Author: Matt Pietrek

New Insights Into Wray & Nephew 17

Over on the Facebook Rum History forum, I shared some recent discoveries…

The British Navy’s Rum Purchases Revealed

For fifty years, the rums that the British Royal Navy blended for…

Pusser’s Rum Charles Tobias: On the Record (Part One)

For students of spirits history who pour over countless dry pages to…

The British Navy’s Rum Vatting System: An inside look

As the 50th anniversary of Black Tot Day approaches, interest in all…

Clarke’s Court and Grenada Distillers Ltd.

When it comes to exported Grenadian-made rum, one name has dominated over…

Grenada’s River Antoine Rum Distillery – Rum History Wonderland

Among rum cognoscenti, Jamaica’s Hampden Estate is held in exceedingly high reverence;…

The Colonial Rum Classification – A Primer

The topic of Spanish, French and French style rums come up frequently…

A (Non-)History of Jamaica in British Navy Rum

From sheer repetition over many decades, the rum world has accepted a…