Author: Matt Pietrek

South of the Border Zombie

With Mrs CocktailWonk off in Europe this week touring faucet factories and…

mezcal, Recipes, tiki recipes
La Frontera, by Jim Romdall, Rumba, Seattle

Rum and Sherry – A shared history and great together in cocktails!

June 2-8 2014 is International Sherry Week and I’m pretty excited about…

Recipes, Sherry

Was the English Civil war responsible for the birth of rum?

I’ve always been curious about what thought processes lead to the invention…

Rum History, whiskey

The origins of rum at St. Nicholas Abbey in Barbados

In April 2103 my wife Carrie and I visited Barbados for the…

Barbados Rum, Distilleries, travel

A good post on the impact of environmental conditions on barrel aging of whiskey

A nice, easily readable post for folks curious about whiskey over on…

Spirit science, whiskey

The Essential Arsenal of Tiki Rums

IMPORTANT: What follows has been superseded by a much more methodical and…

general tiki, rum

Lemon Hart 151 to become scarce again?

This was posted on the Lemon Hart 151 Facebook page last night:

News, rum

The Hampden Negroni, featuring Smith & Cross rum

Next week (June 2-8, 2014) is National Negroni Week, but being impatient,…

Recipes, rum