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Distilling A Greener Future

From cane fields to distilleries, how rum producers are cutting carbon, waste and water use.

Sustainability

Interviews

The Severed Hand Story

Severed Hand Rum: the Victorian mystery behind Black Powder Distillery's Jamaican rum.

Indie Rum Brands

Rum History

The History of Tiki Culture

From Polynesian roots to the Mai Tai, how Tiki culture and rum became inseparable.

Tiki Culture

Guides

Manatii Rum

Manatii Hope Town Batch: a Bahamian charity rum distilled in Scotland to support hurricane relief.

Indie Rum Brands

Guides

The Gold Of Mauritius

Beach House Gold Spiced Rum: a golden Mauritian rum with orange, ginger and honey notes.

Rum History

Cuba Libre And Dark ‘N Stormy

The stories behind two iconic rum serves: the Cuba Libre and the Dark 'N Stormy.

Classic Cocktails

Rum History

What is Navy Strength Rum

Why is Navy Strength rum 57% ABV? The Royal Navy history, plus a Navy Island Mai Tai to make.

Mai Tai Cocktail, Navy Strength Rum

Guides

The Rum Buying Guide

A beginner's guide to buying rum: white, gold, dark and spiced, plus how to read the label.

Knowledge Base

Caribbean Rum Distilleries

A country-by-country guide to Caribbean rum distilleries, from Antigua to Barbados.

Caribbean Rum Distilleries

Distilleries

Worthy Park Estate

Worthy Park: Jamaica's last single-estate rum distillery, run by the Clarke family since 1918.

Jamaica, Worthy Park

Rum History

Belizean Rum

From timber to sugarcane: how Belizean rum began, and the distilleries behind it today.

Belize

Distilleries

Appleton Estate

265 years of Appleton Estate rum in Jamaica's Nassau Valley, and the master blender behind it.

Appleton Estate, Jamaica

Guides

Rum That’s Made Like Gin?

What is botanical rum? The gin-inspired new category from the UK craft scene.

Indie Rum Brands

Guides

Bumbu Rum

Behind Bumbu's bold bottle is real Barbadian rum, distilled at the historic WIRD distillery.

Bumbu, Rum Brands

Rum History

Moko Rum

Moko Rum and France's surprising rum trade, from 1869 Bordeaux blending to today.

France

Guides

Diplomático Rum

The story of Diplomático rum, from Venezuela's Andean foothills to its award-winning blends.

Diplomático, Rum Brands

Guides

Panama’s Best Rum Bars

The best rum bars in Panama, from historic Kelley's Ritz to Pedro Mandinga.

Panama

Guides

Don Papa Rum

How a chance visit to the Philippines' 'Sugarlandia' led to premium Don Papa rum.

Don Papa Rum, Rum Brands

Rum History

Barbados, The Birthplace of Rum

How Barbados became the birthplace of rum, from 17th-century molasses to today's distilleries.

Barbados

Distilleries

Foursquare

How a Barbadian sugar plantation became Foursquare, the distillery many rum fans rate the best.

Barbados, Foursquare

Guides

Wake up and smell the Party!

From Cuba's Carajillo to Germany's Pharisäer: the history of coffee and rum.

Coffee Rum

Distilleries

Demerara Distillers

Guyana's wooden stills and Demerara Distillers: the home of heavy, richly flavoured rum.

Guyana

Knowledge Base

What Is Cachaça?

What is cachaça? Brazil's fresh cane-juice spirit and the real base of a Caipirinha.

Brazil, Cachaça

Distilleries

Hampden Estate

Hampden Estate: Jamaica's funkiest pot-still rum, made in Trelawny since the 1750s.

Hampden Estate, Jamaica

Distilleries

Mount Gay Rum Distillery

Mount Gay: the world's oldest continuously operating rum distillery, with a deed from 1703.

Barbados, Mount Gay

Guides

Ron Zacapa

Ron Zacapa: Guatemalan rum aged 2,300 metres up, made from sugarcane honey.

Rum Brands

Distilleries

St Lucia Distillers

How St Lucia Distillers brings molasses by underwater pipeline to a single Roseau Valley distillery.

Chairmans Reserve, St Lucia

Knowledge Base

A Glossary of Rum Terms

A plain-English rum glossary, from agricole and angel's share to navy strength.

Guides

The Kraken Rum

How the pitch-black Kraken rum redefined spiced rum, and the Trinidad spirit behind the brand.

Rum Brands, The Kraken

Distilleries

House of Angostura

Trinidad's rum history, from fifty-plus estate distilleries to the brand famous for bitters.

Trinidad and Tobago

Knowledge Base

What Is Rum and how is it made?

What is rum, and how is it made? A relaxed guide from sugarcane to bottle.

Distilleries

Distilleries of Grenada

Grenada's rum distilleries, from River Antoine's 1785 waterwheel to Clarke's Court.

Grenada

Distilleries

Dominica

Dominica's rum scene: waterwheel-powered Macoucherie, rhum agricole and homemade bush rum.

Dominica

Cuba, Distilleries

Cuban Distilleries

Cuba's rum distilleries, from Havana Club to Santiago de Cuba, and the Ron style they define.

Cuba

Distilleries

Costa Rica Distilleries

Costa Rica's volcanic-soil rums, including Centenario's high-altitude ageing.

Costa Rica

Distilleries

Distilleries of The Bahamas

The Bahamas' rum history, from pirates and prohibition rum-runners to John Watling's.

The Bahamas

Distilleries

Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua's rum story: the 1932 merchants' venture behind English Harbour Rum.

Antigua and Barbuda

Interviews

Incognito Bar

Incognito Bar: how one Winchester cocktail bar grew into a four-venue multisensory chain.

Indie Rum Brands

Interviews

Crusty Juggler

How a lockdown shop closure led to Crusty Juggler spiced rum, told by co-founder Tom Hanson.

Indie Rum Brands

Interviews

Underdog Spiced Rum

Underdog Spiced Rum: a sustainably minded blend inspired by Caribbean sailing trips.

Indie Rum Brands

Interviews

Who Let The Dog’s Out!

Sly Dog Spiced Rum: how two brothers turned a love of rum into a brand.

Indie Rum Brands

Interviews

Copperfish Gold

Copperfish Gold: a Cornish rum from a small Looe distillery, in the team's own words.

Indie Rum Brands

Distilleries

Distillery Guide: Asia & The Pacific

Rum from Australia, the Philippines, Fiji and beyond: Asia and the Pacific's best distilleries.

Distilleries

Distillery Guide: The Indian Ocean & Africa

A tour of rhum agricole and high-ester rums from Réunion, Mauritius, Madagascar and South Africa.

Distilleries

Distillery Guide: Central & South America

A guide to Central and South American rum, from Andean ageing to Brazilian cachaça.

Interviews

Duppy White

Award-winning Duppy Share Spiced Rum, blended with pineapple, kola nut and ten botanicals.

Indie Rum Brands

Interviews

The Duppy Share

The founders of Duppy Share on blending Caribbean rums and the folklore behind the name.

Indie Rum Brands

Rum History

The Good Old Days

How the Old Fashioned went from an 1806 whisky drink to a classic rum cocktail you can make at home.

Rum Old Fashioned

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