Wow, seriously? It’s been a year? I didn’t even prepare a speech or anything. It’s true, RumDood.com turns 1 year old today. It’s been a crazy year too.
When I started this blog, I didn’t really know what I wanted to do with it. My first post was about breaking both of my arms the day before I was in my best friend’s wedding. A few weeks later I posted a restaurant review, followed by a random image post, and then – finally – a rum review.
Of course, all of those posts happened OVER a year ago. At the time, this was “tehdood.com”, a site with no purpose or focus. Two days after posting my first rum review, I registered “RumDood.com” and forged ahead into the rummy wilderness without a clue as to what I was doing.
From there I’ve found myself blogging about rum, cocktails, and drinking-related events. I’ve posted 16 rum reviews, participated in 10 Mixology Mondays, posted 5 original cocktail recipes, toured two rum distilleries, sat as a judge in a rum tasting competition, attended Tales of the Cocktail, numerous spirits tastings, and a Tiki Bar Crawl. In a week I’ll be in London to attend UK RumFest.
Some interesting tidbits (at least to me):
- A year ago my rum collection was about 12 bottles. Today I have over 90 rums.
- The most popular post on RumDood.com is the review of Ron Zacapa Centenario, with almost 6000 pageviews
- While I didn’t start tracking visits until December 2007, since that time almost 17,000 people have visited the site
It’s been a wild ride and a ton of fun. I can’t wait to see what’s coming up next. Most importantly, I want to thank all of the people that come here to read, research, comment, and generally make this blog or site or whatever I should call it my favorite hobby/obsession of all time. As much fun as I have doing all of this, it wouldn’t be nearly as fun without all of you.
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Rick
Congrats Matt! It’s great to have you as part of our cocktail community. I can always turn to you when I need to know which rums to sub for various cocktails.
Silvio
Congratulations, perhaps we shall share celebratory drinks at the UK RumFest to honour this.
Matt Robold
I think the greatest thing I’ve done as an advocate for rum is getting Rick to come around and see the way and the light of Wray & Nephew Overproof. 😉
Dr. Bamboo
Congrats! You’ve certainly managed to cram a lot of rum-centric activity into one year.
And since I just got a bottle of Wray & Nephew overproof…send me some suggestions as to what to do with it!
Jay Hepburn
Congratulations Dood! Keep up the good work. Look forward to catching up with you at Rum Fest…
Natalie - The Liquid Muse
Congratulations, Rum Dood! Sounds like you’ve found your voice and your favorite topic. Takes some people a lifetime to do that!
xo The Liquid Muse
Tiare
Congrats Dood! your blog is one of the best out there!
Did show the way and the light of Wray & Nephew Overproof to Rick?..welldone! he`s soon going to be able to pair it with Ting!
Jacob
Congrats, Dood!
H.C.
Congratulations! Here’s to another blogiversary of great rum discoveries and cocktail adventures!