About Matt Robold

by Matt Robold

Matt Robold has been a fan of the Demon Rum for quite some time, but never thought of writing about it until the Spring/Summer of 2007 when he was encouraged to write down his thoughts on a rum by Scott Steeves of Scottes Rum. Thoughts were written, blogs were posted, and suddenly RumDood.com burst in to being.

Matt lives in Orange County, California, where he spends his time riding his bicycle, tinkering with various software projects, annoying bartenders in Orange and LA counties, exchanging notes and recipes with other cocktail and spirit bloggers, and – of course – drinking and writing about rum. In addition to RumDood.com, Matt contributes to the Mixoloseum blog and sits on the board for the Cocktails & Spirits Online Writers Group, a collection of cocktail and spirits bloggers and writers dedicated to spreading the gospel of good drinking. Additionally Matt is part of the Rum Expert Panel put together by the Burrs at Gifted Rums.

Rum captured Matt’s interest in 2005 when a trip to St. Lucia saw him return with a bottle of Admiral Rodney rum. After finishing a bottle of the best rum he had ever had, Matt began the long search for a replacement bottle, which lead him to Ed Hamilton’s Ministry of Rum. Unable to obtain a new bottle of Admiral Rodney right away, Matt started trying other rums and soon had a collection of 5 or 6 rums occupying his liquor cabinet. By the summer of 2008, that number had grown to more than 80 different rums as things moved from “hobby” to “obsession”.

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