UK RumFest is billed as Europe’s only festival to celebrate my favorite spirit. It’s a collection of rum producers, marketers, sellers, distributors, and consumers, all coming together in London to sample products and cocktails, listen to seminars on everything from the history of the spirit to matching it with chocolate, watch cocktail competitions, and just [...]
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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 [...]
This month’s Mixology Monday may turn out to be the most tragically hilarious collection of drinks ever. Stevi from Two At The Most has selected a topic that will pull back the polished veneer of elitist perfection that the cocktail blogosphere loves to wrap itself in when it comes to drinks. This month we expose [...]
I know I know…there’s no write-up for Tiki Central’s Tiki Crawl 8 Day 1. That’s because unlike certain slackers, I had to actually work on Thursday, so I missed the South Bay Day. I did make it up for Day 2’s crawl through the city, and now I have to run to catch the bus [...]
I don’t often write about specific cocktails unless I’m working on a Mixology Monday post (one coming next week!) or if it’s part of a rum review – and it’s exceedingly rare that I post about a RumDood original cocktail. This week, however, has seen me rather busy with work and preparations for the dizzying [...]
At long last we come to the tearful ending of our journey through the Old New Orleans Rums. Having started with the Crystal, spent time with the Amber, and rejoiced in Cajun Spiced‘s embodiment of the holidays, it is now time to discuss the final offering from Celebration Distillation: Old New Orleans 10 Year Old [...]
Another month has come and gone, and once again I find myself staring at my calendar with “Write MxMo Entry” staring back at me. The kind folks over Bibulo.us have chosen this month’s theme to be 19th Century Cocktails. That being the case, I’ve chosen to write about the Rum Swizzle.While I know the topic [...]