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Rum Old Fashioned, Three Dots and a Dash

Protean Rum Breathes Life into the Classics

By Maggie Hennessy Dec. 4, 2018

Hot on the heels of Chicago’s rum-fueled tiki movement, bartender Peter Vestinos opened the chic, 1930s-styled bar Sparrow in the city’s posh Gold Coast neighborhood in 2015. The cocktail bar features … Read More

Christmas in the Caribbean Is the Original Rum Festival

By Gina Haase Nov. 27, 2018

The fall-to-winter handoff can be a bona fide drag. Fortunately, just as temperature and temper take a …

Solomon & Kuff's Shane Smith in a contemplative moment. Photo by Gabi Porter.

The Glittering Lives of Manhattan’s Rum Bunch

By Shari Cask Nov. 20, 2018

We are proud to introduce a new columnist to The Rum Reader, longtime society scrivener Shari Cask. She will …

Sugar: A Practical Guide

By Gina Haase Oct. 30, 2018

Sugar and spirits have enjoyed a cheerful partnership in our cups since the fifteenth century. Expensive and …

Foursquare’s Other Gems

By Ben Schaffer Sep. 24, 2018

In recent years, Barbados-based Foursquare and its outspoken leader Richard Seale have sprung to to the …

Exotic rums of the world. Photo by Matthias Merges.

Rare Rum Sleuths Mend Broken Links to Our Drinking History

By Maggie Hennessy Sep. 24, 2018

Sipping rum from a decades-old bottle might be one of our closest analogs to time travel. Visit Havana in 1958 …

Audrey Saunders. illustration by Adriana Bellet.

The Daiquiri Dossier: Pegu Perspective

By Audrey Saunders Sep. 24, 2018

As the Daiquiri is the preeminent rum cocktail, we knew we had to investigate it for the inauguration of the …

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