It’s no secret that these times, they are a bit tough. Everywhere you look people are trying to cut back, scrimp, save, cut corners and generally keep their cash in their wallets. All of this belt-tightening means giving up on a few luxuries. So we find ourselves drinking a little less 30 year old rum, [...]
Another month, another sponsored Thursday Drink Night at the Mixoloseum. January’s sponsor were the fine folks at Mata Hari Absinthe. Absinthe, also known as “The Green Fairy”, is an anise-flavored spirit based on numerous herbs and flowers, including wormwood. The green liquor tends to be very strong-tasting, as well as distilled to a very high [...]
The El Dorado line of rums hails from the South American country of Guyana. The name is a nod to the mythical city of gold that Spanish and Portuguese explorers often lost their lives trying to find during the early colonial era.El Dorado is the flagship product of Demerara Distillers Ltd., the sole rum producer [...]
If you’ve followed the news announcement on the left side of the page, or my Twitter feed, or my Facebook status, or – well a lot of places, you probably already know this, but I felt I should probably announce it officially here as well. It would appear that RumDood.com has been announced by Well-Fed [...]
It started with a single drink. I sat in the dining room of Luau in Beverly Hills as the waitress handed my companion and me our drinks. I was eager to try mine. Jeff “Beach Bum” Berry designed the bar menu, and this being our second round of drinks, I was prepared for another excellent [...]
I’m skating in behind the deadline and probably not in the round-up, but I will NOT miss Mixology Monday this month. I had originally written up what we’ll all just assume was my greatest work ever on this site, only to have my computer crash and Windows Live Writer refuse to open my draft afterward. [...]
The Appleton Estate line of rums, from the simple gold and white all the way up to their 21 year old and Master Blender’s Legacy, are truly spectacular. I’ve made no secret of the fact that the collection of rums carefully crafted by Joy Spence – Appleton’s Master Blender – is probably my favorite overall [...]