Rums originating from Barbados to Martinique each have unique characteristics and versatile flavor profiles specific to their home island. Keeping these unique characters in mind, Paul Sneft delivers a quick guide of island rums perfect for home tiki bars. With its lush landscape of banana and sugar cane fields the French island of Martinique is home to the top ...
2016 Gift Guide for the Spirits Lover on your Holiday List
The holidays are right around the corner so we are bringing to you a 2016 Holiday Gift Guide presented by NOLA News. Find the perfect sipping rum for the spirits lover on your list. Tiki drinks are a fantasy in a glass garnished with fruits and flowers. And rum is the foundation for those intoxicating dreams . ...
The Nobel Prizefighter
Here's to fall! What better way to ease into the shift in seasons than with a new cocktail? Thrilllist and 10thKitchen have brought to us the best of summer and autumn with the Nobel Prizefighter The perfect balance of summery and autumnal flavors: bright citrus and rhum agricole evoke traditional Caribbean tastes and warm weather, while bay leaves ...
Black Market’s Ed Rudisel on the Importance of Rum
On September 26, Black Market, home to probably Indianapolis's finest rum selection, is hosting a Rhum Clément Dinner and competition. Three local bartenders will be competing throughout the night to win a trip to Martinique, and the audience will be placing votes on the cocktails they craft. So if you're in the area be sure to stop by ...
Adventures: Rhum with a View
Island Exports If you can’t make it to Martinique, look for these bottles at your local liquor store The distilleries on Martinique that are fumante—"smoking," meaning currently producing rhum agricole—bottle hundreds of variations, from basic white to flavored to blends barrel-aged for decades. Although only a fraction of those get exported to the United States, here are ...