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So, I once again went over a week without a post here.  I swear that every time I miss a week, it’s for a good reason.  I yearn for the day when my life will be less…”busy”.  Or at least, less busy in the manner that I’ve been kept busy for the past 3 months.I [...]

Man, I am so far behind the curve these days.  With many apologies for my tardiness, I have a note from my doctor saying that moving, a death in the family, and various other sundry issues all happening within 4 weeks of each other is a reasonable excuse for not posting.  Of course, I realize [...]

Sorry things have been so slow here lately…there’s a lot going on that’s just had me “head down” busy for the past several weeks.  I’ll be participating in next week’s MXMO, hosted by Kaiser Penguin, and then I’ll get back into the swing of posting rum reviews.  I swear.In the meantime, I thought I’d announce [...]

Sorry if things have been quiet around here lately…things at the office have been – what’s a stronger word than “hectic”?Anyway, I’ll have a new Mixology Monday submission on Monday, and in the meantime, I ran across this image in a conversation at the Ministry of Rum:Image Source: https://www.waytogoidaho.com/drincads/drincads.html

Well, I’m finally back from a week in Texas.  As we do every other year, Mrs. Dood and I went to visit my family in San Antonio for Christmas.For this particular trip, we made a few extra stops along the way, including a visit to “Area 51” for Temptryst Rums: Daniel Watson’s lab.  My brother, [...]

As promised, I did a short (read “long”) write-up of my visit to the Pyrat Rum factory on Anguilla.  I did the piece as a guest-writer for Refined Vices at the behest of Count Silvio.  You can find the write-up here.  While you’re there, be sure to check out some of the other rum and [...]