Category: Rum History

The Colonial Rum Classification – A Primer

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

Grenada Rum Cheat Sheet

In early 2020 I visited the island of Grenada as…

The Age of Angostura – Part One

You might think what follows is yet another story about…

Demerara Distillers Ltd – Part One

In Roald Dahl’s classic book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,…

Destilería Serrallés and Don Q Rum Deep Dive

In the annals of rum history, Puerto Rico often gets…

How the Financial Crisis of 2007 Reshaped the Rum World

In the course of researching various rum-related topics, there’s some…

The Curious Tale of a Pineapple Press and the West India Docks

Researching distilled spirits history is a bit like panning for…

Unraveling Plummer and Wedderburn Rums

Among Jamaican rum aficionados, two names hold almost mythical allure:…