5 French Style Rums you Need

By Sunday, February 5, 2017

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

By Wednesday, December 21, 2016

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 ...

Get Your Rum On While Visiting These 3 Caribbean Islands

By Tuesday, November 22, 2016

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

By Monday, November 14, 2016

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 ...