The History of Rum Lives in a New Orleans House – The Remsberg Collection
Walking through the front door of Stephen Remsberg’s modest New Orleans house is akin to entering Valhalla. But rather than fallen Norse warriors, the inhabitants are historic rums, many predating U.S. prohibition: The original bottles poured for the first daiquiris and the rum Donn Beach used in…
A History of the Daiquiri Cocktail
The Daiquiri Cocktail, made with Cuban rum, sugar and lime, is one of the three main rum cocktails, along with the ‘Ti’-Punch’, made with cane juice rum, sugar and lime, and the ‘Caïpirinha’, which is made with cachaça, sugar and lime…Recipes are similar. It is difficult to…
A brief history of rum in India
Interestingly, India’s connection with distillation goes back to at least 1500 years. While there have been many mythological references to sugar cane as an important crop in India, the accurate history of distillation seems to be uncertai
George Washington and Rum
This statement alone could almost be used to summarise rum trade in the 18th century on the American continent.
An organic history of Cuba through the Bacardi saga – Interview Tom Gjelten
When we bought this book, we thought we were dealing with these hagiographic monographs paid for by brands, readings always enriching but to take with tweezers. Faulty mistake, we came upon a monument of erudition that reads like a historical novel. The author Tom Gjeten, an academic,…
The story of Havana Club: from its origins to an explosive success!
In less than a quarter of a century, Havana Club has become one of the three leading rum brands globally, just behind Bacardi and Captain Morgan, despite the American embargo that prevents it from entering the world’s largest rum market.
