Rum and sustainability : Is your Rum Bonsucro certified?
Sustainability is a fashionable word but when it comes to acts it is another piece of cake. How can on…
Interactive map – Distillers mobilize day after day against Covid-19
By Alexandre Vingtier & Baptiste Bochet As the Covid19, the map we created is without borders. Thi…
Trudiann Branker reinvents Mount Gay
Trudiann Branker, Mount Gay’s new cellar master inducted in April 2019, establishes her style. A…
Rum & Sustainability- “People are our primary concern” – Interview with Alexander Gabriel
Navigating between Charente, Barbados and Jamaica, Alexandre Gabriel is building a small empire wihin the rum industry. Known for his passion for production, he talks with us about his social and environmental concerns andevokes the existing threats, particularly regarding the Caribbean sugar industry. Rumporter: Alexander, you recently…
Mount Gay goes old school
For over a year already, Mount Gay has been dabbling in a stylistic exercise: the Master Blender collection. After leaping into the future with its “Peat Smoke Expression,” the brand is peddling back in time to delve into the genesis of its distillation. We’re talking about 100%…
Marc Sassier: “La Salle is a place steeped in history with stone, fire, wood…”
Interview with Marc Sassier Rumporter: 2019 was a successful year for the distillery with, in addition to its usual business, the launch of a well-received aromatic bitters and the opening of Habitation La Salle. Can you tell us about the origins of this project and its purpose?…
Distillery spotlight: Saint James – always on the square with rum!
As the market leader of agricole rums in Martinique, and as one of its precursors, Saint James offers the widest range of agricole rums currently being produced by any distillery. However, it has taken more than 250 years of history to achieve this undeniable success… with its…
Flor de Caña, a happy ending and the beginning of something greater -Interview
Interview with Jason Glaser founder of la Isla Network Rumporter : In 2018 we’ve published a long cover story largely inspired by your work on the Ckdu disease focusing on Nicaragua. Our conclusions didn’t completely discharged Ingenio San Antonio and SER, Flor de Cana’s owner, from having taken enough…
Five Tips for the Perfect Old Fashioned from Alejandro Bolivar of El Floridita
Alejandro Bolivar, head bartender at the legendary Cuban bar El Floridita likes to talk cocktails and share their history. The old fashioned cocktail, he explains, was introduced in Cuba during the prohibition years in the United States. It was very popular in Cuba as the best way to…
Rum Advent Calendar: Joshua Singh reveals (almost) everything!
The end of the year is approaching and the special rum Advent calendar is back. This year, the calendar is full of surprises … Joshua Singh, the creator, reveals some of them! Rumporter: Joshua, It is year 3 of the Advent calendar adventure. What is new this…
Focus on the distillery: Long Pond, secrets of the phoenix of Jamaica
Despite its age, the history of this mythical Jamaican distillery is mostly unknown. Its rums were never marketed under its own name, except very recently, and it almost disappeared in a fire in July 2018. And yet it has made more than one humble enthusiast dream, beginning…
Glen Moray partners with Saint James Rums to create a new finish
Glen Moray Scotch whisky welcomes a new addition to the Elgin Curiosity range: a single malt finished in agricole rum barrels. After tinkering with a “rum finish” whisky last year aged in Depaz rum barrels, it’s now Saint James’ turn. The Scotch has spent two years in…
Cocktail recipe: “Creole Sidecar” HSE VSOP agricole rum
What to say about the Creole Sidecar, where HSE VSOP rum finds its full expression? I’ve had several rums from this range and was really impressed during tastings as I discovered the almost woody and toasted notes of some cognacs in this rum. The Creole Sidecar lives…
Ferrand Plantation Foundation
Disclaimer: this is not a rum bottle! As time goes by, it becomes more and more important to protect rum’s rich heritage. When A. Gabriel and his team selflessly decided to tackle this “problem” headlong, the Ferrand Foundation was born. Based in Château de Roissac, an 18th…
Scot Anthony McCallum releases a port cask finish rum!
After working for Hart Brothers and Ian Macleod, independent blenders and bottlers from Scotland, Anthony has decided to sail on his own adventures and offer a selection of Scottish whiskies but also a secret Caribbean rum, a 2009 single estate with a port cask finish. House Of…
Dos Maderas: Nothing better than two casks to get things going again
Dos Maderas, a Bodegas Williams & Humbert brand, has managed to find its place in the sun in the already packed “sweet” rum industry. Blending Caribbean rums and then ageing them in old casks in Jerez, W&H style… You’re probably familiar with Dos Maderas 5 + 5…
Hampden LROK White: a whitewash victory
This is a limited edition with “xxx” bottles! – is “xxx” a misprint or does it mean “play as long as you win”? Hampden LROK White gives you a great opportunity to compare it to its aged counterpart! Brace yourself for an explosion in your mouth, although…
Mezan’s Jamaica Long Pond 2000 – Cask Strength
Jamaica Long Pond 2000 is Mezan’s new cuvée, produced by the Long Pond distillery (aged for 3 years on site, and then for 15 years on the continent). Each one of these 4 single casks complies with Mezan’s new charter entitled “Untouched”: unsweetened, uncoloured, and unchill filtered.…
Appleton comes in a gift box featuring spirits glasses!
Appleton is not the most extrovert Jamaican, nor one to speak louder than everybody else and boast about spectacular gr/hlap’s. Appleton focuses on tastiness, finesse… No wonder this rum comes attractively presented in a gift box featuring 2 tasting glasses whose size meets rum tasting requirements. Appleton…
Millonario goes one better!
After creating its 10 Aniversario Reserva (ABV: 40%) to appeal to the general public, Millonario is now releasing a Peruvian rum to please those barmen eager to add pep to their cocktails! Millonario 10 Cinquenta (as in 50), bottled at… 50%, has more character, more taste, goes…
Habitation Long Pond White, a loving heart, and… a punch in the face
Yet another white rum released by Habitation Velier. As a reminder, a previous collection saw the release of a white Habitation Velier Port Mourant. A master stroke given the production costs associated to white rum… It is well known that high ester rums also serve as ingredients…
Back to the past with Plantation The Collector
Doesn’t Steve Remsberg look a little like “Doc” in Back to the Future? Let’s present The Collector in 3 steps: Origins Steve Remsberg, one of the main rum collectors in the world, still has a few bottles of his favourite rum, an old Jamaican rum dating back…
Cañero: proudly Dominican!
Founded by Barcelo, this distillery only processes Dominican sugar cane. Fun fact: in the early 19th century, 180 distilleries were active in the Dominican Republic! Cañero features a solera 12 as its common base, but also benefits from additional ageing (between 6 and 9 months) in Normandin-Mercier…
