A few weeks ago, Nicholas Feris - rum connoisseur and head of the Rum Collective in Seattle - wrote an article on 'Ti Punch in Martinique. He was kind enough to allow us to republish it here, in its entirety. ------------------------------------------ 'Ti Punch at Restaurant Chez Tante Arlette In Martinique, 'Ti Punch isn't just a cocktail; it's a part of daily life. ...
All rum is not created equal. Most of the stuff that’s mixed into Mai Tais is derived from molasses, a byproduct of the sugar industry. But some parts of the rum world do things a little differently: Sugarcane is crushed fresh from the field, and the juice is fermented and distilled. The result? A rum that’s ...
Imagine you are on the tropical island of Martinique in the French West Indies. The air is soft and tinged with salt. Puffs of volcanic ash sometimes exhale from Mt. Pelée. The earth is dark black from lava flows that give the earth a very specific terroir. No other place on earth has soil quite ...
For the first time in five years, Rhum Clément—the world’s leading producer of Martinique’s rhum agricole (rum, primarily from the French West Indies, that has been distilled from fresh sugarcane juice rather than molasses)—has introduced a new aged rum. Rhum Clément 10 Year Old Grand Réserve Très Vieux ($70) is a blend of rums that ...
Tasting Notes Extremely Smooth. Clément 1970 is the impossibly deep shade of brown that finely polished copper takes on a few days after a patina begins to develop, or that a vintage rhum aged for more than two decades exhibits if well-tended. I’m shaking while preparing to open Clément 1970, the most expensive bottle of rum ever ...
Build in glass in order listed. Add ice. Stir approximately 20 times. Express orange peel over cocktail and enjoy!
The rum world is a place of multifaceted beauty, and one of the more captivating styles of the spirit is the category of rhum agricole, traditionally made in the French islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe...
Allow us to be the first to wish you a Happy International Mai Tai Day, August 30th. This, of course, is different than National Mai ...
This year the U.S joins in on the global celebration of the king of all cocktails, the Old Fashioned. From November 2nd - 11th 775 ...
If you are in the Chicago area you are in luck! Today (September 19th) at 5PM River Roast will be hosting a Reid Bar Pop-Up sponsored by ...