Three Dutch Rums

Going Dutch (Rum-Crazy) – Denizen Merchant’s Reserve, Zuidam Flying Dutchman, and Tres Hombres Republica Dominicana

I started this past week with no Dutch rum in…

rum, spirit reviews

Expanding the Tiki Lexicon – Coffee flavor in Falernum?

One day as Jason Alexander and I were doing our…

Cocktail Technique, general tiki, Recipes

South of the Border Zombie

With Mrs CocktailWonk off in Europe this week touring faucet…

mezcal, Recipes, tiki recipes
La Frontera, by Jim Romdall, Rumba, Seattle

Rum and Sherry – A shared history and great together in cocktails!

June 2-8 2014 is International Sherry Week and I’m pretty…

Recipes, Sherry

Was the English Civil war responsible for the birth of rum?

I’ve always been curious about what thought processes lead to…

Rum History, whiskey

The origins of rum at St. Nicholas Abbey in Barbados

In April 2103 my wife Carrie and I visited Barbados…

Barbados Rum, Distilleries, travel

A good post on the impact of environmental conditions on barrel aging of whiskey

A nice, easily readable post for folks curious about whiskey…

Spirit science, whiskey

The Essential Arsenal of Tiki Rums

IMPORTANT: What follows has been superseded by a much more…

general tiki, rum

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