Caribbean Rum resurgence: ‘Hellish liquor’ to premium product
By Gemma Handy From BBC Long the poison of brutish pirates and drunken sailors, rum was traditionally a cheap booze imbibed far less for its flavour than its heady effect. Today lust for the liquor has never been so potent,…
Forget the Caribbean: Was rum invented in India?
By DAVID WONDRICH From Daily Beast Newly discovered evidence suggests that rum production predates the Caribbean by at least 1,000 years and may have actually started in South East Asia. When rum was invented it was already at least a…
Everything you need to know about Caribbean rum
From Real Clear Life Now that you know everything there is to know about absinthe, we figured we’d dig deeper into grandpa’s medicine cabinet—this time for that oft-used bottle of Caribbean Rum. As Liquor.com notes, centuries ago, after a sugar…
