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Festival Fever Grips Tighter than a Pirate to Grog

By Shari Cask Aug. 6, 2019

The organized rum festival is a relatively new phenomenon, but impromptu festivities often result when a bottle of sugarcane elixir is uncorked. I have personally undertaken one-woman rum festivals at … Read More

Hampden Estate rum in its native state. Photo courtesy La Maison & Velier.

The Birth (and Rebirth) of Rum Brands

By Ben Schaffer May. 15, 2019

Though it was founded in 1753, Jamaica’s Hampden Estate distillery only this year issued the first aged rum …

After the conference.

Announcing the Rum Reader’s Advisory Board

By Ben Schaffer Nov. 15, 2018

The launch of the Rum Reader as a new voice for rum is an ambitious project, and we’re gratified for all the …

Foursquare distillery, emblazoned with the Old Brigand logo, Barbados.

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 …

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