French styled rum, commonly identified as rhum agricole (yes, rum with an H) is inescapable when seeking out rum options at your local bar, restaurant, or liquor store. AOC Rhum Agricole, hailed from the French West Indies of the Caribbean, undresses a category of rum bursting with bold and funky flavor profiles that cannot be imitated anywhere else in ...
There’s a World-Class Art Gallery on a Caribbean Rum Plantation
Foundation Clement, the only world-class art gallery that rests on a Caribbean Rum Plantation, is a must-visit during your next Caribbean excursion. It sends a strong message — that in the heart of the Caribbean, on the site of an old distillery, there can be something world-class, something magnificent. Read the Caribbean Journal's full article on the gallery featuring ...
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 . ...
Get Your Rum On While Visiting These 3 Caribbean Islands
Rum is as much a part of the Caribbean as blue waters, white-sand beaches and lush countryside. The spirit was created on 17th and 18th century Caribbean sugarcane plantations and soon became a key component in the slave-based colonial economy. Thanks to Robert Louis Stevenson’s "Treasure Island," rum was later inexorably linked to Caribbean pirates. Rum’s ...
The Hemingway Heat
A perfect winter warmer from JM CURLEY'S. The Hemingway Heat cocktail with Rhum J.M! The bartenders make the drink with rhum agricole. . . lending it a grassy essence instead of rum’s customary sweetness. The peppers bring that vague savory flavor into stark relief, but the maraschino liqueur keeps the drink from falling too far off the traditional ...