Rum is a common liquor often associated with tiki cocktails and pirates. The latter is thanks to popular fictionalized characters like Captain Jack Sparrow and real historical figures like Captain ...

It’s impossible to discern a rum’s age from color alone, so why are we still classifying it this way? Dylan Ettinger is a Los Angeles-based writer specializing in spirits, cocktails, and coffee with ...

Cocktail Queries is a Paste series that examines and answers basic, common questions that drinkers may have about mixed drinks, cocktails and spirits. Check out every entry in the series to date. When ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Uncorking wine and spirits adventures around the world. Alexandre Gabriel, owner and master blender of Maison Ferrand and the West ...

We’ve been hearing for years now how rum is going to be the next bourbon. How, any day now, the feverish hype that’s dominated the American whiskey space over the past two decades is going to transfer ...

Is a 51 year old rum really that special? When it’s tropically aged, the equivalent of 153 years in Scotland, and limited to just 25 bottles, it just might be. Originally laid down by Owen Tulloch in ...

Spiced rums are a hit but the traditional blends outshine them all The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. After ...