis variation

Having recently gotten my hands on the Polynesian Inspired rum from Lost…

Bartender! There’s Chile in my Tiki Drink (The Aztec Warrior)

Recently I had the good fortune to be at Rob Roy in…

The inside story of how Lost Spirits Distillery uses science to supercharge rum flavor

Recently Bryan Davis, organic chemistry “hacker” and co-owner of Lost Spirits Distillery…

Lost Spirits to release a third rum – Cuban Style

As followers of this blog know, I’m a big fan of Lost…

Three Dutch Rums

Going Dutch (Rum-Crazy) – Denizen Merchant’s Reserve, Zuidam Flying Dutchman, and Tres Hombres Republica Dominicana

I started this past week with no Dutch rum in my collection…

Expanding the Tiki Lexicon – Coffee flavor in Falernum?

One day as Jason Alexander and I were doing our usual Facebook…