Rum was the first spirit I ever tried, under the watchful eyes of my parents, at the age of eleven. That may seem young, but here’s the story: we were visiting our family in Cuba, gathering to...
What Rum Means to Me
Koky López: What Rum Means to Me
My grandmother gave everyone in my family a different one of her recipes: pasteles, barriguitas de vieja. I...
Kiowa Bryan: What Rum Means to Me
I think my story of rum is a bit backwards from most rum people. I started mixing cocktails at the age of...
Maggie Morgan: What Rum Means to Me
Most people have close connections to spirits when they grew up around them or close to where they are made....
Lulu Martinez: What Rum Means to Me
As you are no doubt aware, the Rum Reader always encourages discussion of the Daiquiri. In this month’s...
Zan Kong: What Rum Means to Me
Rum. To some, it’s a cheap booze you mixed with Coke and drank in college. To some, it’s the...
Adrian Keogh: What Rum Means to Me
Growing up in rain-sodden 1970s Dublin, my earliest rum memory was the Cadbury’s Old Jamaica Rum ’n’...