Since I started down this adventurous path of rum blogging several months ago, a goodly number of people have asked me, “Why, Dood? Why do you blog about rum?” It’s a fair question. I think I started for two reasons: 1. It’s fun and 2. Because occasionally you can get free stuff. So imagine my [...]
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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 [...]
This week found me home alone, which is generally not a good thing. Not that I can’t take care of myself or that I’m a threat to burn down the house or anything like that (Mrs. Dood usually hides matches and other dangerous items before leaving), but if I’m left to my own devices with [...]
I had originally intended to a comparison of Mai Tai recipes – focusing on the Trader Vic’s vs. Don The Beachcomber versions for this month’s MXMO. That never happened. Instead I found myself with the house all to my lonesome on Saturday evening and the bottle of Mt. Gay XO called to me, begging me [...]
If you were to ask a random person on the street where they thought the oldest operating distillery in the New World was, they would probably choose somewhere in the USA or Canada. Some, upon thinking about it, might come up with Mexico or Cuba…possibly Brazil. None of these people would be correct. Whiskey may [...]
I had originally planned to have a rum review posted for everyone some time in the middle of last week. Unfortunately for me, I managed to contract something called bubonic influenzebola death flu of dying, which first rendered me incapable of doing pretty much anything that didn’t involve lying motionless on the couch or in [...]