Category: spirits

Cocktail Wonk Top Ten Stories of 2021

Welcome to my traditional year-end introspective for CocktailWonk.com, my free-form writing outlet.

Six Things About the French Rum Industry

When it comes to French rum, most enthusiasts’ awareness starts and stops…

Barbados Rum: Ten Things to Know

Barbados is justifiably famous in today’s rum world. Once a British colony,…

Ten Things to Know About Jamaican Rum

Jamaican rum has a particular mystique, and many rum geeks consider Jamaican…

Talking Marques, Muck, and Dunder with Hampden Estate

One of my activities as the WIRSPA community envoy is preparing and…

Tiki’s Missing Ingredient: “Martinique Rum” of Yore

One of the hallmarks of the modern Tiki revival is the obsessive…

Navy Rum Strength isn’t 57%

There is an aphorism – Repeat a lie often enough, and it…

Demerara Rum GI Achieves EU Recognition

Today’s big rum world news is international recognition for the Demerara Rum…