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Plantation Honors Legendary Rum Collector, Recreates Historic Jamaican Rum, Announces Rum Research Facility

While Plantation’s 2017 West Indies Rum Distillery purchase has received the lion’s…

Events, Jamaican Rum, News
Long Pond Distillery, Fermentation room, 2018 July 17th. Photo credit: Long Pond Distillery

Jamaica’s Long Pond Rum Distillery Damaged by Fire

According to the Jamaica Observer, Jamaica’s Long Pond rum distillery has been…

Jamaican Rum, News, Rum
Long Pond, Jamaica. Photo credit: Maison Ferrand

Long Pond Returns! Jamaica’s Historic Rum Distillery Resumes Operation

As a confirmed Jamaican rum “dunderhead,” I obsessively track every snippet of…

Jamaican Rum, News, Rum

The Cocktail Wonk Top Ten Stories of 2016

While 2016 was a year many would have gladly skipped, here in…

Distilleries, Miscellaneous, rum, Spirit science, Tales of the Cocktail, Top Ten Post of Year, TTB, whiskey

Stalking the TTB: Upcoming U.S. rums from Mount Gay, Barbancourt, St. Lucia Distillers, and more! September to November 2016

With three more months in the rearview mirror, it’s time for another…

rum, TTB
Willett Distillery, KY

Cocktail Wonk Turns 200 – A Spirited Retrospective

As I write this, I’m lingering over the last few vapors from…

News, rhum, rum
TTB rum approvals

Stalking the TTB: Upcoming US rum releases July and August 2016

With two more months in the rearview mirror, it’s time for another…

rum, TTB
Plantation Rum OFTD Overproof

Plantation Launches New Blend – O.F.T.D. Overproof (Old Fashioned Traditional Dark)

In the lead up to (a particularly rum focused) Tales of the…

News, rum