By Amanda Schuster It begins with a stalk of sugarcane. Cane, the foundation of all rum production, has ancient roots in Asia’s Indus Valley and honorable mentions in early history. Even Alexander the Great marveled at the “grass that gives honey without bees.” In the 8th century, sugar cane migrated west into Spain via the Moors and ...
Outside the Grocery, the late afternoon sun shone down from a cloudless sky, but inside the Cannon Street restaurant a storm was brewing. Fortunately, it was contained within a single short-stemmed glass, the bottom half holding a white layer of ginger beer so thick and cloudy that it almost looked like cream. Above it hung a ...
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 ...
RHUM AGRICOLE IS A FRENCH ISLAND TRADITION The majority of rum comes from distilling fermented molasses, a byproduct of sugar manufacturing. Rhum agricole, on the other hand, is a tightly controlled rum manufactured in the French territories of Martinique and Guadeloupe from freshpressed, free-running sugar cane juice. It is governed by an AOC (Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée). The ...
Rhum Clément's Première Canne is produced using selected varieties of sugarcane from Habitation Clément. Première Canne is unique white rum created from fresh pressed sugarcane juice, which spontaneously ferments into an extremely aromatic and flavorful sugarcane wine; and then softly distilled only once to capture the natural aromas and flavors of the tropical appellation of ...
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...
By Martha Stewart Believe it or not, there was a time when the cocktail umbrella was a status symbol. In the 1930s, the tiki bar trend ...
It’s no secret we’re big fans of Martinique’s Habitation Saint-Etienne, or Rhum HSE. It’s a distillery we’ve often praised for its creativity, particularly for its pioneering ...
There are two kinds of boss: bosses who drink whiskey, and bosses who don't. Oh, and we suppose there are also bosses who deserve presents ...