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 share of recent press about the brand, the…

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 severely hobbled by a fire. The historic distillery,…

Independent Rum Bottlers: The Real Story

In the early of my rum wonkery, after exhausting the rum offerings at at our state controlled liquor stores, a…

Four Questions For Your Rum Categorization: A Spirits Educator Weighs In

One of the joys of my jumping headlong into the world of distilled spirits is meeting highly educated and passionate…